In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Buntingford like this:
BUNTINGFORD, a village, a chapelry, and a subdistrict, in Royston district, Herts. The village stands on the river Rib, at the terminus of a branch railway deflecting from the London and Hertford line at St. Margaret's, and is 13 miles, by road, N by E of Hertford. It is a decayed old town; consists chiefly of one street; is a seat of petty sessions, and a polling-place; and has a head post office,‡ a railway station, three places of worship, a grammar school, almshouses, and a workhouse. ...
The grammar school and the almshouses were founded, in the 17th century, by Bishop Seth Ward, who was a native; and have respectively £13 and £99 from endowment; and the former sends four scholars to Christ's College, Cambridge. The workhouse was built at a cost of £2,658. A weekly market is held on Monday; and fairs on 29 June and 30 Nov. The chapelry includes the village; and is in the four parishes of Layston, Aspeden Throcking, and Wyddiall. Pop., 581. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Layston, in the diocese of Rochester.-The subdistrict contains fifteen parishes, and two extra-parochial tracts. Acres, 28,351. Pop., 6,389. Houses, 1,355.
Buntingford through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Buntingford in East Hertfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
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Date accessed: 29th March 2024
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