Little Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire

Historical Description

Berkhampstead, Little, a parish and a small village in the county of Hertford, 5 miles ESE of Hatfield railway station, and 4 SW of Hertford, under which there is a post, money order, and telegraph office. Acreage, 1587; population, 430. Berkhampstead House is the chief residence. The observatory tower commands a fine view. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St Albans; gross value, £227 with residence, in the gift of the Marquess of Salisbury. The church was restored in 1893. Bishop Ken was a native. Epping Green and Howe Green are adjacent hamlets.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Little Berkhampstead from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Berkhampstead, Little (St. Andrew))

Land and Property

A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hertfordshire is online.

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Hertfordshire newspapers online:

• Hertford Mercury and Reformer
• Herts Guardian, Agricultural Journal, and General Advertiser
• Watford Observer

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitations of Hertfordshire, 1572 and 1634. Edited by Walter C. Metcalfe, F.S.A. is available on the Heraldry page.