Pelham, Stocking (St. Mary)
PELHAM, STOCKING (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Bishop-Stortford, hundred of Edwinstree, county of Hertford, 6½ miles (E.) from Buntingford; containing 160 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the borders of Essex, and consists of 628 acres, of which 549 are arable, 66 pasture, and 13 woodland. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £7. 10. 7½., and in the gift of N. Calvert, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £140, and the glebe comprises 30 acres of land. The church has a wooden tower with a low spire.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.