Therfield (St. Mary)

THERFIELD (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Royston, hundred of Odsey, county of Hertford, 2½ miles (S. W. by S.) from Royston; containing 1224 inhabitants. It comprises 4761 acres, of which 456 are common or waste. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £50, and in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, London: the tithes have been commuted for £1100, and there is a parsonage-house, with a glebe of 91 acres.