Walden, Kings (St. Mary)

WALDEN, KINGS (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Hitchin, hundred of Hitchin and Pirton, county of Hertford, 4¼ miles (S. S. W.) from Hitchin; containing 1034 inhabitants. The living is a donative curacy, in the patronage of W. Hale, Esq.; net income, £57. On the north side of the chancel of the church is a chapel, the burial-place of the Hale family, erected by William Hale, who died in 1648. About £12 per annum, arising from bequests by R. Hale in 1616, and W. Smith in 1771, are distributed among the poor of the parish.