Throcking (Holy Trinity)
THROCKING (Holy Trinity), a parish, in the union of Buntingford, hundred of Edwinstree, county of Hertford, 2 miles (W. N. W.) from Buntingford; containing 66 inhabitants. It forms part of the highest ground in the county, and comprises by computation between 900 and 1000 acres: the road from London to Cambridge runs along its eastern boundary. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £8; net income, £252; patron and incumbent, the Rev. W. Adams. There is a small glebe, given by the late patron, with a good house. The church contains several monuments to the Elwes family, who formerly had a mansion here; one of the memorials, executed by Nollekens, is of very superior design.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.