Layston (St. Bartholomew)
LAYSTON (St. Bartholomew), a parish, in the union of Buntingford, hundred of Edwinstree, county of Hertford, ¾ of a mile (N. N. E.) from Buntingford; containing 1187 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, with the perpetual curacy of Buntingford annexed, valued in the king's books at £14. 16. 2.; net income, £149; patron and impropriator, William Butt, Esq. The ancient village of Layston has totally disappeared.See Buntingford.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.