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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
HADHAM (GREAT), or MUCH-HADHAM, a village and a parish in Bishop Stortford district, Herts. The village stands on the river Ash, near the Buutingford railway, 4 miles WSW of Bishop Stortford; is an ancient place; and has a station of the name of Hadham, on the railway, a post office‡ of the name of Great Hadham, under Ware, and a fair on 24 June. A palace of the bishops of London once stood here; and the site of it is now occupied by a private lunatic asylnm. The parish contains also the hamlets of Green Tye, Exlends West, Perry Green, and Bromley. Acres, 4, 457. Real property, £8, 167. Pop., 1, 172. Houses, 244. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory, united with the chapelry of Perry Green, and the rectory of Little Hadham, in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £2, 000. * Patron, the Bishop of London. The church is commodious and handsome; and has a tower and spire. There are a chapel of ease at Perry Green built in 1858, a national school, and charities £92.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Much Hadham CP/AP Bishops Stortford RegD/PLU Hertfordshire AncC |
| Place names: | GREAT HADHAM | HADHAM | HADHAM GREAT | HADHAM GREAT OR MUCH HADHAM | MUCH HADHAM |
| Place: | Much Hadham |
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