In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Puttenham like this:
PUTTENHAM, a parish in Berkhampstead district, Herts; on the Aylesbury canal, adjacent to Bucks, near the Clinton hills, 1½ mile S S W of Marston-Gate r. station, and 3¾ N W of Tring. Post-town, Tring. Acres, 690. Real property, £1,093. Pop., 135. Houses, 31. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £166.* Patron, the Bishop of Peterborough. The church is early English, with embattled tower: and the chancel was re-built in 1848.
Puttenham through time
Puttenham is now part of Dacorum district. Click here for graphs and data of how Dacorum has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Puttenham itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Puttenham, in Dacorum and Hertfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2457
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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