Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HINXWORTH

HINXWORTH, a village and a parish in Royston district, Herts. The village stands near the boundary with Beds and Cambridge, 4 miles N of Baldock r. station. The parish comprises 1, 440 acres. Post town, Baldock. Real property, £2, 434. Pop., 320. Houses, 64. The property is divided among a few. Roman antiquities have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £300.* Patrons, the Trustees of the Rev. J. Lafont. The church consists of nave, chancel, and porch, with low tower and spire; and is good. There is a Wesleyan chapel.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Hinxworth AP/CP       Hertfordshire AncC
Place: Hinxworth

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