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Broxbourne  Hertfordshire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Broxbourne like this:

BROXBOURNE, or Broxburn, a village, a township, and a parish in Ware district, Herts. The village stands on the verge of the county, on the New river, ¼ of a mile W of the Eastern Counties railway, and 4½ N by W of Waltham-Abbey; and it has a station with telegraph on the railway, a post office under Hoddesdon, and two inns. ...


The township includes the village, and comprises 1,923 acres. Real property, £5,468. Pop., 765. Houses, 152. The parish includes also part of the village and chapelry of Hoddesdon. Acres, 4,505. Real property, with the rest of Hoddesdon, £11,923. Pop., 2,663. Houses, 541. The property is subdivided. The manor belonged to the Knights of St. John; and passed to the Cocks, the Monsons, and others. Broxbourne-Bury is now the seat of the Bosanquets. And here Sir H. Cock entertained James I. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £361.* Patron, H. J. Smith, Esq. The church is later English, of the time of Henry VIII.; consists of nave, chancel, aisles, and two small chapels, with a plain steeple and beacon turret; contains an old pillared font, and many interesting brasses and monuments; and was restored in 1857. The p. curacy of Hoddesdon is a separate benefice. A school has £20 from endowment; alms-houses £165; and other charities £72.

Broxbourne through time

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Broxbourne in Hertfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4919

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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