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LETCHWORTH, a parish in Hitchin district, Herts; adjacent to the Hitchin and Royston railway, and near Icknield-street, 2 miles ENE of Hitchin r. station. Post town, Hitchin. Acres, 1,027. Real property, £1,376. Pop., 68. Houses, 13. All the property, with Letchworth House, belongs to the Rev. Charles-Alington. An ancient camp, 7 acres in area, with steep sides, and with a rampart 5 feet high, is on the Wilbury hills; and a tumulus is ½ a mile S of it. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £240.* Patron, the Rev. J. Alington. The church is ancient and good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Letchworth CP/AP Hitchin RegD/PLU Hertfordshire AncC |
Place: | Letchworth |
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