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WALDEN-ST. PAULS, a parish in Hitchin district, Herts; 3 miles SW of Stevenage r. station. It includes. Whitewell hamlet, and has a post-office under Welwyn. Acres, 3,678. Real property, £5,785. Pop., 1,123. Houses, 212. The manor was given, by Offa, to St-Albans abbey; and by Henry VIII. to St. Pauls, London. Waldenbury, East Hall, and Stagenhoe Park are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £150.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of St. Pauls. The church is ancient. There are a Baptist chapel, a national school, and charities £33.
(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: | Hitchin RegD/PLU Hertfordshire AncC |
Place: | St Pauls Walden |
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