In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cottered like this:
COTTERED, a parish in Royston district, Herts; at the sources of the river Beane, 2½ miles W of Buntingford town and r. station. It has a post office under Buntingford. Acres, 1, 760. Real property, £2, 290. Pop., 470. Houses, 97. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Broadfield, in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £450.* Patron, the Rev. John J. Manley. The church is very good; and there is an Independent chapel. A school has £40 from endowment; and other charities £73.
Cottered through time
Cottered is now part of East Hertfordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Hertfordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cottered itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cottered in East Hertfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4360
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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