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Aldenham
Adjacent Parishes: Bushey, Edgware (Middlesex), Elstree, Great Stanmore (Middlesex), Little Stanmore (Middlesex), Ridge, St Stephens (St Albans), Shenley, Watford
It is in the Dacorum Hundred but not in the modern Borough of Dacorum and was in the Watford Union
Part of the parish became Radlett in 1865
In the later part of the 17th century it
appears that the parish was sometimes referred to as Arnham
See
GURNEY, "Arnham", circa 1700
From Smith's Map of
Hertfordshire, 1808
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ALDENHAM, a parish in the hundred of Cashio, or liberty of St Albans, county of Hertford, 2¾ miles (N.E. by E.) from Watford, containing, with the hamlet of Theobald-Street, which is in the hundred of Dacorum, 1399 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Huntingdon, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £24, and in the patronage of the Trustees of P. Thelluson, Esq. The Church is dedicated to St John the Baptist, is built in the early English style. In the 31st of Elizabeth, Richard Platt founded and endowed six Almshouses, also a free grammar school for sixty children, to be chosen from among the poor of Aldenham and the families of freemen of the Brewers' Company, London; and, in default of the full number of scholar from Aldenham, the choice to be extended to the adjacent parishes, the children of the founder's name and kin to have the preference. The Master and Wardens of the Brewers' Company are the governors, and elect the master, who must have taken the degree of M.A. The annual income of the whole charity is £857. 4. 6.; of this sum the master receives £80 per annum, with a rent-free residence and a supply of coal, and the usher £49; forty-five boys are taught on the foundation.
Topographical Dictionary of England 1831
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Aldenham Church ------------------------ The church (St. John Baptist) is Early English., built of flint and stone. The roof is of chestnut, resting on stone corbels. It was restored by Sir Charles Barry. Two old monuments of great interest are in the chancel, against the S. wall. Each contains the recumbent figure of a female. In the ch. are several brasses of considerable antiquity. At the end of the N. aisle the remains of some paintings have been discovered. In the chancel there is an altar-tomb to Jolm Coghill and his wife Deborah. There is a quaint inscription to the memory of John Robinson, d. 1674, aged 24 years: Death parts the dearest lovers for awhile, And makes them mourn who only used to smile. But, after death, our unmixt love shall tye Eternal knots between my love and I. J. R. I. Sarah Smith, whom thou didst love alone. For thy dear sake have laid this marble stone.
The inscription is below a female figure in a shroud, with a label issuing from her mouth, inscribed " Sarah Smith." There are at Aldenham schools and almshouses founded and endowed by Richard Platt, a brewer, and an alderman of London, in 1599. There are an Upper or Grammar School, and two Lower Schools, and the governors are appointed by the Brewers' Company of London. [Tourist's Guide to Hertfordshire, 1891] |
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Aldenham Church, Herts Note dates card to 1930 Kelly's Directories, Letchmoore Heath, Aldenham
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Aldenham Church, Herts Rev William Herbert MacKean (vicar), The Vicarage The book Wall Hall: From Farmhouse to University contains a chapter on the church. |
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Books Aldenham Parish Council - Guide 2000 The Book of Radlett and Aldenham Hare & Hounds - The Aldenham Harriers
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See also Vital Records
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