Towns & Villages in Herts

Cheshunt

Adjacent Parishes:  Hatfield, Holy Cross (Essex), Nazing (Essex), Northaw, Wormley

Cheshunt is in the Hertford Hundred and the Edmonton (Middlesex) Union.

See also Flamstead End, Goff's Oak, Waltham Cross and Theobalds Park

<< Paterson Strip Map from 1785 showing the main road north out of London

Victoria County History

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The Manors of Cheshunt: the manor paramount, belonging to Sir George Rendlesham Prescott, bart.; Theobalds, belonging to the devisees of the late Thomas A Russell, esq.; Andrews and La Motte, to W. H. Mayo, esq.; the Rectory to the representatives of the late James Bentley, esq., D.L.; and Beaumont and Perriers, to Theodore John Fisher, esq.  [Kelly's Hertfordshire Directory, 1882]

Cheshunt Parish Church circa 1902
Dear Sabina. I have been through this church which also is very ancient. The Church faces the College. This church is locked up through the day. Inside are very ancient figures. The district about here is very pretty. W. Wright jr.


High Street, Cheshunt - Posted 1906


Turners Hill, Cheshunt - circa 1920s


Bishops College Cheshunt
Cheshunt College was a non-conformist theological college from 1792 to 1905. Between 1909-1968 it was the Church of England's Bishops College. It is now council offices.

Cheshunt Church - posted in 1911
KROMO Series (Blum & Degen)

Book: Cheshunt's Past in Pictures - an attractive collection of old photographs

Book: Cheshunt in Hertfordshire

Book: Harold's Town and its Vicinity 1905 Homeland Guide to Waltham Abbey - including information on Waltham Cross and Cheshunt

Book: Historic Cheshunt - see extract on early non-conformity.

Book: Cheshunt College, the early years

Book: The Accounts of Thomas Green, 1742-1790

Census: 1851: Parts of area included in Middlesex on Ancestry

Web: Lee Valley Online includes historical information on the principal towns and villages on the River including Ware.

 

 

 

 

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Cheshunt Great House

Cheshunt High Street
 
Cheshunt High Street

Old Houses, Cheshunt

Wesleyan Church
 

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