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
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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
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Cheshunt Church - posted in 1911 |
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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See also Vital Records
Last Updated July 2007