Little Berkhampstead
from Bryant's map of 1822
Little Berkhampstead
or Little Berkhamsted
Adjacent Parishes: Bayford, Broxbourne, Essendon, Hatfield, Hertingfordbury
Little Berkhampstead is in the Hertford Hundred and the Hertford Union
Do not confuse with (Great) Berkhamsted
(like all the ...hamsted, ...hempstead. etc., places in Hertfordshire there is considerable variation in spelling.)
Little Berkhampstead
from Bryant's map of 1822
BERKHAMPSTEAD (LITTLE), a parish in the hundred and county of Hertford, 4¾ miles (S.W. by S.) from Hertford, containing 439 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Huntingdon, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £7. 8. 6½., and in the patronage of the Marquis of Salisbury. The church, a neat structure, is dedicated to St. Andrew. At How Green, in this parish, is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. A National school is now in progress of erection, and there are three almshouses, the inmates of which are supported by the parish. On an elevated situation near an old manor-house, a circular tower of brick, 100 feet in height, termed the Observatory, has been erected, which commands an extensive prospect.
Topographical Dictionary of England, 1831
The Monument, Little Berkhampstead
"The Hatfield Series" No 68 - posted 1911?
The following people are listed in the 1882 Kelly's Directory
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PRIVATE RESIDENTS Daniell Mrs Dunster Wm. Hillyard, Gage place Hanmer Miss, Pondfield Sewell Rev Henry Walter B.A. [rector], Rectory Vicars Mrs, The Danes Wormald Mrs, Eppimg House Wormald William, Epping House |
Young Benjamin, How green
COMMERCIAL Barnard Charles Henry, Plough Bint James, builder Brooks Henry, farmer Brown James, blacksmith Childs John, farmer, Bushes farm Couch Maris (Mrs.), shopkeeper and post office |
Coleman William, jun. shopkeeper
Godfrey James, baker Hale James, farmer, Epping Green Farm Johnson John Hy, farmer, Manor frm Munns George, beerseller Phipps John Peek, beerseller Provident Benefit Society (William N Bamford, sec) Tyler Edward, beer retailer, Epping Green |
Little Berkhamsted, Hertford
Rose & Sons, Stationers, Hertford, circa 1910?
Book: Little Berkhamsted, by Gerald Millington
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The Old Manor House, Little
Berkhampstead |
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There is a community web site at http://www.littleberkhamsted.org.uk/ which includes some local history
See also Vital Records
If you know of other books, websites, etc, relating to this place, please tell me.
Last Updated March 2007