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In the later part of the 17th century it
appears that the parish was sometimes referred to as Arnham
See
GURNEY, "Arnham", circa 1700
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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