Potten End
Parish created in 1895 from Berkhamsted Rural, Great Gaddesden and Nettleden
POTTEN END is 2 miles east-north-east from Great Berkhampstead, and was formed into an ecclesiastical parish in 1895 from Great Berkhamsted Rural, Little Gaddesden and Nettleden. Electricity, gas and a main water supply are available. Holy Trinity church was consecrated in 1868, and is a structure of brick, in the Byzantine style, from the designs of Mr F. C. Penrose, architect, of London, and consists of nave only with three bells. The choir stalls were put in in 1933, in memory of the late Rev. C. E. Gaussen, a former rector of the parish, by his children. In 1936 the church was reseated with oak pews in memory of Mr. S. L Holland J.P. by his wife and relatives. The [marriage] register dates from the year 1895; there are 130 sittings. The living, with Nettleden Annexed, is a vicarage, in the gift of the Bishop of St Albans, joint net yearly value £300, with residence, and held since 1932 by the Rev. Leonard Rhodes Egerton M.A, of Queens' College, Cambridge. A Village Hall was presented in 1927 by Miss Courtauld, as an expression of friendship towards the villagers. Besides the main building, which will hold about 200 people, there is a committee room, bowling green, cloakrooms, and a caretaker's cottage, as well as two hard tennis courts. The equipment was obtained by efforts of the villagers. The Berkhamsted Golf Club are principal landowners. The population of the ecclesiastical parish in 1931 was 776.
The Village School - from A History of Potten End
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