River Ivel at Radwell (Valentine's Series, posted 1908)
Radwell
Adjacent Parishes: Bygrave, Caldecote, Newnham, Norton, Stotford (Bedfordshire)
It is in the Odsey Hundred and the Hitchin Union
River Ivel at Radwell
(Valentine's Series, posted 1908)
RADWELL is a village close to the Biggleswade road, and on a tributary stream of the river Ivel, 1½ miles north-west of Baldock station, and 38½ miles from London. Radwell is in the Odsey Hundred and contains 740 acres, and a population of 98. The assessment to the income tax was £1,387 in 1842. Radwell Grange is 1 mile north. Living a rectory, value £226, in the gift of Francis Pym, Esq., and incumbency of C. J. Spencer.
GENTRY
Pym Francis Leslie, esq. Radwell House
Spencer Rev. Charles J. [rector]
TRADERS
Christy Richd W. miller & bone crusher
Gardiner William, farmer, Bury Farm
Marsh Alfred, farmer, Grange Farm
Post Office Directory for Herts, 1851
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Dear Mother, I am having a lovely time here. Tell Dada that I have seen pike 2 feet long and some trout in the River [Ivel]. I saw a man shooting rabbits, and I saw a man shoot birds. Charlie went up a tree and showed me birds eggs. I have been helping uncle today. Love Teddy. Addressed to Mrs Cant, 131 Endlesham Road, Balham, London S.W. 12 |
Radwell House - posted Edward 7th
Photo: A Clutterbuck, 225 Ickneild Way, Letchworth
Book: For information relating to the Pym family see Sentimental Journey
Radwell Mill, Garden City Estate
Published by Valentine & Sons. 41550 JV
Bridge at Radwell, Garden City - Valentine's
Series, circa 1905
[coloured version seen - 41555? JV posted 1907]
See also Vital Records
Page updated November 2007
