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"PUTTENHAM, a parish in the hundred of Dacorum, county Herts, 4 miles N.W. of Tring, its post town, and 5½ E. of Aylesbury. The village, which is of small extent, is situated near the Aylesbury branch of the Grand Junction canal, and on the road between Aylesbury and Tring. The inhabitants are wholly engaged in agriculture. The Aylesbury branch of the London and North-Western railway passes within a mile of the village. The tithes were commuted for 150 acres of land under an Enclosure Act in 1814. The living is a rectory.in the diocese of Rochester, value £166, in the patronage of the Bishop of Peterborough. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has an embattled tower containing three bells. The church has a roof of carved oak, supported by figures representing some of the apostles, and emblazoned with coats of arms, said to be those of Queen Elizabeth, James I., and the founder. Not far distant are the Clinton chalk hills."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2020
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The Parish Registers for the periods:-
- Baptisms - 1681-1812
- Marriages - 1681-1837
- Burials - 1678-1812
- Bishop's Transcripts - 1694-1869
are deposited at Hertfordshire Record Office, County Hall, Hertford, SG13 8DE. [D/P81]
Entries from the Marriage Registers for the period 1678-1837 are included in The Allen Index at Hertfordshire Record Office.
The period 1614-1837 is covered by the IGI.
Transcripts of the parish registers for the period 1605-1837 are deposited at the Society of Genealogists, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, LONDON, EC1M 7BA.
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"PUTTENHAM, a parish in the hundred of Dacorum, county Herts, 4 miles N.W. of Tring, its post town, and 5½ E. of Aylesbury. The village, which is of small extent, is situated near the Aylesbury branch of the Grand Junction canal, and on the road between Aylesbury and Tring. The inhabitants are wholly engaged in agriculture. The Aylesbury branch of the London and North-Western railway passes within a mile of the village. The tithes were commuted for 150 acres of land under an Enclosure Act in 1814. The living is a rectory.in the diocese of Rochester, value £166, in the patronage of the Bishop of Peterborough. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has an embattled tower containing three bells. The church has a roof of carved oak, supported by figures representing some of the apostles, and emblazoned with coats of arms, said to be those of Queen Elizabeth, James I., and the founder. Not far distant are the Clinton chalk hills."
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