COLNEY-ST. PETER, or London-Colney | As described in John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)

Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COLNEY-ST. PETER, or London-Colney

COLNEY-ST. PETER, or London-Colney, a chapelry in the parishes of St. Peter, Ridge, and Shenley, Herts; on the river Colne, adjacent to the St. Albans railway, 3 miles S of St. Albans. It was constituted in 1826; and it includes Colney-Street, which has a post office under St. Albans. Rated property, about £4, 000. Pop., 792. Houses, 171. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £120. Patron, the Countess of Caledon . The church is good.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description:	"a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units:	Hertfordshire Ancient County London Ancient County
Place names:	COLNEY ST PETER \| COLNEY ST PETER OR LONDON COLNEY \| LONDON COLNEY
Place:	London Colney

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