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WESTMILL, a parish, with a village, in Royston district, Herts; on the Buntingford railway, 1½ mile S by E of Buntingford. It has a post-office under Buntingford, and a r. station. Acres, 2,137. Real property, £3,190. Pop., 353. Houses, 76. Coles Park and Knights Hill are chief residences. Two Roman cups were found in 1728. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £474. Patron, the Countess of Mexborough. The church is plain but good; and has a tower and spire. There is an endowed school with £29 a year.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Westmill Parish Hertfordshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Westmill |
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