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WALKERN, a parish, with a village, in the district and county of Hertford; 4 miles E by N of Stevenage r. station. It has a post-office under Buntingford. Acres 2,924. Real property, £4,419. Pop., 823. Houses, 163. The manor belongs to the Earl of Essex. Clay Hall is the residence of M. Pryor, Esq. W. Bury has remains of a castle. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £594.* Patron, King's College, Cambridge. The church is Norman and good. There are three dissenting chapels and a national school.
(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: | Walkern Parish Hertfordshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Walkern |
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