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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Broadwater like this:
BROADWATER, a hundred in Herts. It lies around Bennington and Dutchworth; and contains twenty-two parishes. Acres, 59,511. Pop., 18,800. Houses, 3,777.
Broadwater is now part of NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Broadwater itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Broadwater, in North Hertfordshire and Hertfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20714
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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