In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Edwinstree like this:

EDWINSTREE, a hundred in Herts. It adjoins Cambridgeshire and Essex; is 16 ½ miles long from N to S, and from 2½ to 7 miles broad; and contains eighteen parishes. Acres, 37, 229. Pop., 9, 471. Houses, 1, 983.

Edwinstree through time

Edwinstree is now part of EAST HERTFORDSHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how EAST HERTFORDSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Edwinstree itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Edwinstree, in East Hertfordshire and Hertfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20746

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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