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

WAKELY, an extra-parochial tract in Royston district, Herts; 2 miles SW of Buntingford. Acres, 470. Pop., 4. House, 1.

Wakeley through time

Wakeley 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 Wakeley itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22740

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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