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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Datchworth like this:
DATCHWORTH, a parish in the district and county of Hertford; 3 miles NE of Welwyn r. station, and 6¼ NW of Hertford. Post town, Welwyn. Acres, 1, 921. Real property, £2, 756. Pop., 635. Houses, 122. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £382.* Patron, Clare Hall, Cambridge. The church is old but good.
Datchworth 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 Datchworth itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Datchworth, in East Hertfordshire and Hertfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4363
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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