Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire

Description
Hertingfordbury, a village and a parish in Hertfordshire. The village stands between the rivers Maran and Lea, adjacent to the Hertford and Hatfield branch of the G.N.R., 2 miles WSW of Hertford, and has a station on the railway, and a post and money order office under Hertford; telegraph office, Hertford. The parish contains also the hamlets of East End, Stains Green, Cole Green, Birch Green, and Letty Green. Acreage, 2645, of which 20 are water; population, 797. The manor was given at the Conquest to Philip de Valoines; passed to the Duchy of Lancaster, and, with Panshanger House, belongs now to Earl Cowper. Panshanger House is a stately castellated mansion of grey stone erected in 1801 and subsequent years by Peter, fifth Earl Cowper. It contains an extremely valuable collection of paintings, and stands in a well-wooded park of 500 acres. An oak, nearly 20 feet in girth at 10 feet from the ground, is in Panshanger park. The living is a rectory, united with the chapelry of Letty Green, in the diocese of St Albans; net yearly value, £340. Patron, the Duchy of Lancaster. The church is an ancient building of brick and rubble, dating apparently from the early part of the 15th century, consists of nave, N aisle, S porch, and chancel, with tower and spire, and contains some beautiful monuments of the Cowpers and others. There are a chapel of ease at Letty Green, and charities worth about £116 a year.