Hartford, Huntingdonshire

Description
Hartford, a village and a parish in Huntingdonshire, on Ermine Street and the river Ouse, 1 1/2 mile E of Huntingdon station, with a post office under Huntingdon; money order and telegraph office, Huntingdon. The parish includes Sapley, once a royal forest, and has an area of 1878 acres; population, 389. Many ancient coins and other relics have been found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely; net yearly value, £t47 with residence. The church is partly Norman, belonged to the Augustinian friary of Huntingdon, has two aisles and a tower, underwent repair in 1861, and was then found to include stone coffins, mural paintings, and other interesting objects of the Saxon and Norman times. The great tithes and the patronage formed part of the marriage settlement of Oliver Cromwell's wife, Elizabeth Bourchier.