Sacombe, Hertfordshire Genealogy

England   Hertfordshire Hertfordshire Parishes

Parish History
SACOMB (St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Broadwater, union and county of Hertford, 4 miles (N. by W.) from Ware; containing 325 inhabitants. The parish comprises 1510a. 1r. 6p. The surface is varied, and the scenery enriched with wood. Sacomb Park, the seat of John Abel Smith, Esq., is supposed to have been one of the first parks inclosed in England, and the appearance of the oaks bespeaks great antiquity; the mansion was built about the year 1800. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £10. 3. 4., and in the gift of Samuel Smyth, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £335. 15., and the glebe comprises 12 acres. The church is situated upon an eminence, on the north side of the Ware and Wotton road; it has a tower on the south side of the nave, formerly embattled, and the chancel contains two stone stalls, and a piscina under trefoil arches, with some memorials of the Rolt family. A school is partly supported by Mr. Smith.

From: Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848)

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Probate records
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