Puttenham, Hertfordshire

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Puttenham
Hertfordshire

Church of St Mary, Puttenham
Location
Grid reference: SP888146
Location: 51°49’23"N, -0°42’47"W
Data
Post town: Tring
Postcode: HP23
Dialling code: 01296
Local Government
Council: Dacorum
Parliamentary
constituency:
South West Hertfordshire

Puttenham is a small village in north-western Hertfordshire, within the Tring Salient.

It was recorded as 'Puteham' in the Domesday Book of 1086. [1]

Puttenham is one of the 51 Thankful Villages in England and Wales; villages which suffered no fatalities during the Great War of 1914 to 1918.

The parish church is St Mary's. It has an original nave roof, richly carved. The pulpit by contrast is a rustic timber 17th century pulpit.

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