Throcking
| Throcking | |
| Hertfordshire | |
|---|---|
 Holy Trinity Church | |
| Location | |
| Location: | 51°57’11"N, 0°3’22"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Buntingford |
| Postcode: | SG9 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Hertfordshire |
Throcking is a village and ancient parish in the Edwintree Hundred of Hertfordshire. It is approximately a mile and a half west-north-west of Buntingford and seven miles east-north-east of Stevenage. In 1951 the civil parish had a population of 139.[1] On the 1 April 1955 the civil parish was merged into Cottered.[2] Throcking was recorded in the Domesday Book as Trochinge.[3]
Notable residents
- Thomas Soame (1584-1671), politician
- Sir Leonard Hyde, High Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1606
- Amy Robsart (1532-1560), first wife of Sir Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532-1588)
- Leonard Arthur Hawes (1892-1986), British army officer responsible for B.E.F transport to France
References
- ↑ "Population Statistics Throcking AP/CP through time". Vision of Britain. http://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10192249/cube/TOT_POP. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ↑ "Relationships and changes Throcking AP/CP through time". Vision of Britain. http://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10192249. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ↑ "Hertfordshire". The Domesday Book Online. http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/hertfordshire1.html#throcking. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
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