Westmill
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| Westmill | |
| Hertfordshire | |
|---|---|
 St Mary the Virgin, Westmill | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL368270 |
| Location: | 51°55’30"N, 0°-0’36"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 264 (2001) |
| Post town: | Buntingford |
| Postcode: | SG9 |
| Dialling code: | 01763 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Hertfordshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North East Hertfordshire |
Westmill is a village in eastern Hertfordshire. At the 2001 Census the population of the parish was recorded at 264 souls. The village is just to the south of Buntingford.
The Greenwich Meridian passes to the east of Westmill.
Westmill was the 1833 birthplace of the child diarist Emily Pepys, whose father Henry Pepys, later Bishop of Worcester and a Liberal politician, was the rector from 1827 to 1840.[1] (Emily Pepys was not a descendant of the more famous diarist of a century and a half before her, Samuel Pepys. Her surname was pronounced "Peppis", not "Peeps" by Emily's branch of the family.[2]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Westmill) |
- Westmill Pictures and History in A Guide to Old Hertfordshire]
References
- ↑ Henry Pepys's ODNB entry: Retrieved 16 September 2011. Subscription required.
- ↑ Gillian Avery: Introduction. In: The Journal of Emily Pepys (London: Prospect Books, 1984. ISBN 0-907325-24-6), p. 11.
