Whempstead
From Wikishire
| Whempstead | |
| Hertfordshire | |
|---|---|
 Gate Cottage, Whempstead | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL319208 |
| Location: | 51°52’15"N, 0°5’4"W |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | SG12 |
| Local Government | |
Whempstead is a tiny hamlet in Hertfordshire to the north of Ware. It sits between the villages of Watton-at-Stone and Dane End, near the top of Sacombe Hill. Benington is north up the lane.
Whempstead consists of some 15 houses and several farms.
All of the surrounding landscape is given over to agriculture. It is shown on an 1815 map of Hertfordshire[1]. There is no church in the village, though there was once a chapel, now converted into a private house. There was also a public house, The Gate, but this closed in the 1960s.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Whempstead) |
References
- ↑ J and J Dundee, Albion Press, London Jan 1 1815
