Throcking
| Throcking | |
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Holy Trinity Church | |
Throcking Location within Hertfordshire | |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Throcking is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Cottered, in the East Hertfordshire district, in the county of Hertfordshire, England. It is approximately 1.5 miles west-northwest of Buntingford and 7 miles east-northeast 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), English 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. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Throcking AP/CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ "Hertfordshire". The Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
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