LITTLE GADDESDEN, a small agricultural parish, on the River Gade, 28 miles from London, 6 miles south of Dunstable, 6 east of Tring, and 4 north of the Great Berkhampstead station. The church is a small Gothic building, with tower and 2 bells. The living is a rectory, value £275 yearly, in the archdeaconry of St Albans and bishopric of Rochester; the incumbent is the Rev David Jenks, M.A. Some of the Bridgewater family are buried here; it is in the hundred of Dacorum and Great Berkhampstead Union. The soil is principally clay and chalk; acres about 1,000. The charities are about £25 yearly; population 454.

Ravendale is 2 miles north-east.

Post Office Directory 1850

GENTRY

Alfred Lord, M.P. Ashridge House
Jenks Rev David, M.A
Mayling John, esq. The Priory

TRADERS

Atty George, land agent
Clifton William, shopkeeper
Cutler Edward, butcher & shopkeeper
Cutler Richard, baker
Fountain Mark, butcher
Harvey John, tailor
Holland George, farmer
Marriott Thomas, tailor
Norris Arthur Sml, 'Bridgewater Arms'
Pangbourn Thomas, carpenter
Reeve William, shopkeeper
Rogers James, shoemaker
Tompkins Adam, nurseryman
Tonlin James, shopkeeper & tailor
Underwood George, farmer
Wilson John, schoolmaster

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