Puttenham, Hertfordshire
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Puttenham is a small village in north west Hertfordshire
, England
. It is in the Tring Rural
parish. Until April 1, 1964 Puttenham was a Civil Parish
in its own right. At the time of the merger with Tring Rural it had a population of 107 http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10059598.
It was recorded as ‘Puteham’ in the Domesday Book
. http://www.raincliffe.n-yorks.sch.uk/homework/History/year%207/Doomsday%20Web%20Bits%20-%20collection/village_of_puttenham_and_the_dom.htm
Puttenham is one of the 51 Thankful Villages
in England and Wales that suffered no fatalities during the Great War of 1914 to 1918.
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is in the Tring Rural
Tring Rural
Tring Rural is a civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. It is composed of the villages of Long Marston, Wilstone, Puttenham, and the hamlets of Gubblecote and Astrope. It is largely situated the north of the town of Tring...
parish. Until April 1, 1964 Puttenham was a Civil Parish
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
in its own right. At the time of the merger with Tring Rural it had a population of 107 http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10059598.
It was recorded as ‘Puteham’ in the Domesday Book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
. http://www.raincliffe.n-yorks.sch.uk/homework/History/year%207/Doomsday%20Web%20Bits%20-%20collection/village_of_puttenham_and_the_dom.htm
Puttenham is one of the 51 Thankful Villages
Thankful Villages
Thankful Villages are settlements in both England and Wales from which all their then members of the armed forces survived World War I. The term Thankful Village was popularised by the writer Arthur Mee in the 1930s...
in England and Wales that suffered no fatalities during the Great War of 1914 to 1918.