. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. BRAUGHING HUNDRED sawbridgeworth Rainbow Field and Parrot's Field on Rowney Farm, White Moor, White Field, and Mountain Mead on Blunt's Farm, Great and Little Battles (arable) and Battle Wood, part of Gilston Beaniield, called Bell Mead, was left to the church for the :ewn on the floor purpose of growing beans of the church. An interesting agricultural enterprise i here by the late Mr. John Prout. In acquired Blunt's or Blount's Farm, consistii acres on the chalky boulder clay, and th: the results obtained from the
. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. BRAUGHING HUNDRED sawbridgeworth Rainbow Field and Parrot's Field on Rowney Farm, White Moor, White Field, and Mountain Mead on Blunt's Farm, Great and Little Battles (arable) and Battle Wood, part of Gilston Beaniield, called Bell Mead, was left to the church for the :ewn on the floor purpose of growing beans of the church. An interesting agricultural enterprise i here by the late Mr. John Prout. In acquired Blunt's or Blount's Farm, consistii acres on the chalky boulder clay, and th: the results obtained from the Rothamsted e; to practical farming. The farm was laid < production of a continuous series of corn crops, and for this purpose was divided into fields of about 50 acres, each of which was dressed with chemical manures and cultivated by steam ploughs. Mr. John Prout carried on the farm until 1894, when he was succeeded by his son Mr. Willi-m The vas begun 1861 he g of about ; peri men ts tut for the as it is now generally called) running at right angles to the London Road (here called the Cambridge Road) and Knight Street forming the fourth side of the figure. The Newtown lies along Barker Lane, which is the north side of the parallelogram. The names Knight Street and Cock Street are as old at least as the 16th A cross called Knight's Cross was apparently situated in the former street, whilst from it a road led to the Two Crosses (Le Too- crowches) which were in Church Street, a continuation of Cock Street, leads to the parish church of St. Mary. To the south-west of the church is the Square, which was once the market-place. There is now no market, but two fairs are still held on the Fair Green, one in April and the other in October. The vicarage lies to the south of the church. In the London Road is a Congregational chapel representing a dissenting community dating back as far as 1669. In 1814. a chapel for Indepen-. Sawbri DCEworth : Hand Crow
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