. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. BROADWATER HUNDRED WALRERN Walchra (xi cent.) ; Walkre, Waukre, Wauker The parish of Walkern has an area of 2,991 acrrri, of which 1,7374 acres are arable land, 686| acres permanent grass, and 138 acres woods and planta- tions1 Nearly all the western half is over 300 ft. in height ; the valley of the little River Beane causes a slight depression down the centre of the parish, but the land rises again in the east, and at three points, Walkern Hall, Bassus Green, and Walkcrn Park, reaches a height of over 400 ft. The village lies
. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. BROADWATER HUNDRED WALRERN Walchra (xi cent.) ; Walkre, Waukre, Wauker The parish of Walkern has an area of 2,991 acrrri, of which 1,7374 acres are arable land, 686| acres permanent grass, and 138 acres woods and planta- tions1 Nearly all the western half is over 300 ft. in height ; the valley of the little River Beane causes a slight depression down the centre of the parish, but the land rises again in the east, and at three points, Walkern Hall, Bassus Green, and Walkcrn Park, reaches a height of over 400 ft. The village lies off the main road in the valley of the Beane on the road to Walton. It is fairly large and somewhat straggling, the church, rectory and school, and Walkern Place, a 17th-century farm-house of timber and plaster, re faced in the 18th century,. lying at the north end. There are several* 17th- century cottages in the village, and the White Lion Inn, although much altered, is probably of that date. At the south end of the village are the mill on the River Beane and the early 17th-century farm-house called Rook's Nest. It is chiefly built of the narrow z-inch red bricks, and is of two stories and attics. It is L-shaped on plan, though a long brew-house projects northward from the kitchen wing. The main building faces east, and has the usual two-storied gabled porch nearly in the centre of the front. At the back is a boldly projecting staircase carried well above the eaves of the main building and finished with a gable. A long kitchen wing facing the south projects from the main building. The main building is divided internally into two nearly equal parts by the massive substructure of the central chimney, the drawing-room or old parlour being on the right of the entrance, and the hall, now the dining room, on s from Bd. of Agric. (1905). the left. In both these rooms the old fireplaces have been built up and modern grates substituted. A south entrance door formerly existed from the
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