In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sarratt like this:
SARRATT, a parish, with a village, in Watford district, Herts; on the river Chess, 3½ miles N N W of Rick-mansworth r. station. It has a postal pillar-box under Rickmansworth, Herts. Acres, 1, 550. Real property, £3,070. Pop. in 1851, 613; in 1861, 736. Houses, 142. The property is divided among a few. ...
S. Hall, S. Villa, and Goldington House are chief residences. The making of fancy trimming is carried on; and there is a paper mill. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £243.* Patrons, the Executors of the late J. A. Gordon, Esq. The church is ancient and cruciform; was restored in 1866; and was then found toinclude some Roman bricks. The churchyard also wasfound to contain Roman cinerary urns. There are a Baptist chapel, and alms-houses with £21 a year.
Sarratt through time
Sarratt is now part of Three Rivers district. Click here for graphs and data of how Three Rivers has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sarratt itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sarratt, in Three Rivers and Hertfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3039
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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