In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Anstey like this:
ANSTEY, a parish in Royston district, Herts; on Ermine-street, near the river Quin, 3½ miles NE of Buntingford, and 6½ SSE of Royston r. station. Post town, Buntingford. Acres, 2,170. Real property,-£3,194. Pop., 473. Houses, 93. A castle stood here upon a high rouud hill, said to have been erected, soon aftcr the Conquest, by Eustace, Earl of Boulogne; but was demolished, in the time of Henry III., "because it had been a nest of rebels." The moat which surrouuded it, and some works which were added in the time of King John, still remain. ...
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £504.* Patron, Christ,s College, Cambridge. The church was built out of the materials of the casstle; and is cruciform and of mixed architecture, from Norman to debased. There are a P. Methodist chapel, a national school, and charities £8.
Anstey through time
Anstey is now part of East Hertfordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Hertfordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Anstey itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Anstey in East Hertfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4914
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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