Puttenham, Hertfordshire

Human settlement in England

Tring Rural

District

Dacorum

Hertfordshire

Region

East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townTringPostcode districtHP23Dialling code01296PoliceHertfordshireFire Hertfordshire Ambulance East of England UK Parliament

South West Hertfordshire

List of places: UK; England; Hertfordshire

51°49′23″N 0°42′47″W / 51.82298°N 0.71298°W / 51.82298; -0.71298

Puttenham is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Tring Rural, in the Dacorum district, in north west Hertfordshire, England. In 1961 the parish had a population of 107.^[1] On 1 April 1964 the parish was abolished and merged with Tring Rural.^[2]

It was recorded as ‘Puteham’ in the Domesday Book.^[3]

St Mary's Church, the Church of England parish church, has a nave and aisles dating from the early 14th-century, and an elaborate roof and west tower from the 15th-century. It is a Grade I listed building.^[4]

Puttenham is one of the 51 Thankful Villages in England and Wales that suffered no fatalities during the Great War of 1914 to 1918.

References

^ "Population statistics Puttenham AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
^ "Relationships and changes Puttenham AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
^ http://www.raincliffe.n-yorks.sch.uk/homework/History/year%207/Doomsday%20Web%20Bits%20-%20collection/village_of_puttenham_and_the_dom.htm
^ Historic England. "Church of St Mary (Church of England) (1076690)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 June 2024.