1855 P.O. Directory of Herts: Walkern
[Including notes on locations in present day Walkern]
Source: HALS
Walkern is a village in Broadwater Hundred, Hertford Union, on a feeder of the river Beane, distant from Buntingford 6 miles, and 4 from Stevenage station, Great Northern Railway, and 32 from London. The church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, an ancient structure in the Norman style, with square tower and 5 bells, has been recently repaired; and the living is a rectory, value £600, with 16 acres of glebe, in the diocese of Rochester, and patronage of King’s College Cambridge; the present incumbent is the Rev John Harding MA. In the year 1712, Jane Wenham, who was a native of this village, was convicted of witchcraft, but was afterwards pardoned. On the brook is a mill. The street is 1 mile long. The area of the parish is 2,94 acres, and the population in 1851 was 738. The assessment to the Income Tax in 1842 was £3,879. The Earl of Essex is lord of the manor.
Cromer is 1 mile north; Luffenhall 1 ½ miles north, both on the brook; Bassetts Green ¾ mile east.
Private residents
Rev John Harding M.A. (Rector)
John Izzard Pryor Esq., Clay Hall
Traders
Alburn Nathan, beer retailer Clay End
Allison, James, beer retailer [ Robin Hood & Little John]
Aylott, George, carpenter [Red Lion pub, now Redlyn house]
Bray, Willam, wheelwright & smith
Bridges Mrs, Farmer Walkern Hall
Cannon, Martha (Mrs) shopkeeper
Cannon Owen, poulterer
Cock, Charles, blacksmith and beer retailer [near the Red Lion/Redlyn]
Darby Mrs Farmer [Holmes farm]
Dickenson, Joseph, shoemaker [nr Yew Tree]
Dilley, Philip, shopkeeper [near the Red Lion/Redlyn]
Elliot, Henry, bricklayer & beer retailer [Yew Tree]
Garratt, Thomas, miller Walkern Mill
Hill Robert, farmer the Bury
Kitchener George, butcher
Knott James, shopkeeper
Martin, John, harness maker [opposite Totts Lane]
Pearman, Daniel, baker [near Yew Tree]
Pearman Edward, farmer Boxwood farm
Pearman, George David, miller
Pearman Thomas, farmer Rooks Nest
Pettit, George, ‘Red Lion’ & plumber and glazier [Three Horse Shoes pub, next to the Robin Hood]
Porter, Samuel, farmer [Finches Farm]
Rayment, James, farmer [Walkern Park Farm]
Rowlatt, Thomas, farmer [Walkern Place, now Manor farm]
Rust, John, tailor
Savage, James, farmer [Bridgefoot Farm]
Savage, William, farmer [Bassus Green Farm]
Stockbridge, Thomas, baker & corn dealer [opposite Robin Hood]
Waldron Richard, White Lion
Wright, Samuel, maltster and farmer
Post Office: William Aylott
National School: Miss Dann, Mistress
Carrier: Owen Cannon
