ALDBURY, a parish in the hundred of DACORUM,
county of HERTFORD, 3 miles (E. by N.) from Tring,
containing 676 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in
the archdeaconry of Huntingdon, and diocese of Lincoln,
rated in the king's books at £20. 8. 6., and in
the patronage of the Trustees of the late Earl of Bridgewater.
The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist,
is an ancient structure in the early style of English
architecture, and contains an altar-tomb of an armed
knight, in a recumbent posture, and his lady, also
another, with brasses, to a knight and his lady, and
their nine sons and three daughters, both executed in
the richest style of ancient sculpture. This village is
pleasantly situated at the foot of the Chiltern hills, the
summits of which are crowned with thick plantations.
There are three tenements for the residence of five
widowers and. widows, with an annual sum for keeping
them in repair, the gift of an unknown benefactor.