BERKHAMPSTEAD (LITTLE), a parish in the hundred of HERTFORD, and county of HERTFORD, 4 miles (S. W. by S.) from Hertford, containing 439 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Huntingdon, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £7- 8.65., and in the patronage of the Marquis of Salisbury. The church, a neat structure, is dedicated to St. Andrew. At How Green, in this parish, is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. A National school for boys and girls is now in progress of erection, and there are three almshouses, the inmates of which are supported by the parish. On an elevated situation near an old manorhouse, a circular tower of brick, one hundred feet in height, termed the Observatory, has been erected, which commands an extensive prospect.