DATCHWORTH, a parish in the hundred of BROADWATER, county of HERTFORD, 3 miles (N.E. by E.) from Welwyn, containing 4Q4 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Huntingdon, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £ 14.13. 4., and in the patronage of the Master and Fellows of Clare Hall, Cambridge. The church is dedicated to All Saints.