MARGARET (ST.), a parish in the hundred and
county of HERTFORD, 1 mile (N. by E.) from Hoddesdon,
containing 97 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual
curacy, in the archdeaconry of Middlesex, and
diocese of London, and in the patronage of the Lord
of the Manor. A college, or chantry, for a master and
four secular priests, was founded here in 1315, by
Sir William de Goldington, Knt., in consequence of the
impoverishment of the tithes, oblations, and other ecclesiastical
rights of the church; but it was dissolved in
1431, for neglect and the misapplication of its revenue.
This parish is situated between the New River and
the Lea.