NORTHAW, a parish in the hundred of CASHIO,
or liberty of ST-ALBAN'S, county of HERTFORD, 4
miles (N. E. by N.) from Chipping-Barnet, containing
566 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in
the archdeaconry of St. Alban's, and diocese of London,
and in the patronage of the Rev. A. Trenchard, D.D.
The church, dedicated to St. Thomas a Becket, was rebuilt
in 1810, at an expense of £1600, defrayed by
W. Strode, Esq., the late patron. There is a free school
for eight boys, endowed with £20 per annum. Within
the parish is a fine saline spring, formerly much resorted
to, but now almost neglected.