WILLIAN, a parish in the hundred of BROADWATER, county of HERTFORD, 2 miles (E. by N.) from Hitchin, containing 269 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Huntingdon, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £5. Francis Pym, Esq. was patron in 1816. The church, dedicated to All Saints, has been recently beautified, at the expense of £250.