HARDING, (Hertfordshire) or HARPEDON, 3 m. S. of Whethamsted, of which it is a hamlet, and 5 m. from St. Albans in the
road to Luton, stands on a hill, and bel. anciently to the Hoos; but was sold to Matth. Cressy, in the R. of Edw. IV. and
continued in that family many descents, till it went by marriage of the heiress to the Bardolfs; one of whom sold it to
Sir John Witherong, Bt. in the R. of Cha. II. in whose posterity we hear it still remains.