DIGSWELL, a parish in the hundred of BROADWATER,
county of HERTFORD, 1 mile (S.E. by S.) from
Welwyn, containing 204 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Huntingdon, and dio
cese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £7. 4. 2.
The Rev. J. J. Watson, D.D. was patron in 1811. The
church, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, has a
chapel on the north side, and a square embattled tower
at the west end; it contains many ancient effigies in
brass, with various 6ther sepulchral emblems. The
parish is bounded on the north by the river Mimeram,
and on the south by the Lea.