HARPENDEN, a parish in the hundred of DACORUM,
county of HERTFORD, 3 miles (N.E. by E.) from
Redburn, containing 1693 inhabitants. The living is a
perpetual curacy annexed to the rectory of Wheathampstead,
in the archdeaconry of Huntingdon, and diocese
Of Lincoln. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is
an ancient cruciform structure, composed of flint and
stone: it is in the Norman style, with a square embattled
tower. There are places of worship for Independents
and Wesleyan Methodists. A fair for horses and cattle
is-held on May 16th. .