WIDFORD, a parish in the hundred of BRAUGHIN,
county of HERTFORD, 3 miles (E. by N.) from Ware,
containing 461 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the archdeaconry of Middlesex, and diocese of
London, rated in the king's books at £12. 13. 4., and
in the patronage of S. Partridge, Esq. The church,
dedicated to St. John the Baptist, has a square embattled
tower, with a tall slender spire, and occupies a
considerable eminence. The river Ash runs through
the parish. A rent-charge of £5, from an unknown
benefactor, is applied for teaching three boys.