OFLEY-LITTLE, (Hertfordshire) on the N. side of Great-Ofley, of which it was a hamlet, stands on the ledge of hills on the
N. side of the Co. called by some the Alps of England, and is now reduced to one seat. In the R. of Hen. VIII. it was in
the crown; and in the next R. was granted to Rich. Spicer, alias Helder; whose ancestors, indeed long before this estate
was in the crown, held it by long leases from the R. of Hen. VI. It is now the estate of Mr. Helder's widow, who was the
daughter of Mr. John Hind, of St. Andrew's, Holbourn, brewer. The Roman Ikening-way, which divides this Co. from
Bedfordshire, till it comes hither, passes bet. this p. and Hexton,