Bengeo, Hertfordshire

Description
Bengeo, a village and a parish in the county of Hertford, on the river Bib, 2 miles W from Ware, and 1 mile N of Hertford, and partly within Hertford borough, with a post, money order, and telegraph office under Hertford. Acreage, 8031 of land and 23 of water; population of the civil parish, 2586; of the ecclesiastical (Christ Church), 1399, (Holy Trinity), 1466. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St Albans ; net value, £350 with residence. The churches are St Leonards, an ancient building of Early Norman date, lately restored and now used for occasional services; the Holy Trinity, erected in 1855; and St Michaels at Waterford. There is also a chapel of ease at Tonwell, and a Calvinistic chapel at Port Vale. The Hertford County Reformatory stands in this parish, which includes the hamlets of Waterford, Tonwell, and Chapmore End.