Throcking

Human settlement in England

List of places: UK; England; Hertfordshire

51°57′11″N 0°03′22″W / 51.953°N 0.056°W / 51.953; -0.056

Throcking is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Cottered, in the East Hertfordshire district, in the county of Hertfordshire, England. It is approximately 1.5 miles west-northwest of Buntingford and 7 miles east-northeast of Stevenage. In 1951 the civil parish had a population of 139.^[1] On the 1 April 1955 the civil parish was merged into Cottered.^[2] Throcking was recorded in the Domesday Book as Trochinge.^[3]

Notable residents

Thomas Soame (1584-1671), English politician
Sir Leonard Hyde, High Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1606
Amy Robsart (1532-1560), first wife of Sir Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532-1588)
Leonard Arthur Hawes (1892-1986), British army officer responsible for B.E.F transport to France

References

^ "Population Statistics Throcking AP/CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
^ "Relationships and changes Throcking AP/CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
^ "Hertfordshire". The Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 24 November 2018.