Throcking

Throcking
Holy Trinity Church
Throcking Location within Hertfordshire
Civil parish	Cottered
District	East Hertfordshire
Shire county	Hertfordshire
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
List of places UK England Hertfordshire 51°57′11″N0°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

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