Bovingdon, a parish in Herts, on the verge of the county, near the N.W.R. and the Grand Junction Canal, 2 miles SW of Boxmoor railway station, 3 1/2 SSE of Berkhamp-stead. It has a post and money order office under Hemel-Hempstead; telegraph office, Boxmoor. Acreage, 3958.;. population, 1056. The living is a vicarage, united with Bourne-End, in the diocese of St Albans; net value, £250-with residence. Patron, Trustees. The church is a building of flint and stone in the Gothic style, originally erected about 1340, and rebuilt in 1856. It contains some ancient tombs and monuments. There are Baptist and Congregational chapels. Bourne-End and Box-Lane are adjacent hamlets. There is a school chapel at Bourne-End.
