Bushey, a village and a parish in Herts. The village stands 3/4 of a mile E of the L. & N.W.R., near the river Colne, 1 1/2 mile SE of Watford, has a station on the railway, and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Watford, and was once a market-town. The parish includes also Bushey Heath, which likewise has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Watford, and is 3 miles from that town. Acreage, 3218; population of the civil parish, 5652; of the ecclesiastical parish of Bushey, 19 54, and of Bushey Heath, 1608. The living is a rectory; net value, £490 with residence. The church is a structure of brick faced with flint and Bath stone, rebuilt in 1871. It lias several interesting memorials and monuments. St Peters, Bushey-Heath, formerly a chapel of ease, had a district assigned in 1889. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value, £235. The church, an edifice of brick, was erected in 1838. Both livings are in the gift of a private patron, and in the diocese of St Albans. There are also Baptist, Roman Catholic, Congregational, and Primitive Methodist chapels. Bushey Hall, a splendid mansion of red brick, originally built at a cost of £150,000, was in 1882 converted into a hydro-therapeutic establishment. The high grounds of Bushey Heath command an extensive and beautiful view of the valley of the Thames. There are ten well-endowed almshouses, and some small charities. Bushey-Grove, Bushey-Mill, and Caldicot Hill are small adjacent hamlets.
