Berkhampstead, Little a parish and a small village in the county of Hertford, 5 miles ESE of Hatfield railway station, and 4 SW of Hertford, under which there is a post, money order, and telegraph office. Acreage, 1587; population, 430. Berkhampstead House is the chief residence. The observatory tower commands a fine view. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St Albans; gross value, £227 with residence, in the gift of the Marquess of Salisbury. The church was restored in 1893. Bishop Ken was a native. Epping Green and Howe Green are adjacent hamlets.
