1470); to another priest in robes (circa 1510); to Sir John Borrell, mace bearer to Henry VIII. (d. 1521); to Sir John Say (d. 1478), and his wife (d. 1473).  Note also (1) holy water basin near door; (2) marble effigies of Sir Henry Cock (d. 1609), and his wife and family; (3) shield of arms in centre of nave, with verses in English, bearing date 1630.  From the church a very picturesque walk may be taken through the village, to Hoddesdon, by way of “Admiral’s Walk,” or beside the Lea past the grounds of the Crown Hotel. Broxbournebury (Major G. R. B. Smith-Bosanquet, J.P.) is in the beautiful park, 1 mile W., and is a large imposing mansion in Jacobean style.  In Church Fields and on the London Road are large rose-nurseries, producing an immense number of roses yearly.  The neighbourhood is one of the most pleasant in the county.

BUCKLAND (3 miles N. from Buntingford, on the Royston Road) has an E.E. church, built by Nicholas de Bokeland in 1348.  The piscina at the E. end of the S. aisle marks the site of what was formerly the lady-chapel.  The font is very possibly anterior to the Conquest; it is a roughly hewn mass of Barnack stone.  The low window in the S. wall of the chancel was opened out during some renovations, and is thought to have been connected with a confessional, as a coloured figure of the Virgin was discovered on the wall.  The theory, however, may be dismissed as purely mythical.  There is a brass to William Langley, a rector of the church (d. 1478); a low-relief medallion by Chantrey to William Anthony (d. 1819), and a brass to one of the Boteler family (1451).  The interior was restored in 1875; the new W. door, of oak, was added in 1881.

Buck’s Hill (2 miles S.W. from King’s Langley Station, L.&N.W.R.) is a pretty hamlet.  The nearest parish church is about 11/4 mile N.E. at Chipperfield (q.v.).

BULBOURNE, river. (See Introduction.)

Bull’s Green is 21/4 miles N.E. from Welwyn Station, G.N.R.

Bull’s Mill is 21/2 miles N. from Hertford.

BUNTINGFORD, a small town on the river Rib, on the Royston-Cambridge Road, consists chiefly of the long High Street and of a few small by-ways, E. by the river side, and W. on the roads to Aspenden and Cottered.  Standing across the High Street is the cruciform church of St. Peter, built in 1614-26 as a chapel-of-ease to Layston (q.v.).  An old brass tablet still preserved represents the holding of a Divine service in the church before completion.  There is also a portrait of Seth Ward (see Aspenden); the almshouses a few yards W. were founded by him in 1684.  “This town,” wrote Chauncy, “is of small antiquity, for there is no mention of it in Domesdei Book, neither can I find anything of it before Anno. 21.  Edwd.  III., when that King did grant one Market every Week, and one Fair every Year in Buntingford, to Elizabeth de Burgo and her Heirs, reserving the Yearly Rent of 6d.”  At the N. end of High Street is the old pound. Corney Bury (1/2 mile N.) is a fine old manor house.  Little of historic importance is to be gleaned in the town, but a ramble from end to end is interesting by reason of the many quaint inns and cottages, of all ages and styles, which meet the eye at every turn.