HADHAM (GREAT or MUCH) is an ancient village and parish near the river Ash. The station, G.E.R., is 11/4 mile S.W. We read that the Manor was given by King Edgar to the Bishops of London, several of whom have resided at the old manor house. Katherine, mother of Henry VI. and wife of Owen Tudor, gave birth to a son here, known as Edmund of Hadham. The church of St. Andrew, near the river, is E.E., dating from about 1300. It has been much altered and restored. The very fine S. porch is thought to be the work of Bishop Kemp (1459-89); the massive, embattled W. tower is probably by Bishop Braybroke (_circa_ 1400). Note (1) floriated cross and inscription to Simon Flambard, Rector of Hadham Magna in 1331, and chaplain to Edward III.; (2) brass to one Alban, also rector here (d. 1372); (3) monument in chancel to Judith Aylmer, widow of John Aylmer, Bishop of London (d. 1618); (4) fourteenth-century glass in E. window, a memorial to Thomas Randolph, a recent rector; (5) three brasses in nave to members of the Newce family (1579-1610); (6) fine oak chancel screen; (7) two piscinae in chancel. The old House, or Palace, dated from about 1400. Close to the village (S.W.) lies _Moor Park_, which readers or tourists must not confound with Moor Park, Rickmansworth (_q.v._). The present mansion dates from about 1780; its predecessor was an Elizabethan structure, once the property of Sir John Gore, Kt. (see Gilston), and previously of Sir Garratt Harvey, in whose day Archbishop Usher was a guest at "Moore Place". At _Perry Green_, 1 mile E. from Hadham Station, is a chapel-of-ease, in E.E. style, erected in 1853. _Hadham Cross_ is beautifully situated in the valley, S. from the village and partly hidden among trees. _Hadham Ford_ (3 miles E. from Standon Station, G.E.R.) is on the river Ash, 1 mile S.W. from