Aspenden

Aspenden
St Mary, Aspenden
Aspenden Location within Hertfordshire
Population	239 (Parish, 2021) [1]
OS grid reference	TL361282
District	East Hertfordshire
Shire county	Hertfordshire
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BUNTINGFORD
Postcode district	SG9
Dialling code	01763
Police	Hertfordshire
Fire	Hertfordshire
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	North East Hertfordshire
List of places UK England Hertfordshire 51°56′08″N0°01′09″W / 51.9356°N 0.0193°W / 51.9356; -0.0193

Aspenden is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It lies immediately south of Buntingford, its post town. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 239.

Its name, which means 'valley of aspen trees', was first attested in 1212. ^[2] The Prime Meridian passes just to the east of the village.

See also

• The Hundred Parishes

References

1. "2021 Census Parish Profiles". NOMIS. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 January 2026. (To get individual parish data, use the query function on table PP002.)
2. "Aspenden :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

External links

• Media related to Aspenden at Wikimedia Commons
• Aspenden (A Guide to Old Hertfordshire)
• Aspenden in the Domesday Book