Place:Brent Pelham, Hertfordshire, England

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NameBrent Pelham
Alt namesBrent-Pelhamsource: Family History Library Catalog
Pelehamsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 137
TypeParish
Coordinates51.95°N 0.083°E
Located inHertfordshire, England
See alsoEdwinstree Hundred, Hertfordshire, Englandhundred in which it was located
Bishop's Stortford Rural, Hertfordshire, Englandrural district in which it was located 1894-1895
Hadham Rural, Hertfordshire, Englandrural district in which it was located 1895-1935
Braughing Rural, Hertfordshire, Englandrural district in which it was located 1935-1974
East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Brent Pelham is a village in the East Hertfordshire District of Hertfordshire, England, and situated approximately 5 miles (8 km) east of Buntingford. It is one of the three Pelhams, with Stocking Pelham and Furneux Pelham, which now form part of the civil parish of Brent Pelham and Meesden.

The parish church of St Mary's dates from the 14th century. It contains a black marble tomb slab of the 13th century, upon which the name of legendary local dragon-slayer Piers Shonks and a date of 1086 has been added. Symbols of the Four Evangelists - angel, eagle, lion, and bull - have been carved in relief around a dragon's mouth. The church is part of a benefice with Anstey, Hormead, Meesden and Wyddial.

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