The parish covers an area of 11.04 km2 (4.26 sq mi) and had a population of 2,618 in 972 households at the 2001 census,.

He died in 1398 but he and his wife Katherine Gymyngham had a daughter Sibylle who was a literary patron.

It is run by Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, and formerly provided a large amount of employment for the villages.

The majority of the site has been sold off for new housing developments, with two wards remaining, the Broadland Clinic and Astley Court.

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