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style="width:6em;right:5px"><div>St Mary's Watford</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of St Mary's</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=St_Mary%27s_Church,_Watford&params=51.654563_N_0.395923_W_type:landmark_region:GB"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°39′16″N</span> <span class="longitude">0°23′45″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.654563°N 0.395923°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.654563; -0.395923</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion" style="white-space: nowrap"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=St_Mary%27s_Church,_Watford&params=51.651839_N_0.396929_W_region:GB_scale:25000">TQ1196</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label">Church Street, Watford WD18 0EG</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Christian_denomination" title="Christian denomination">Denomination</a></th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Churchmanship" title="Churchmanship">Churchmanship</a></th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Evangelical" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelical">Evangelical</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://stmaryswatford.org/">stmaryswatford.org</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color:white; background-color:#BC50A5">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1100<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1100</span>)</span> or later</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Events</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>1871</b> renovated</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color:white; background-color:#BC50A5">Architecture</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Heritage designation</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">Grade I listed</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Sacred_architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacred architecture">Style</a></th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Early_English_Period" class="mw-redirect" title="Early English Period">Early English Gothic</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color:white; background-color:#BC50A5">Specifications</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spire height</th><td class="infobox-data">33 metres (108 ft) <br />(including 'spike')</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bells</th><td class="infobox-data">10 (1704, 1919 & 1946)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tenor bell weight</th><td class="infobox-data">1,237 kilograms (2,727 lb)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color:white; background-color:#BC50A5">Administration</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_province" title="Ecclesiastical province">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Canterbury" title="Province of Canterbury">Province of Canterbury</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Diocese" title="Diocese">Diocese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_St_Albans" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican Diocese of St Albans">Diocese of St Albans</a></td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Parish" title="Parish">Parish</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Watford" title="Watford">Watford</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color:white; background-color:#BC50A5">Clergy</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vicar" title="Vicar">Vicar(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data agent">Rev. Tony Rindl</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>St Mary's Watford</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a> church in <a href="/wiki/Watford" title="Watford">Watford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire" title="Hertfordshire">Hertfordshire</a>, in England. It is an active church situated in the town centre on Watford High Street, approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) outside <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>. St Mary's is the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England_parish_church" title="Church of England parish church">parish church</a> of Watford and is part of the <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_St_Albans" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican Diocese of St Albans">Anglican Diocese of St Albans</a>. Thought to be at least 800 years old, the church contains burials of a number of local nobility and some noteworthy <a href="/wiki/Monumental_sculpture" title="Monumental sculpture">monumental sculpture</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Elizabethan_era" title="Elizabethan era">Elizabethan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jacobean_era" title="Jacobean era">Jacobean eras</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Mary%27s_Church,_Watford&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>No documentary records exist of the origins of Watford Parish Church; the earliest parish records do not begin until 1539,<sup id="cite_ref-McGhan_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McGhan-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the church is understood to be considerably older. The building seen today is mainly 15th century in origin, although the oldest parts of the fabric are estimated to date from around 1230. During renovations in 1871, church restorers discovered that 12th-century stonework had been incorporated into the later medieval building, and in the <a href="/wiki/Core-and-veneer" title="Core-and-veneer">hardcore</a> of the tower walls, the basin of a 12th-century <a href="/wiki/Baptismal_font" title="Baptismal font">baptismal font</a> had been discarded. The presence of masonry from this era suggests that St Mary's Church was probably established at around the same time that the charter was granted for Watford Market to the Lord of the Manor at <a href="/wiki/Cassiobury_House" title="Cassiobury House">Cashio</a>, an Abbot of <a href="/wiki/St_Albans_Cathedral" title="St Albans Cathedral">St Albans Abbey</a>. The precise date that this licence was awarded is not known; historians estimate that it was during the reign of either <a href="/wiki/Henry_I_of_England" title="Henry I of England">King Henry I</a> (1100–1135) or <a href="/wiki/Henry_II_of_England" title="Henry II of England">King Henry II</a> (1154–1189).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among the past vicars of St Mary's was <a href="/wiki/William_Capel_(sportsman)" title="William Capel (sportsman)">William Capel</a>, son of <a href="/wiki/William_Capell,_3rd_Earl_of_Essex" title="William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex">William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex</a> and noted amateur <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricketer</a>. </p><p>On 18 July 1909, <a href="/wiki/Edward_VII_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward VII of the United Kingdom">King Edward VII</a> attended a service of worship during a visit to the <a href="/wiki/Edward_Villiers,_5th_Earl_of_Clarendon" title="Edward Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon">Earl of Clarendon</a> at the Grove. He entered the church through the door to the Essex Chapel, which is now known as the Edward VII door.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Jus_patronatus" title="Jus patronatus">patron of the church</a> was the <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Essex" title="Earl of Essex">Earl of Essex</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Architecture_and_memorials">Architecture and memorials</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Mary%27s_Church,_Watford&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Architecture and memorials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nave,_Saint_Mary%27s_Church,_Watford.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Nave%2C_Saint_Mary%27s_Church%2C_Watford.jpg/220px-Nave%2C_Saint_Mary%27s_Church%2C_Watford.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Nave%2C_Saint_Mary%27s_Church%2C_Watford.jpg/330px-Nave%2C_Saint_Mary%27s_Church%2C_Watford.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Nave%2C_Saint_Mary%27s_Church%2C_Watford.jpg/440px-Nave%2C_Saint_Mary%27s_Church%2C_Watford.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6732" data-file-height="3212" /></a><figcaption>The Nave of Saint Mary's</figcaption></figure> <p>Constructed in stone and faced in flint, the church has a broad <a href="/wiki/Clock_tower" title="Clock tower">clock tower</a> at the west end typical for Hertfordshire, topped with <a href="/wiki/Crenelation" class="mw-redirect" title="Crenelation">crenelations</a>. The six-bay <a href="/wiki/Nave" title="Nave">nave</a> is flanked by north and south aisles lined with octagonal <a href="/wiki/Pier_(architecture)" title="Pier (architecture)">piers</a>, above which runs a <a href="/wiki/Clerestory" title="Clerestory">clerestory</a>. The nave is topped by a timber roof with the beams resting on carved angels. Seen from the outside, St Mary's is for the most part a 15th-century building; the tower, outer walls of the aisles, clerstory, nave roof and south chancel chapel all date from this period. The <a href="/wiki/Chancel" title="Chancel">chancel</a> forms the older part of the church, the chancel arch and double <a href="/wiki/Piscina" title="Piscina">piscina</a> having been dated as 13th century.<sup id="cite_ref-EH_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EH-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pevsner_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pevsner-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sometime in the late 13th century, a chapel was added to the south aisle. Dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Katherine_of_Alexandria" class="mw-redirect" title="Katherine of Alexandria">St Katherine</a>, this chapel was built by John Heydon (d.1400) of <a href="/wiki/The_Grove,_Watford" title="The Grove, Watford">The Grove Estate</a> in Watford, and was hence known as the Heydon Chapel. By the time the church was being recorded by the historian <a href="/wiki/John_Edwin_Cussans" title="John Edwin Cussans">John Edwin Cussans</a> in his <i>History of Hertfordshire</i> (1880), the Heydon Chapel was in use as an organ chamber. Carved into one of the pillars which separate the chapel from the chancel was a coat of arms which <a href="/wiki/Robert_Clutterbuck" title="Robert Clutterbuck">Robert Clutterbuck</a> identified as the family arms of the Heydons.<sup id="cite_ref-McGhan_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McGhan-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pew_detail,_Saint_Mary%27s_Church,_Watford.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Pew_detail%2C_Saint_Mary%27s_Church%2C_Watford.jpg/170px-Pew_detail%2C_Saint_Mary%27s_Church%2C_Watford.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Pew_detail%2C_Saint_Mary%27s_Church%2C_Watford.jpg/255px-Pew_detail%2C_Saint_Mary%27s_Church%2C_Watford.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Pew_detail%2C_Saint_Mary%27s_Church%2C_Watford.jpg/340px-Pew_detail%2C_Saint_Mary%27s_Church%2C_Watford.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Carved "bench-end" of one of <a href="/wiki/George_Gilbert_Scott" title="George Gilbert Scott">George Gilbert Scott</a>'s pews</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Pulpit" title="Pulpit">pulpit</a> dates from 1714, the work of by Richard Bull. The church contains a number of marble monuments to local townspeople, dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. Of particular note is a white marble tablet in the Choristers' Vestry to the memory of <a href="/wiki/Robert_Clutterbuck" title="Robert Clutterbuck">Robert Clutterbuck</a>, the author of <i>a History of Hertfordshire</i>. In a vault beneath are also interred many of the Clutterbuck family. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Restoration_works">Restoration works</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Mary%27s_Church,_Watford&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Restoration works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The church interior was restored in 1848, and the church underwent a major restoration in 1871, led by the architect John Thomas Christopher; plans were also considered at this time for alterations to the church by the architect Sir <a href="/wiki/George_Gilbert_Scott" title="George Gilbert Scott">George Gilbert Scott</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wbc_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wbc-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During Christopher's refurbishment works the exterior plaster was removed and refaced with <a href="/wiki/Knapped_flint" class="mw-redirect" title="Knapped flint">knapped flint</a>, battlements were added to the tower, the south aisle walls were rebuilt, new roofs were built, and alterations were made to the 15th-century south chapel. Interior fittings introduced at this time included an ornate stone font carved by <a href="/wiki/James_Forsyth_(sculptor)" title="James Forsyth (sculptor)">James Forsyth</a> and a stone <a href="/wiki/Reredos" title="Reredos">reredos</a> carved by E Renversey. Stained glass by the glassmakers firm <a href="/wiki/Heaton,_Butler_and_Bayne" title="Heaton, Butler and Bayne">Heaton, Butler and Bayne</a> was installed.<sup id="cite_ref-pevsner_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pevsner-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Oak" title="Oak">oak</a> pews installed at this time were especially noted as a fine example of carved ornamentation in the <a href="/wiki/Decorated_style" class="mw-redirect" title="Decorated style">Decorated Gothic style</a> with <a href="/wiki/Tracery" title="Tracery">tracery</a> heads and foliate <a href="/wiki/Spandrel" title="Spandrel">spandrels</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tracy_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tracy-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A further restoration project was undertaken in 1987, including repairs to the roof and organ.<sup id="cite_ref-EH_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EH-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wbc_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wbc-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1979 a new octagonal church hall was constructed on the south side of the church.<sup id="cite_ref-history_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="21st-century_refurbishment">21st-century refurbishment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Mary%27s_Church,_Watford&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 21st-century refurbishment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A refurbishment scheme for the church interior was announced in 2014, which involved laying new <a href="/wiki/Flooring" title="Flooring">flooring</a>, installing internal <a href="/wiki/Plate_glass" title="Plate glass">plate glass</a> screens, and the removal of George Gilbert Scott's oak pews to replace them with modern upholstered chairs.<sup id="cite_ref-blok_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blok-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The controversial scheme was approved by the Church of England <a href="/wiki/Consistory_court" title="Consistory court">consistory court</a> but was opposed by conservationists; heritage bodies such as the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="Victorian Society">Victorian Society</a> and <a href="/wiki/Historic_England" title="Historic England">Historic England</a>, along with <a href="/wiki/Watford_Borough_Council" title="Watford Borough Council">Watford Borough Council</a>, objected to the plans.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The refurbishment work was carried out from late 2017 to March 2019. The nave pews were taken out and the decorated end panels were reused for interior panelling. During removal of the old floor, 13 hidden burial vaults were uncovered which had to be documented and conserved prior to installation of the <a href="/wiki/Underfloor_heating" title="Underfloor heating">underfloor heating</a> and new stone floor.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nave">Nave</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Mary%27s_Church,_Watford&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Nave"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Among the memorials which survived the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_restoration" title="Victorian restoration">Victorian restoration</a> is a large <a href="/wiki/Monumental_brass" title="Monumental brass">monumental brass</a> to Hugh de Holes (d.1415) and his wife; de Holes is depicted wearing the <a href="/wiki/Court_dress#United_Kingdom" title="Court dress">judicial robes</a> of a <a href="/wiki/Judge" title="Judge">judge</a>. A white marble tablet, on the south wall of the nave, is dedicated to the memory of Jane Bell, wife of John Bell, Esq. Its unusually long epitaph was written by <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Johnson" title="Samuel Johnson">Dr. Samuel Johnson</a>. There are many other minor monuments, including a marble memorial to Anne Derne (d.1790), daughter of John Carpender, by J. Golde of <a href="/wiki/High_Holborn" title="High Holborn">High Holborn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pevsner_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pevsner-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Pipe_organ" title="Pipe organ">organ</a> was installed in 1935 and is the work of organ builders <a href="/wiki/J._W._Walker_%26_Sons_Ltd" title="J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd">J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-history_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>St Mary's is now a Grade I listed building.<sup id="cite_ref-wbc_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wbc-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Essex_Chapel">The Essex Chapel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Mary%27s_Church,_Watford&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: The Essex Chapel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Essex_Chapel,_Saint_Mary%27s_Watford.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Essex_Chapel%2C_Saint_Mary%27s_Watford.jpg/220px-Essex_Chapel%2C_Saint_Mary%27s_Watford.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Essex_Chapel%2C_Saint_Mary%27s_Watford.jpg/330px-Essex_Chapel%2C_Saint_Mary%27s_Watford.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Essex_Chapel%2C_Saint_Mary%27s_Watford.jpg/440px-Essex_Chapel%2C_Saint_Mary%27s_Watford.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5956" data-file-height="3118" /></a><figcaption>The Essex Chapel in Saint Mary's</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tomb_of_Sir_Charles_Morison_the_elder,_Watford_St_Mary.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Tomb_of_Sir_Charles_Morison_the_elder%2C_Watford_St_Mary.jpg/220px-Tomb_of_Sir_Charles_Morison_the_elder%2C_Watford_St_Mary.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Tomb_of_Sir_Charles_Morison_the_elder%2C_Watford_St_Mary.jpg/330px-Tomb_of_Sir_Charles_Morison_the_elder%2C_Watford_St_Mary.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Tomb_of_Sir_Charles_Morison_the_elder%2C_Watford_St_Mary.jpg/440px-Tomb_of_Sir_Charles_Morison_the_elder%2C_Watford_St_Mary.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Tomb of <a href="/wiki/Charles_Morison_(MP_for_Tavistock)" title="Charles Morison (MP for Tavistock)">Sir Charles Morison the elder</a> (1549–1599) by <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Stone" title="Nicholas Stone">Nicholas Stone</a></figcaption></figure> <p>St Mary's Watford was the parish church to the nearby <a href="/wiki/Cassiobury_House" title="Cassiobury House">Cassiobury Estate</a> and served as a burial place for the nobility of Watford. The north chancel chapel is known as the <i>Essex Chapel</i>, or the <i>Morison Chapel</i>, containing the burials of the <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Essex" title="Earl of Essex">Earls of Essex</a>, along with the tombs of Morison and Capel families. This chapel was founded in 1595 by Bridget, Dowager Countess of Bedford and widow of <a href="/wiki/Richard_Morrison_(ambassador)" title="Richard Morrison (ambassador)">Sir Richard Morison</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Francis_Russell,_2nd_Earl_of_Bedford" title="Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford">Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford</a> and is noted for its outstanding monuments. Two <a href="/wiki/Table_tomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Table tomb">table tombs</a> originally stood in the middle of the chapel, one for Countess Bridget (who died in 1600) and one for Lady Dame Elizabeth Russell (died 1611), the wife of <a href="/wiki/William_Russell,_1st_Baron_Russell_of_Thornhaugh" title="William Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Thornhaugh">William Lord Russell</a>; these tombs were removed in 1907 to the <a href="/wiki/St_Michael%27s,_Chenies" title="St Michael's, Chenies">Bedford family chapel</a> in the <a href="/wiki/St_Michael%27s,_Chenies" title="St Michael's, Chenies">Church of St Michael, Chenies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buckinghamshire" title="Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire</a>. In 1916 the chapel was restored by Adele, Dowager Countess of Essex, in memory of her husband, <a href="/wiki/George_Capell,_7th_Earl_of_Essex" title="George Capell, 7th Earl of Essex">George Capell, 7th Earl of Essex</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-rabbitts_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rabbitts-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The most striking memorials in the chapel are two large wall monuments executed by the sculptor <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Stone" title="Nicholas Stone">Nicholas Stone</a>, described by <a href="/wiki/Nikolaus_Pevsner" title="Nikolaus Pevsner">Pevsner</a> as "the chief glory of Watford Church".<sup id="cite_ref-pevsner_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pevsner-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On one side is the tomb of the politician <a href="/wiki/Charles_Morison_(MP_for_Tavistock)" title="Charles Morison (MP for Tavistock)">Sir Charles Morison</a> (1549–1599), son of Dowager Countess Bridget, which features a reclining effigy of Sir Charles in white marble, depicted with a <a href="/wiki/Van_Dyke_beard" title="Van Dyke beard">Van Dyke beard</a> and wearing armour and a large <a href="/wiki/Ruff_(clothing)" title="Ruff (clothing)">Elizabethan ruff</a> round his neck. Morrison is surrounded by an ornate canopy of twin segmental arches supported by two pillars of coloured marble, the family coat of arms, and at either end figures of his son and daughter kneel under sculpted fabric <a href="/wiki/Baldacchino" class="mw-redirect" title="Baldacchino">baldacchinos</a>. A long Latin inscription describes his numerous virtues and states that he was the founder of the chapel.<sup id="cite_ref-pevsner_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pevsner-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HG_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HG-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-artjournal_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-artjournal-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Opposite this is the tomb of his son, <a href="/wiki/Sir_Charles_Morrison,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Charles Morrison, 1st Baronet">Sir Charles Morrison, 1st Baronet</a>, who died in 1628, designed in a similar style with semi-reclining figures of Sir Charles and his wife Mary sculpted in marble. Sir Charles is depicted wearing armour, resting on his elbow, with a <a href="/wiki/Memento_mori" title="Memento mori">skull</a> under his hand, raised above the recumbent figure of his wife; she represented reclining on a cushion, wearing a richly embroidered dress of the period and ruff. The figures are enclosed in a four-poster canopy and below them at either end are the kneeling figures of a youth, a boy and a young lady kneeling. The Latin inscription at the bottom describe how their daughter, Elizabeth, married <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Capell,_1st_Baron_Capell_of_Hadham" title="Arthur Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham">Arthur Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham</a> (in 1627).<sup id="cite_ref-pevsner_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pevsner-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HG_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HG-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-artjournal_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-artjournal-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among the other memorials in the chapel is a mural monument to <a href="/wiki/George_Capell-Coningsby,_5th_Earl_of_Essex" class="mw-redirect" title="George Capell-Coningsby, 5th Earl of Essex">George Capell-Coningsby, 5th Earl of Essex</a> (1757–1839), which bears a finely sculpted coat of arms;<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a memorial to Harriet, daughter of the 5th Earl, who died in 1837, aged 29; a simple marble memorial to <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Algernon_Capell,_6th_Earl_of_Essex" class="mw-redirect" title="Arthur Algernon Capell, 6th Earl of Essex">Arthur Algernon Capell, 6th Earl of Essex</a> (1803–1892); a memorial to his son, Arthur de Vere Capell, Viscount Malden (1826–1879); a memorial to Caroline Janetta, wife of the 6th Earl and daughter of the <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_St._Albans" class="mw-redirect" title="Duke of St. Albans">Duke of St. Albans</a> (died 1862); and a brass tablet to Randolph, second son of Janetta and the 6th Earl of Essex, who served in the <a href="/wiki/Naval_brigade" title="Naval brigade">naval brigade</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Crimean_War" title="Crimean War">Crimean War</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Inkerman" title="Battle of Inkerman">Battle of Inkerman</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Sevastopol_(1854%E2%80%9355)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Sevastopol (1854–55)">Siege of Sebastopol</a>, and died at <a href="/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Rio de Janeiro">Rio de Janeiro</a>, in 1857, aged 25, "much lamented, soon after he had reached that place."<sup id="cite_ref-HG_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HG-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also buried here is Lady Mary Capell (1722–1782), the daughter of <a href="/wiki/William_Capell,_3rd_Earl_of_Essex" title="William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex">William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex</a> and wife of the Royal Navy officer <a href="/wiki/John_Forbes_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="John Forbes (Royal Navy officer)">John Forbes</a>. </p><p>A smaller wall monument depicting a female figure kneeling between two marble pillars has been identified as that of Lady Dorothy Morrison (d.1618), wife of Sir Charles Morrison the elder.<sup id="cite_ref-pevsner_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pevsner-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HG_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HG-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-artjournal_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-artjournal-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Churchyard">The Churchyard</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Mary%27s_Church,_Watford&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: The Churchyard"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Clutterbuck_tomb,_Watford_St_Mary.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Clutterbuck_tomb%2C_Watford_St_Mary.jpg/220px-Clutterbuck_tomb%2C_Watford_St_Mary.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Clutterbuck_tomb%2C_Watford_St_Mary.jpg/330px-Clutterbuck_tomb%2C_Watford_St_Mary.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Clutterbuck_tomb%2C_Watford_St_Mary.jpg/440px-Clutterbuck_tomb%2C_Watford_St_Mary.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Robert_Clutterbuck" title="Robert Clutterbuck">Clutterbuck</a> tomb in St Mary's churchyard</figcaption></figure> <p>A number of heritage-listed 18th and 19th-century <a href="/wiki/Neoclassical_architecture" title="Neoclassical architecture">neoclassical</a> <a href="/wiki/Chest_tomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Chest tomb">chest tombs</a> can be found in St Mary's <a href="/wiki/Churchyard" title="Churchyard">churchyard</a>. They contain the burials of several notable Watford townsfolk who were influential in the development of the town as an industrial centre. Among these tombs is that of a ship's captain of the <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a>, James Dundas; the tomb of John Dyson, who founded the Watford brewery which was later to become <a href="/wiki/Benskins_Brewery" title="Benskins Brewery">Benskins Brewery</a>; the tomb of Elizabeth and Ralph Morrison, who died in 1772 and 1780 respectively (no known relation to the Morrisons of Cassiobury House); the Clutterbuck Tomb, marking the burials of the Clutterbuck family, a large Hertfordshire family whose descendants included <a href="/wiki/Robert_Clutterbuck" title="Robert Clutterbuck">Robert Clutterbuck</a>, the noted historian who wrote the 1815 <a href="/wiki/English_county_histories" title="English county histories">county history</a> <i>The History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford</i>; and the grave of George Edward Doney (d. 1809), a <a href="/wiki/Free_people_of_color" title="Free people of color">freed slave</a> from <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> who had originally been taken from <a href="/wiki/The_Gambia" title="The Gambia">the Gambia</a> as an infant and who, after emancipation, had been employed as a <a href="/wiki/Domestic_worker" title="Domestic worker">domestic servant</a> at Cassiobury House by the <a href="/wiki/George_Capel-Coningsby,_5th_Earl_of_Essex" title="George Capel-Coningsby, 5th Earl of Essex">5th Earl of Essex</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tombs_leafelt_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tombs_leafelt-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tombs_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tombs-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An unusual legend surrounds a grave known as the Fig Tree Tomb; the unknown person buried here was said to have been a convinced <a href="/wiki/Atheism" title="Atheism">atheist</a> who, according to the story, had stated on their <a href="/wiki/Deathbed_confession" title="Deathbed confession">deathbed</a> that if there is a God, a <a href="/wiki/Fig_tree" class="mw-redirect" title="Fig tree">fig tree</a> should grow out of their heart. After their death in the early 1800s, a fig tree did indeed grow out of this tomb for many years, breaking through the stone until it was killed by the <a href="/wiki/Winter_of_1962%E2%80%9363_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Winter of 1962–63 in the United Kingdom">severe winter of 1962/63</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cooper_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cooper-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Location">Location</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Mary%27s_Church,_Watford&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>St Mary's lies on Watford High Street, opposite the <a href="/wiki/Harlequin_Shopping_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Harlequin Shopping Centre">Watford Intu shopping Centre</a> and approximately 0.2 miles (320 m) from <a href="/wiki/Watford_High_Street_railway_station" title="Watford High Street railway station">Watford High Street railway station</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Mary%27s_Church,_Watford&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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Weston">Holy Trinity Church, Weston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_John_the_Baptist,_Royston,_Hertfordshire" title="Church of St John the Baptist, Royston, Hertfordshire">St John the Baptist's Church, Royston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Katharine,_Ickleford" title="Church of St Katharine, Ickleford">St Katharine's Church, Ickleford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Ashwell,_Hertfordshire" title="St Mary's Church, Ashwell, Hertfordshire">St Mary's Church, Ashwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Mary_the_Virgin,_Baldock" title="Church of St Mary the Virgin, Baldock">St Mary's Church, Baldock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Hitchin" title="St Mary's Church, Hitchin">St Mary's Church, Hitchin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Mary_and_St_Thomas,_Knebworth" title="Church of St Mary and St Thomas, Knebworth">St Mary and St Thomas's Church, Knebworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royston_Cave" title="Royston Cave">Royston Cave</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">St Albans</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clock_Tower,_St_Albans" title="Clock Tower, St Albans">Clock Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Gorhambury_House" title="Old Gorhambury House">Old Gorhambury House (remains)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rothamsted_Manor" title="Rothamsted Manor">Rothamsted Manor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Albans_Cathedral" title="St Albans Cathedral">St Albans Cathedral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Helen%27s_Church,_Wheathampstead" title="St Helen's Church, Wheathampstead">St Helen's Church, Wheathampstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Redbourn" title="St Mary's Church, Redbourn">St Mary's Church, Redbourn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Michael%27s_Church,_St_Albans" title="St Michael's Church, St Albans">St Michael's Church, St Albans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verulamium" title="Verulamium">Verulamium</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Stevenage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rooks_Nest_House" title="Rooks Nest House">Rooks Nest House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Nicholas%27_Church,_Stevenage" title="St Nicholas' Church, Stevenage">St Nicholas' Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Three Rivers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moor_Park_(house)" title="Moor Park (house)">Moor Park</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Watford</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Rood_Church,_Watford" title="Holy Rood Church, Watford">Holy Rood Church, Watford</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">St Mary's Church, Watford</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Welwyn Hatfield</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brocket_Hall" title="Brocket Hall">Brocket Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatfield_House" title="Hatfield House">Hatfield House/Old Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_St_Lawrence_Church,_Ayot_St_Lawrence" title="New St Lawrence Church, Ayot St Lawrence">New St Lawrence Church, Ayot St Lawrence</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Grade_II*155" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Hertfordshire" title="Grade II* listed buildings in Hertfordshire">Grade II*</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Broxbourne_(borough)" title="Grade II* listed buildings in Broxbourne (borough)">Broxbourne</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rawdon_House" title="Rawdon House">Rawdon House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theobalds_House" title="Theobalds House">Theobalds House</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Dacorum" title="Grade II* listed buildings in Dacorum">Dacorum</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/173,_High_Street,_Berkhamsted" title="173, High Street, Berkhamsted">173 High Street, Berkhamsted</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashlyns_Hall" title="Ashlyns Hall">Ashlyns Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgewater_Monument" title="Bridgewater Monument">Bridgewater Monument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Bury,_Hemel_Hempstead" title="The Bury, Hemel Hempstead">The Bury, Hemel Hempstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cell_Park" title="Cell Park">Cell Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Incent%27s_House" title="Dean Incent's House">Dean Incent's House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaddesden_Place" title="Gaddesden Place">Gaddesden Place</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Parsonage" title="Golden Parsonage">Golden Parsonage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Old_Bell,_Hemel_Hempstead" title="The Old Bell, Hemel Hempstead">The Old Bell, Hemel Hempstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Peter,_Great_Berkhamsted" title="Church of St Peter, Great Berkhamsted">St Peter's Church, Great Berkhamstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tring_Park_Mansion" title="Tring Park Mansion">Tring Park Mansion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_East_Hertfordshire" title="Grade II* listed buildings in East Hertfordshire">East Hertfordshire</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_Nations_Christian_College" title="All Nations Christian College">All Nations Christian College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Saints%27_Church,_Hertford" title="All Saints' Church, Hertford">All Saints' Church, Hertford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buntingford_almshouses" class="mw-redirect" title="Buntingford almshouses">Almshouses, Buntingford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayfordbury" title="Bayfordbury">Bayfordbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Edmund%27s_College,_Ware" title="St Edmund's College, Ware">Chapel at St Edmund's College, Ware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Hall,_Hertford" title="County Hall, Hertford">County Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cromer_Windmill,_Ardeley" title="Cromer Windmill, Ardeley">Cromer Windmill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fanhams_Hall" title="Fanhams Hall">Fanhams Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldings_estate" title="Goldings estate">Goldings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haileybury_and_Imperial_Service_College" title="Haileybury and Imperial Service College">Haileybury and Imperial Service College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hare_Street_House" title="Hare Street House">Hare Street House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanbury_Manor" title="Hanbury Manor">Hanbury Manor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marden_Hill" title="Marden Hill">Marden Hill House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Much_Hadham_Palace" title="Much Hadham Palace">Much Hadham Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pishiobury" title="Pishiobury">Pishiobury Park Mansion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Church,_Buckland" title="St Andrew's Church, Buckland">St Andrew's Church, Buckland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stansted_Hall" title="Stansted Hall">Stansted Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeomanry_House,_Hertford" title="Yeomanry House, Hertford">Yeomanry House, Hertford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Youngsbury" title="Youngsbury">Youngsbury Stable Block</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Hertsmere" title="Grade II* listed buildings in Hertsmere">Hertsmere</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aldenham_House" title="Aldenham House">Aldenham House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dyrham_Park_Country_Club" title="Dyrham Park Country Club">Dyrham Park lodges and arched gateway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilfield_Castle" title="Hilfield Castle">Hilfield Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knightsland_Farm_House" title="Knightsland Farm House">Knightsland Farm House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lululaund" title="Lululaund">Lululaund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Aircraft_Museum" title="De Havilland Aircraft Museum">Salisbury Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrotham_Park" title="Wrotham Park">Wrotham Park</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_North_Hertfordshire" title="Grade II* listed buildings in North Hertfordshire">North Hertfordshire</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_All_Saints,_Radwell" title="Church of All Saints, Radwell">All Saints Church, Radwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_All_Saints,_Willian" title="Church of All Saints, Willian">All Saints Church, Willian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Cloisters_(Letchworth)" title="The Cloisters (Letchworth)">The Cloisters, Letchworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Nicholas,_Hinxworth" title="Church of St Nicholas, Hinxworth">St Nicholas' Church, Hinxworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinxworth_Place" title="Hinxworth Place">Hinxworth Place</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homewood,_Knebworth" title="Homewood, Knebworth">Homewood, Knebworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knebworth_House" title="Knebworth House">Knebworth House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Helena_College" title="Princess Helena College">Princess Helena College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spirella" title="Spirella">Spirella Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Margaret_of_Antioch,_Bygrave" title="Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Bygrave">St Margaret of Antioch's Church, Bygrave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Martin%27s_Church,_Knebworth" title="St Martin's Church, Knebworth">St Martin's Church, Knebworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Mary_Magdalene%27s_Church,_Caldecote" title="St Mary Magdalene's Church, Caldecote">St Mary Magdalene's Church, Caldecote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Walden_Bury" title="St Paul's Walden Bury">St Paul's Walden Bury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Vincent,_Newnham" title="Church of St Vincent, Newnham">St Vincent's Church, Newnham</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_the_City_and_District_of_St_Albans" title="Grade II* listed buildings in the City and District of St Albans">St Albans</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_Saints_Pastoral_Centre" title="All Saints Pastoral Centre">All Saints Pastoral Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Albans_Town_Hall" title="St Albans Town Hall">St Albans Town Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorhambury_House" title="Gorhambury House">New Gorhambury House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redbournbury_Mill" title="Redbournbury Mill">Redbournbury Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Leonard%27s_Church,_Sandridge" title="St Leonard's Church, Sandridge">St Leonard's Church, Sandridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Nicholas_Church,_Harpenden" title="St Nicholas Church, Harpenden">St Nicholas Church, Harpenden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Peter,_St_Albans" title="Church of St Peter, St Albans">St Peter's Church, St Albans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Stephen%27s_Church,_St_Albans" title="St Stephen's Church, St Albans">St Stephen's Church, St Albans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westwick_Row" title="Westwick Row">Westwick Cottage</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Three_Rivers" title="Grade II* listed buildings in Three Rivers">Three Rivers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hunton_Park" title="Hunton Park">Hunton Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Langleybury" title="Langleybury">Langleybury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxhey_Chapel" title="Oxhey Chapel">Oxhey Chapel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York_House_School,_Redheath" class="mw-redirect" title="York House School, Redheath">Redheath</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Watford" title="Grade II* listed buildings in Watford">Watford</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Grove,_Watford" title="The Grove, Watford">The Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watford_Grammar_School_for_Boys" title="Watford Grammar School for Boys">The Mrs Elizabeth Fuller Free School building</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Welwyn_Hatfield" title="Grade II* listed buildings in Welwyn Hatfield">Welwyn Hatfield</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ayot_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Ayot House">Ayot House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digswell_Viaduct" title="Digswell Viaduct">Digswell Viaduct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mill_Green_Museum" title="Mill Green Museum">Mill Green Museum and Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_St_Lawrence_Church,_Ayot_St_Lawrence" title="Old St Lawrence Church, Ayot St Lawrence">Old St Lawrence Church, Ayot St Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaw%27s_Corner" title="Shaw's Corner">Shaw's Corner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Templewood_Primary_School" title="Templewood Primary School">Templewood Primary School</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other boroughs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Stevenage" title="Grade II* listed buildings in Stevenage">Stevenage</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Grade_II155" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Grade II</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Broxbourne</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Broxbourne_railway_station" title="Broxbourne railway station">Broxbourne railway station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheshunt_Great_House" title="Cheshunt Great House">Cheshunt Great House (remains)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dacorum</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashlyns_School" title="Ashlyns School">Ashlyns School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berkhamsted_Town_Hall" title="Berkhamsted Town Hall">Berkhamsted Town Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldfield_Mill,_Tring" title="Goldfield Mill, Tring">Goldfield Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Green_Dragon,_Flaunden" title="The Green Dragon, Flaunden">The Green Dragon, Flaunden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inns_of_Court_War_Memorial" title="Inns of Court War Memorial">Inns of Court War Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Mansion,_Berkhamsted" title="The Mansion, Berkhamsted">The Mansion, Berkhamsted</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Town_Hall,_Hemel_Hempstead" title="Old Town Hall, Hemel Hempstead">Old Town Hall, Hemel Hempstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pendley_Manor" title="Pendley Manor">Pendley Manor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Rex,_Berkhamsted" title="The Rex, Berkhamsted">Rex Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rossway" title="Rossway">Rossway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shendish_Manor" title="Shendish Manor">Shendish Manor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stocks_House" title="Stocks House">Stocks House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_John%27s_Church,_Boxmoor" title="St John's Church, Boxmoor">St John's Church, Boxmoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tring_Market_House" title="Tring Market House">Tring Market House</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">East Hertfordshire</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_Saints%27_Church,_Hockerill" title="All Saints' Church, Hockerill">All Saints' Church, Hockerill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benson_Memorial_Church" title="Benson Memorial Church">Benson Memorial Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_Pelham_Windmill" title="Brent Pelham Windmill">Brent Pelham Windmill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buntingford_Manor_House" title="Buntingford Manor House">Buntingford Manor House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Button_Snap" title="Button Snap">Button Snap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christ_Church,_Ware" title="Christ Church, Ware">Christ Church, Ware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hertford_Museum" title="Hertford Museum">Hertford Museum Tooke House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopper%27s_Hall" title="Hopper's Hall">Hopper's Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Horns,_Bull%27s_Green" title="The Horns, Bull's Green">The Horns, Bull's Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Munden_Primary_School" title="Little Munden Primary School">Little Munden Primary School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panshanger" title="Panshanger">Panshanger orangery, conservatory and stables</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_House,_Buntingford" title="Red House, Buntingford">Red House, Buntingford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rowneybury_House" title="Rowneybury House">Rowneybury Cottage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_John%27s_Church,_Letty_Green" title="St John's Church, Letty Green">St John's Church, Letty Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Tilbury,_Datchworth" title="The Tilbury, Datchworth">The Tilbury, Datchworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_White_Horse,_Burnham_Green" title="The White Horse, Burnham Green">The White Horse, Burnham Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_White_Horse,_Hertford" title="The White Horse, Hertford">The White Horse, Hertford</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Hertsmere</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhaktivedanta_Manor" title="Bhaktivedanta Manor">Bhaktivedanta Manor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Chequers,_Potters_Bar" title="The Chequers, Potters Bar">The Chequers, Potters Bar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_York,_Ganwick_Corner" title="Duke of York, Ganwick Corner">Duke of York, Potters Bar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dyrham_Park_Country_Club" title="Dyrham Park Country Club">Dyrham Park Country Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Green_Man,_Potters_Bar" title="The Green Man, Potters Bar">The Green Man, Potters Bar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladbrooke_School" title="Ladbrooke School">Ladbrooke School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Lion,_Potters_Bar" title="The Lion, Potters Bar">The Lion, Potters Bar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakmere_House" title="Oakmere House">Oakmere House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potters_Bar_war_memorial" class="mw-redirect" title="Potters Bar war memorial">Potters Bar War Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shenley_Hall" title="Shenley Hall">Shenley Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manor_Lodge_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Manor Lodge School">Shenley Lodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wall_Hall" title="Wall Hall">Wall Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_White_Hart,_South_Mimms" title="The White Hart, South Mimms">The White Hart, South Mimms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_White_Horse,_Potters_Bar" title="The White Horse, Potters Bar">The White Horse, Potters Bar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyllyotts_Manor" title="Wyllyotts Manor">Wyllyotts Manor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">North Hertfordshire</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashwell_Bury" title="Ashwell Bury">Ashwell Bury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashwell_War_Memorial" title="Ashwell War Memorial">Ashwell War Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breachwood_Green_Mill,_King%27s_Walden" title="Breachwood Green Mill, King's Walden">Breachwood Green Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Schools_Museum" title="British Schools Museum">British Schools Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitchin_Town_Hall" title="Hitchin Town Hall">Hitchin Town Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howgills,_Letchworth_Garden_City" 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title="Abbey Line">Abbey Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_line" title="Metropolitan line">Metropolitan line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watford_DC_line" title="Watford DC line">Watford DC line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Main_Line" title="West Coast Main Line">West Coast Main Line</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;">Open stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bushey_railway_station" title="Bushey railway station">Bushey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carpenders_Park_railway_station" title="Carpenders Park railway station">Carpenders Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garston_railway_station_(Hertfordshire)" title="Garston railway station (Hertfordshire)">Garston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watford_tube_station" title="Watford tube station">Watford (LU)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watford_High_Street_railway_station" title="Watford High Street railway station">Watford High Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watford_Junction_railway_station" title="Watford Junction railway station">Watford Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watford_North_railway_station" title="Watford North railway station">Watford North</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;">Train operating companies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Avanti_West_Coast" title="Avanti West Coast">Avanti West Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Overground" title="London Overground">London Overground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_Trains" title="West Midlands Trains">West Midlands Trains</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em;text-align: 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href="/wiki/Watford_and_Rickmansworth_Railway#Extension_to_Croxley_Green" title="Watford and Rickmansworth Railway">Croxley Green Branch Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watford_and_Rickmansworth_Railway" title="Watford and Rickmansworth Railway">Watford and Rickmansworth Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watford_North_Curve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Watford North Curve (page does not exist)">Watford North Curve</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;">Disasters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Watford_rail_crash" title="Watford rail crash">Watford rail crash</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;">Future projects</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cassiobridge_tube_station" title="Cassiobridge tube station">Cassiobridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croxley_Rail_Link" title="Croxley Rail Link">Croxley Rail Link</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watford_Vicarage_Road_tube_station" title="Watford Vicarage Road tube station">Watford Vicarage Road</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;">Bus transport</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arriva_Herts_%26_Essex" title="Arriva Herts & Essex">Arriva Herts & Essex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arriva_London" title="Arriva London">Arriva London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carousel_Buses" title="Carousel Buses">Carousel Buses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Line_bus_route_724" title="Green Line bus route 724">Green Line bus 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Way</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Attractions &<br />amenities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;">Sport</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Sports_Watford_F.C." title="Sun Sports Watford F.C.">Sun Sports Watford F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watford_F.C." title="Watford F.C.">Watford F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watford_F.C._Ladies" class="mw-redirect" title="Watford F.C. 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