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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/St_Mary%27s_Church%2C_Ashwell%2C_2014-03-02.JPG/450px-St_Mary%27s_Church%2C_Ashwell%2C_2014-03-02.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/St_Mary%27s_Church%2C_Ashwell%2C_2014-03-02.JPG/600px-St_Mary%27s_Church%2C_Ashwell%2C_2014-03-02.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3539" data-file-height="2662" /></a><figcaption>Church of St Mary the Virgin in Ashwell</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Church of St Mary the Virgin</b> in <a href="/wiki/Ashwell,_Hertfordshire" title="Ashwell, Hertfordshire">Ashwell</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">English</a> county of <a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire" title="Hertfordshire">Hertfordshire</a>, is the <a href="/wiki/Anglicanism" title="Anglicanism">Anglican</a> <a href="/wiki/Parish_church" title="Parish church">parish church</a> for the village. It comes under the <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_St_Albans" title="Diocese of St Albans">Diocese of St Albans</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is one of the largest village churches in the county.<sup id="cite_ref-Guide_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guide-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Church is part of a wider benefice, together with <a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Nicholas,_Hinxworth" title="Church of St Nicholas, Hinxworth">St Nicholas', Hinxworth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Vincent,_Newnham" title="Church of St Vincent, Newnham">St Vincent's, Newnham</a>, and the Rector of all three parishes is Reverend Christine Campbell, who was licensed to the parishes in September 2021. As a village church in the heart of the community, St Mary’s exists "to welcome everyone and share the love and life of Christ with all, through our worship, teaching and life together, now and into the future".<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>The church dates almost entirely from the 14th century and is renowned for its ornate tower which stands at 176 feet (54 m) and which is crowned by an <a href="/wiki/Octagon" title="Octagon">octagonal</a> <a href="/wiki/Roof_lantern" title="Roof lantern">lantern</a> with a leaded <a href="/wiki/Fl%C3%A8che_(architecture)" title="Flèche (architecture)">flèche</a> or <a href="/wiki/Spire" title="Spire">spire</a>. The church also contains some medieval <a href="/wiki/Graffiti" title="Graffiti">graffiti</a> carved on its walls which highlights the plight of survivors of the bubonic plague pandemic known as the <a href="/wiki/Black_Death" title="Black Death">Black Death</a>. The church has been <a href="/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">Grade I</a> listed since 1968.<sup id="cite_ref-EHLB_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EHLB-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Today St Mary's is a popular venue for music concerts and festivals, including the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ashwellmusicfestival.org.uk">Ashwell Music Festival</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_and_design">History and design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Mary%27s_Church,_Ashwell,_Hertfordshire&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History and design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chancel_St_Marys_Church_Ashwell.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Chancel_St_Marys_Church_Ashwell.jpg/220px-Chancel_St_Marys_Church_Ashwell.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="243" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Chancel_St_Marys_Church_Ashwell.jpg/330px-Chancel_St_Marys_Church_Ashwell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Chancel_St_Marys_Church_Ashwell.jpg/440px-Chancel_St_Marys_Church_Ashwell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2997" data-file-height="3308" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Chancel" title="Chancel">chancel</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Font_St_Marys_Church_Ashwell.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Font_St_Marys_Church_Ashwell.jpg/220px-Font_St_Marys_Church_Ashwell.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Font_St_Marys_Church_Ashwell.jpg/330px-Font_St_Marys_Church_Ashwell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Font_St_Marys_Church_Ashwell.jpg/440px-Font_St_Marys_Church_Ashwell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>The Victorian <a href="/wiki/Baptismal_font" title="Baptismal font">baptismal font</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pulpit_St_Marys_Church_Ashwell.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Pulpit_St_Marys_Church_Ashwell.jpg/220px-Pulpit_St_Marys_Church_Ashwell.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="329" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Pulpit_St_Marys_Church_Ashwell.jpg/330px-Pulpit_St_Marys_Church_Ashwell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Pulpit_St_Marys_Church_Ashwell.jpg/440px-Pulpit_St_Marys_Church_Ashwell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2470" data-file-height="3692" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Pulpit" title="Pulpit">pulpit</a> was installed in 1627</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sanctuary_St_Marys_Church_Ashwell.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Sanctuary_St_Marys_Church_Ashwell.jpg/220px-Sanctuary_St_Marys_Church_Ashwell.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Sanctuary_St_Marys_Church_Ashwell.jpg/330px-Sanctuary_St_Marys_Church_Ashwell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Sanctuary_St_Marys_Church_Ashwell.jpg/440px-Sanctuary_St_Marys_Church_Ashwell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Sanctuary" title="Sanctuary">Sanctuary</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sedilia" title="Sedilia">sedilia</a></figcaption></figure> <p>It is not known whether an earlier church occupied the site, but if one did its materials would presumably have been incorporated into the present church, which was completed in 1381 using <a href="/wiki/Clunch" title="Clunch">clunch</a>, flint rubble and a small quantity of red bricks. St Mary's Church has a large west tower built in four stages, the top half of the tower having been added some time after 1415 while the lead-covered wooden <a href="/wiki/Fl%C3%A8che_(architecture)" title="Flèche (architecture)">flèche</a> was added between 1415 and 1562. At 176 feet (54 m) including the flèche, the tower is the tallest in Hertfordshire.<sup id="cite_ref-Guide_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guide-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The North porch and the aisle windows were added in the 15th century; the North porch is single storey and retains its original door arch and windows, while the two-storey 14th-century South porch has many of its original features with a gabled front that was restored in the 19th century. The North aisle is dedicated to St James.<sup id="cite_ref-EHLB_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EHLB-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Nave" title="Nave">nave</a> is of five bays, and the chancel retains its mid-14th-century <a href="/wiki/Sedilia" title="Sedilia">sedilia</a>. The original <a href="/wiki/Rood_screen" title="Rood screen">rood screen</a> dividing the chancel from the nave was probably destroyed during the <a href="/wiki/English_Reformation" title="English Reformation">English Reformation</a>. Today in its place is a modern cross above the altar of <a href="/wiki/Resurrection" title="Resurrection">The Risen Christ</a> by <a href="/wiki/John_Mills_(British_sculptor)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Mills (British sculptor)">John Mills</a>, President of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society_of_British_Sculptors" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Society of British Sculptors">Royal Society of British Sculptors</a> and who lives nearby in <a href="/wiki/Hinxworth_Place" title="Hinxworth Place">Hinxworth Place</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Guide_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guide-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The mediaeval stained glass in the East window which showed depictions from the life of <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Becket" title="Thomas Becket">Thomas Becket</a> was removed in 1538 by order of <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry VIII of England">Henry VIII</a>. Three small fragments of the mediaeval glass can still be found in the windows of the North Aisle, while other small pieces of it were discovered in the churchyard and have been set in the modern clear glass.<sup id="cite_ref-Guide_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guide-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The hexagonal wooden <a href="/wiki/Pulpit" title="Pulpit">pulpit</a> is dated 1627 while the church has a 15th-century traceried wooden screen to the Lady Chapel in the East bay of the South aisle. The <a href="/wiki/Baptismal_font" title="Baptismal font">baptismal font</a> is a 19th-century replica but stands on an early octagonal base. There are 15th-century benches near the chancel.<sup id="cite_ref-EHLB_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EHLB-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On a visit to Ashwell in 1956 the future <a href="/wiki/Poet_Laureate" class="mw-redirect" title="Poet Laureate">Poet Laureate</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Betjeman" title="John Betjeman">John Betjeman</a> wrote of St Mary's: </p> <blockquote> <p>"So I went to Ashwell which is near nowhere, unless it be <a href="/wiki/Baldock" title="Baldock">Baldock</a>, and on the road to nothing, thank God. We first saw its gigantic dark grey fourteenth-century church tower, crowned with a tapering lead flèche, rising from huge elms on chalky foothills looking over open corn land to the levels of Hunts and Cambs. ... And the church inside, white and spacious and East Anglian, with arcades like a Cathedral, clear glass everywhere, uneven floors and splendid chancel, was worthy of the best of English villages."<sup id="cite_ref-Guide_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guide-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> </blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ashwell_graffiti">Ashwell graffiti</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Mary%27s_Church,_Ashwell,_Hertfordshire&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ashwell graffiti"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Medieval_Graffiti_Ashwell_Church.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Medieval_Graffiti_Ashwell_Church.jpg/220px-Medieval_Graffiti_Ashwell_Church.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Medieval_Graffiti_Ashwell_Church.jpg/330px-Medieval_Graffiti_Ashwell_Church.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Medieval_Graffiti_Ashwell_Church.jpg/440px-Medieval_Graffiti_Ashwell_Church.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="473" /></a><figcaption>Graffiti of 1360 and 1361 in St Mary's church</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Old_St_Pauls_Cathedral_Ashwell_Church.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Old_St_Pauls_Cathedral_Ashwell_Church.jpg/220px-Old_St_Pauls_Cathedral_Ashwell_Church.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Old_St_Pauls_Cathedral_Ashwell_Church.jpg/330px-Old_St_Pauls_Cathedral_Ashwell_Church.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Old_St_Pauls_Cathedral_Ashwell_Church.jpg/440px-Old_St_Pauls_Cathedral_Ashwell_Church.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="750" /></a><figcaption>Graffito of <a href="/wiki/Old_St_Paul%27s_Cathedral" title="Old St Paul's Cathedral">Old St Paul's Cathedral</a> in St Mary's</figcaption></figure> <p>On the North wall of the West tower can be found some remarkable 14th-century <a href="/wiki/Graffiti" title="Graffiti">graffiti</a> which includes an inscription recording survival of citizens of Ashwell during the Great Plague known as the <a href="/wiki/Black_Death" title="Black Death">Black Death</a> and an early inscribed drawing of the <a href="/wiki/Old_St_Paul%27s_Cathedral" title="Old St Paul's Cathedral">Old St Paul's Cathedral</a> in London.<sup id="cite_ref-EHLB_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EHLB-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is no clue as to who wrote the graffiti or to its exact date. On the wall of the church tower graffiti was inscribed, which reads: </p> <blockquote> <p>"<i>MCT Expente miseranda ferox, violenta</i> <i>Superest plebs pessima testis, MCCCL</i>" </p><p>A translation of the above is: <br /> <br />"1350 Miserable, wild, distracted 1350 <br /> The dregs of the mob alone survive to witness" </p><p>This refers to the <a href="/wiki/Bubonic_plague" title="Bubonic plague">bubonic plague</a> epidemic during the reign of Edward III when it is known Ashwell suffered greatly at this time.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br />A later graffito dated 1361 reads: </p><p><br />"<i>In finque ventus validus oc anne maurus orbe tonat MCCCLXI</i>" </p><p><br />Which translates as: </p><p><br />"And in the end a tempest full and mighty <br />This year 1361 thunders mightily in the world" </p> </blockquote> <p>This last line probably refers to the famous storm of St Maur's Day on 15 January 1361 which may have cleared the air of any remaining traces of the Black Death.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Below and on the same wall is inscribed a sketch thought to be of <a href="/wiki/Old_St_Paul%27s_Cathedral" title="Old St Paul's Cathedral">Old St Paul's Cathedral</a> which burnt down in the <a href="/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London" title="Great Fire of London">Great Fire of London</a> in 1666. This is the most important of the graffiti in St Mary's, not only because the depiction is of national importance but also because the mediaeval depiction of buildings in such detail is rare, even in <a href="/wiki/Manuscript" title="Manuscript">manuscripts</a>. The date the depiction was made was sometime in the 14th or 15th century. Architecturally, it shows a building in the <a href="/wiki/English_Gothic_architecture" title="English Gothic architecture">Perpendicular style</a> of about 1350 to 1500. It cannot be earlier than the masonry of St Mary's church which dates from about 1340, and if it actually does depict St Paul's it cannot be later that 1561, when the spire of St Paul's fell down.<sup id="cite_ref-Guide12_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guide12-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most of the rest of the <a href="/wiki/Graffiti" title="Graffiti">graffiti</a> in the church is scratched on the pillars in the nave. On the pillar nearest the Lady Chapel is one yet to be interpreted which is believed to refer to the consecration of the church. On the pillar near the south door there is a comment from a frustrated mediaeval architect: "<i>Cornua non sunt arto compugente-sputo</i>" – meaning "The corners are not pointed correctly – I spit". On another pillar is a brief inscription showing the bitterness of some unhappy suitor in love: "<i>Barbara filia barbara est</i>" – "Barbara is the daughter of a barbarian".<sup id="cite_ref-Guide12_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guide12-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bells_and_embroideries">Bells and embroideries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Mary%27s_Church,_Ashwell,_Hertfordshire&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Bells and embroideries"><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:Reredos_St_Marys_Ashwell.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Reredos_St_Marys_Ashwell.jpg/220px-Reredos_St_Marys_Ashwell.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Reredos_St_Marys_Ashwell.jpg/330px-Reredos_St_Marys_Ashwell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Reredos_St_Marys_Ashwell.jpg/440px-Reredos_St_Marys_Ashwell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="511" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Reredos" title="Reredos">Reredos</a> embroidered by Percy Sheldrick in the Lady Chapel</figcaption></figure> <p>The church has six bells hanging in a 15th-century frame in the tower. The second bell, cast in 1694 by Charles Newman, is the oldest. The fifth was cast by Robert Taylor of <a href="/wiki/St_Neots" title="St Neots">St Neots</a> in 1808. The remaining bells were cast by John Brian of Hartford between 1787 and 1817.<sup id="cite_ref-Guide_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guide-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With a tenor of 18 and three quarter hundredweight, the bells make up the heaviest ring of six bells in Hertfordshire. </p><p>The embroideries displayed around the church include the <a href="/wiki/Reredos" title="Reredos">reredos</a> behind the <a href="/wiki/Altar" title="Altar">altar</a> in the Lady Chapel showing The Virgin and Child flanked by St James and St John the Baptist are by Percy Sheldrick (1890–1979) of Ashwell who worked as a master weaver and embroiderer at <a href="/wiki/William_Morris" title="William Morris">William Morris</a>' <a href="/wiki/Morris_%26_Co." title="Morris & Co.">Morris & Co.</a> workshops at <a href="/wiki/Merton_Abbey_Mills" title="Merton Abbey Mills">Merton Abbey Mills</a> during the 1920s. His greatest work was 'The Passing of Venus' from a design by <a href="/wiki/Pre-Raphaelite_Brotherhood" title="Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood">Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood</a> artist <a href="/wiki/Edward_Burne-Jones" title="Edward Burne-Jones">Edward Burne-Jones</a> and which includes 18 life-size figures; it is now in <a href="/wiki/Lansing_Community_College" title="Lansing Community College">Lansing Community College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>. He left Merton Abbey Mills in 1939 and returned to Ashwell to work for an antique dealer. There, he acted as <a href="/wiki/Verger" title="Verger">Verger</a> at St Mary's. Sheldrick continued to embroider in his spare time and his work can be found in collections and institutions all round the world.<sup id="cite_ref-Guide_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guide-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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,_Ashwell,_Hertfordshire&action=edit&section=4" 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 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href="#cite_ref-Guide_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Guide_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stmarysashwell.org.uk/church/history.htm">"St Mary's – The Church History"</a>. <i>www.stmarysashwell.org.uk</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.stmarysashwell.org.uk&rft.atitle=St+Mary%27s+%E2%80%93+The+Church+History&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stmarysashwell.org.uk%2Fchurch%2Fhistory.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASt+Mary%27s+Church%2C+Ashwell%2C+Hertfordshire" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://stmarysashwell.org.uk/who-we-are/">"Who We Are"</a>. <i>stmarysashwell.org.uk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 May</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=stmarysashwell.org.uk&rft.atitle=Who+We+Are&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fstmarysashwell.org.uk%2Fwho-we-are%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASt+Mary%27s+Church%2C+Ashwell%2C+Hertfordshire" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-EHLB-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-EHLB_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EHLB_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EHLB_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EHLB_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101102715-church-of-st-mary-ashwell#.WNfbt2F1qP8">"Church of St Mary, Ashwell, Hertfordshire"</a>. <i>www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk&rft.atitle=Church+of+St+Mary%2C+Ashwell%2C+Hertfordshire&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk%2F101102715-church-of-st-mary-ashwell%23.WNfbt2F1qP8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASt+Mary%27s+Church%2C+Ashwell%2C+Hertfordshire" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">John Betjeman, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/13th-july-1956/12/city-and-suburban">'City and Suburban'</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Spectator" title="The Spectator">The Spectator</a></i>, 12 July 1956, p. 12</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">David Short (Historical Adviser), <i>Guide to St Mary's, Ashwell</i>. No publisher (ND) p. 11</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ashwellmuseum.org.uk/page_id__188.aspx">"St Mary's Church, Ashwell – Church and Chapel – Places – Ashwell Museum"</a>. <i>www.ashwellmuseum.org.uk</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.ashwellmuseum.org.uk&rft.atitle=St+Mary%27s+Church%2C+Ashwell+%E2%80%93+Church+and+Chapel+%E2%80%93+Places+%E2%80%93+Ashwell+Museum&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ashwellmuseum.org.uk%2Fpage_id__188.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASt+Mary%27s+Church%2C+Ashwell%2C+Hertfordshire" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Guide12-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a 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href="/wiki/Holy_Rood_Church,_Watford" title="Holy Rood Church, Watford">Holy Rood Church, Watford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Watford" title="St Mary's Church, Watford">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" title="Howgills, Letchworth Garden City">Howgills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lannock_Mill,_Weston" title="Lannock Mill, Weston">Lannock Mill, Weston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Letchworth_Garden_City_railway_station" title="Letchworth Garden City railway station">Letchworth Garden City railway station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Letchworth_Town_Hall" title="Letchworth Town Hall">Letchworth Town Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lytton_Mausoleum" title="Lytton Mausoleum">Lytton Mausoleum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minsden_Chapel" title="Minsden Chapel">Minsden Chapel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Putteridge_Bury" title="Putteridge Bury">Putteridge Bury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_George,_Letchworth" title="Church of St George, Letchworth">St George's Church, Letchworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Nicholas,_Norton" title="Church of St Nicholas, Norton">St Nicholas' Church, Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Mary,_Letchworth" title="Church of St Mary, Letchworth">St Mary's Church, Letchworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stagenhoe" title="Stagenhoe">Stagenhoe</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/The_Blue_Anchor,_St_Albans" title="The Blue Anchor, St Albans">The Blue Anchor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Boot,_St_Albans" title="The Boot, St Albans">The Boot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Childwickbury_Manor" title="Childwickbury Manor">Childwickbury Manor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Cock,_St_Albans" title="The Cock, St Albans">The Cock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colney_Heath_Mill" title="Colney Heath Mill">Colney Heath Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleur_de_Lys,_St_Albans" title="Fleur de Lys, St Albans">Fleur de Lys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hare_and_Hounds,_St_Albans" title="Hare and Hounds, St Albans">Hare and 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