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Essendon
Adjacent Parishes: Hatfield, Hertingfordbury, Little Berkhampstead
It is in the Hertford Hundred and the Hatfield Union
Detail from John Haywood's Map of Hertfordshire, 1791
The Blacksmith's shop in about 1865, from Hertfordshire
- A Guide to the Countryside or Hertfordshire
- A Photographic Record
Essendon, to the east of Hatfield Park, is quaint and fairly quiet, and commands good views over the Lea Valley to the north and from the churchyard towards the west.
The Church, a western foundation, was restored in 1883; it contains several monuments and brasses and has an Elizabethan chalice and a Baskerville Bible, the later given by the first Marquis of Salisbury. There is a splendid cedar of Lebanon in the churchyard, and the visitor should note the stone built into the exterior of the vestry, with its information that "Chancel, vestry, and organ chamber were reopened on September 2, 1917, after the re-building necessitated by a Zeppelin raid on Sunday September 3, 1916"
On the survey of Church Livings of 1657, by order of Oliver Cromwell, the commissioners reported the living of "Easendon" to be worth £90 a year; that "Mr George Stallubrasse is Parson, whereunto the living of Bayford hath byn annexed."
The house [picture not reproduced here] opposite the church makes a very pleasant corner, with its quaint bay windows.
A Pilgrimage in Hertfordshire, by H M Alderman, 1931
Essendon Church from the Meadow
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postcard by T J Norton, Essendon)
Essendon - St Mary's Church
Ann has referred to The Story of Essendon, written in 1975 by J. R. Steele and also a later book, Essendon, the Village On A Hill by 2000 The Essendon Society when commenting on ROOKE, Hertford, early 19th century. I do not have further details (Would anyone who has a copy like to review them for this site?)
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Essendon Village, Herts |
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Essendon Place in 1915 |
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Camfield Place in 1700 |
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The Salisbury Crest Thomas John Norton Back style circa 1910 |
| Essendon - The Salisbury Crest Hatfield Series, Copyright Posted 1919 but back style circa 1904 |
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See also Vital Records
If you know of other books, websites, etc, relating to this place, please tell me.
Page updated May 2007
