Towns & Villages in Herts

Hertingfordbury

Adjacent Parishes:  Bayford, Essendon, Hatfield, Hertford All Saints, Hertford St Andrews, Little Berkhampstead, Tewin

It is in Hertford Hundred and the Hertford Union

Hertingfordbury may be visited from Hertford, the station (G.N.R.) being 1½ mile S.W. The village is pleasantly situated on the river Maran, on the south confines of Panshanger park. The Church, partly rebuilt by Earl Cowper in 1890-3, was founded during the fifteenth century. It contains little of architectural interest, but the monuments are numerous: (1) marble mosaic alter tomb to Sir W. Harrington, with alabaster effigies of himself and wife and inscription in rhyme; (2) slab to Thomas Ellis (d. 1608) and Grace his wife (d. 1612); (3) recumbent effigy in marble to Lady Calvert, wife of Sir George Calvert, Kt., who died in 1622; (4) to Dr. Jonathan Browne, Dean of Hertford (d. 1643); (5) very ancient brass inscription beneath chancel arch to two daughters of Robert de Louthe, and one of similar age to Robert de Louthe and his wife. The Cowper Chapel, N. side of chancel, contains many monuments to that family, particularly a fine alto-relievo by Roubeliac to Spencer Cowper (d. 1727), chief Justice of Chester in 1717.

Hertfordshire Little Guide 1903 [Map Smith 1808]

 
Hertingfordbury Mill. 
Postcard published by Rayment Brothers, Hertingfordbury and Little Berkhamstead. circa 1950?

Book: Sugar Mice and Sticklebacks - memories of the village in the 1930s

Hertingfordbury Church

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Hertingfordbury	Woolmer Park

See also Vital Records

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Last Updated September 2006