Little Hormead
Adjacent Parishes: Braughing, Furneux Pelham, Great Hormead, Layton
It is in Edwinstree Hundred and the Buntingford Union
Hormead (3 miles N.) comprises Great and Little Hormead and Hare Street on the River Quin. In this parish are a number of picturesque houses and two old windmills. Great Hormead church is a restored 15th century edifice. The church of Little Hormead retains a considerable amount of Norman work including a very fine doorway.
Braughing Rural District Official Guide 1971
St Mary the Virgin is now maintained by the Churches Conservation Trust. It i described as a small, rural and homely piece of living history, with an 11th century nave and a 13th century chancel, divided by a grand Norman chancel arch. One of the two Norman doorways has its original door (now preserved inside). This is a rare and precious survival, with wonderful craftsmanship in wood and ironwork. Amongst the wealth of interest here is an exquisitely carved 14th century font and an unusual set of Charles II Royal Arms, of 1660. Ancient timbers survive in the roofs and support a later bellturret, containing two bells which may well have rung out over this beautiful area of agricultural north-east Hertfordshire for 600 years.
See also Vital Records
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