Hertfordshire Genealogy

Guide to Old Hertfordshire

 

Hertfordshire Church Photographs

 

Direct Links to Key Web Sites

This web site contains old post card views of nearly every parish church in the county, in some cases with older engravings or modern pictures.

There is often a historic description of the church and possibly links to the church's own site, or other sites containing photographs. Some other denominations may be included.

If you do not have a menu on the left of this screen click here for a menu of places covered or here for a clickable map of Hertfordshire (which takes some time to load).


The web site Geograph contains many modern photographs of churches, in some cases with interior shots

It is often possible to see pictures of churches from different angles on Google Maps, using the "Street View" facility.


For a full list of churches in Hertfordshire, with hopefully up-to-date contact information, see the Church of England web site at www.cofe.anglican.org web site, or the St Albans diocese web site at www.stalbans.anglican.org. In some cases pictures, some church history, email addresses and web site details will be included.


Hertfordshire Church Photographs

http://www.iananddot.org/chphoto/hertschurches.htm

Ian Rose has posted modern photographs of 79 Hertfordshire churches on his web site, mostly taken about 10 years ago. The site, which has not been updated since 2007 includes the following:

St John the Baptist, Aldenham

Photograph by Paul R Joiner

Albury, St Mary the Virgin Aldenham, St John the Baptist Anstey, Parish Church Aspenden, St Mary's Aston, St Mary's

Barkway, St Mary Magdalene Bayford, St Mary Bengeo, Holy Trinity Bishops Stortford, St Michael's Bishops Stortford, Holy Trinity Braughing, St Mary the Virgin Brent Pelham, St Mary Broxbourne, St Augustine of Canterbury Buckland, Parish Church Bushey, St James

Cheshunt, St Mary's Clothall, Parish Church Codicote, St Giles Colney Heath, St Marks Cottered, St John the Baptist

Datchworth, All Saints

Eastwick, St Botolph's Essendon, Parish Church

Furneaux Pelham, St Mary's

Gilston, St Mary's Goffs Oak, St James Great Amwell, St John the Baptist

Hatfield, St Ethelreda Hertford, All Saints Hertingfordbury, St Mary's Hockerill, All Saints Hunsdon, St Dunstan's

Kimpton, St Peter & St Paul

Lemsford, St John the Evangelist Little Amwell, Holy Trinity Little Berkhamsted, St Andrew's Little Hadham, St Cecilia's Little Heath, Christ Church

Meesden, Parish Church Much Hadham, St Andrew's Holy Cross

Northaw, St Thomas of Canterbury North Mymms, St Mary's

Ponsbourne (Newgate Street), St Mary's Puckeridge Chapel

Ridge, St Margaret's Rushden, St Mary the Virgin

St. Albans, St Peters St Ippollitts, St Ippollits Sandon, Parish Church Sawbridgeworth, Great St Mary's South Mimms, St Giles Standon, St Mary's Stanstead Abbotts, St James's Stanstead St Margarets, St Andrew's Stapleford, St Mary the Virgin Stocking Pelham, St Mary's

Holy Trinity, Throcking

Photograph by Ian Rose, 1999

Tewin, St Peter's Thorley, St James the Great Throcking, Holy Trinity Turnford, St Clements

Walkern, St Mary the Virgin Waterford, St Michael & All Angels Watford, St Marys Welwyn, St Marys Westmill, St Mary the Virgin Weston, Parish Church Wheathampstead, St Helen's Widford, St John the Baptist Willian, All Saints Woodhill, St Mark's Wormley, St Laurence Wyddial, Parish Church

If you can add to the information given above tell me.

August 2010   Page changed to direct the visitor to features on this web site