Guide to Rural England - Hertfordshire
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The novelist EM Forster, who lived in the county, described Hertfordshire as “England at its quietest; England meditat...
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A historic building B museum and heritage C historic site D scenic attraction E flora and fauna F stories and anecdotes G famous people H art and craft I entertainment and sport J walks
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LOCATOR MAP ewport Pagnell
Kempston
Biggleswade
Cranfield
Hinxworth
Shefford Ampthill Woburn Sands Flitwick
Litlington
Henlow
Westoning
Barton-le-Clay
Great Brickhill
Baldock
Hitchin
Buntingford Graveley
Leighton Buzzard
Cottered
Dunstable Luton
Watton at-Stone
Harpenden
Tring Hemel Hempstead
The Lee
Chesham
Garston Green
Ware Sawbridgeworth
Harlow
Bayford
St Albans
North Weald Basset
Hoddesdon Potters Bar
Kings Langley
Cheshunt
Waltham Abbey
Radlett
Little Chalfont
Theydon Bois
Watford
Enfield
Bushey
Chalfont St Giles Rickmansworth
Beaconsfield
Welwyn Garden City Hertford Hatfield
Amersham
High Wycombe
Much Hadnam
Codicote
Ivinghoe
Wendover
Bishop's Stortford
HERTFORDSHIRE Knebworth
Whipsnade
Great Missenden
Stansted Mountfitchet
Stevenage
Tilsworth
Aston Clinton
Royston
Reed
Letchworth Garden City
Woburn
Saffron Walden
Ashwell
Flitton
Bletchley Little Brickhill
Melbourn
Chalfont St Peter
Marlow
Northwood Pinner Ruislip
Chigwell
Barnet Finchley
Edmonton Romford
Towns and Villages Aldbury Aldenham A s h w el l Ayot St Lawrence Baldock Bedmond B e n i n g to n Berkhamsted Bishop’s Stortford Brick endon Brookmans Park Ches hunt Chiswell Green Crom er
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Great Amwell pg 14 Harpenden pg 21 H a tf i e l d pg 14 Hemel Hempstead pg 23 H e r tf o r d pg 10 Hi tc hi n pg 9 Hoddesdon pg 12 King’s Langley pg 23 Knebworth pg 6 Letc Le tchw hwor orth th Gar Garde den n Ci City ty pg 8 Lo n d o n C o l n e y pg 22 Markyate pg 21 M a r s w o r th pg 27 Much Hadham pg 5
No rthc hurc h Perry Green Royston Sh enle y St Albans S ta n d o n Stevenage Tring Waltham Cross Ware Watford Welwyn Welwyn Ga Garden Ci City
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Hertfordshire
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G u i d e t o R The novelist EM Forster, who lived in the New Towns, but the old town survives, along u r county, described Hertfordshire as “England with the magnificent Hatfield House and part a l at its quietest; England meditative”. When he of the medieval Royal Royal Palace, which was the E n g wrote that in the 1950s, the county’s childhood home of of the future Elizabeth I. l a n population was just over 600,000; it has now Close to Hatfield lies Welwyn Garden City, d H topped one million. The more southerly towns conceived by Ebenezer Howard and built in E expanded as residential areas for London the 1920s with the aim of providing working working R T commuters,, and after the commuters F O Second World War, with an R acute housing shortage in the D blitzed capital, New Towns S H such as Stevenage were I R created to cater for the E thousands of Londoners who had lost their homes. But the centre of the county is still largely agricultural and the southern edge lies within the precarious protection of the Metropolitan Green Belt. There is still some excellent New River, Great Amwell walking and splendid scenery, most notably within the National Trust’s Trust’s Ashridge Estate, where people with a pleasant and attractive place to the woodlands and downlands are home to a live, with easy access to the countryside. wide variety of wildlife, and the views views from One of the best known monuments monuments in the highest points are magnificent. Hertfordshire is the Eleanor Cross at Waltham The strongest historical ties in the county Cross, one of 13 such crosses erected by are to be found in the ancient city of Edward I to commemorate the resting places St Albans, while Hatfield combines old and of the funeral funeral cortege of his Queen, Queen, Eleanor Eleanor new elements: it was was one of the designated of Casti Castile. le.
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seven miles away, brought the town within easy reach of Europe and beyond. A St Michael’s Church B Museum In the compact town centre markets are still held twice a week, on Thursdays and G Rhodes Museum Saturdays, as they have been for centuries. The old Roman road from St Albans to Standing high on a hill, St Michael’s Church Colchester forded the river here, and some dominates the surrounding countryside. nine centuries later, the Saxon King Edward Inside the large, light building there are 18 the Elder, built a castle to protect the elaborately carved misericords in the choir crossing. His fortress has disappeared but the stalls; it is believed that they came from Old great mound on which it was built survives in St Paul’s Cathedral in London. Elsewhere, a the town’s spacious Castle Gardens. In about memorial commemorates the life of Cecil 1060, the whole town was sold to the Rhodes, son son of a former Rector. Rector. The great Bishops of London, hence its name. name. In imperialist’ss exploits are also documented in imperialist’ medieval times Bishop’s Stortford was a the house where he was born, Nettlewell stopping place on the route between London House, now the Rhodes Museum and and both Newmarket and Cambridge and Commonwealth Centre. became famous for its many hostelries. Even Even The Rhodes Museum (see panel today,, the town boasts three inns dating back today below)forms part of the Bishop’s Stortford to the 15th and 16th centuries, as well as Museum, which contains an exhibit celebrating several timber-framed timber-framed buildings. In the 20th another famous son – Sir Walter Walter Gilbey who century, the building of Stansted Airport, just
Bishop’s Stortford
The Rhodes Museum South Road, Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire Hertfordshi re CM23 3JG Tel: 01279 651746 Fax: 01279 467171 e-mail: museum@rh museum@rhodesbish odesbishopsstortford.org.uk opsstortford.org.uk website: www.r www.rhodesbish hodesbishopsstortford.org.uk opsstortford.org.uk The Rhodes Museum was established in 1938 in two listed Victorian Buildings, one of which being the birthplace of Cecil Rhodes, Victorian Empire Builder. Today, the Rhodes Museum and the Local History Museum have merged to become the Bishop’s Storford Museum. The collections are housed together and provide a new focus on the town’s rich local history and unique links with the story of Cecil Rhodes, Empire and Africa. There is also an Education Room, a Collectors corner and a Temporary Exhibition Gallery which will host a variety of exhibitions throughout the year, featuring visiting local and national artists, touring exhibitions and displays from the Museum’s Reserve Collections. A historic building B museum and heritage C historic site D scenic attraction E flora and fauna F stories and anecdotes G famous people H art and craft I entertainment and sport J walks
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working in the traditional craft, as well as a display of tools, documents and photographs. photographs. A TV/video presentation shows films relating to the trade. Outside, there’s there’s a delightful cottage garden displaying and growing plants that would have been familiar to a 19thcentury country gardener. The garden also contains an unusual 19th-century bee shelter. STANDON
6 miles W of Bishop’s Stortford on A120 A120 C Balloon Stone
River Stort, Bishop’s Stortford
founded the Gilbey gin firm when he was living at nearby Elsenham Hall in the 1860s. The museum also displays a remarkable 28 foot-long mural mural that tells the story of the town from the Ice Age to the 1990s. Worked on canvas in wool embroidery embroidery,, the project took 142 townspeople six years to complete.
Around Bishop’s Stortford MUCH HADHAM
4 miles W of Bishop’s Stortford on B1004 B1004 B Forge Museum
One of the county’s county’s prettiest villages, Much Hadham still retains many old timber-framed houses and cottages, the oldest of which dates back to the 15th century. The Forge Museum and Victorian Cottage Garden has a resident blacksmith, Richard Maynard,
This old village, which once had a weekly market and two annual fairs, derived its importance from the families who held the manor and from the Order of St John of Jerusalem. Though there is little evidence of it today, the order established a commandery, a hospice and a school, which is believed to be the building now known as Knights’ Court. In a field to the west of the village lies the Balloon Stone, a giant sandstone boulder that marks the spot where, in 1784, Vincenzo Lunardi completed the first balloon flight in England. He began his flight in Finsbury, north London, and landed here some two hours later having first touched down briefly in a field at North Mimms. PERRY GREEN
5 miles SW of Bishop’s Stortford off th thee B1004 B1004 H Henry Moore Foundation
Perry Green became the home of Henry Moore following bomb damage to his Hampstead studio in 1941. The famous sculptor moved with his wife Irina to the peace and tranquillity of the village and he remained there for the rest of his life. The Henry Moore Foundation, which operates from Dane Tree House, Perry Green, and
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