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1. St Laurence, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, England

Parish church
The church consists of chancel with S chapel, nave with N and S aisles, S porch and clerestorey, and W tower. The earliest surviving features are the two-bay 12thc. N and S arcades (the S extended later in the middle ages into the chancel to allow better access to the S chapel). A plain 12thc. blocked, round-headed window survives in the W wall of the N aisle. The clerestory is early 15thc. and the tower c.1200. The upper part of the tower and possibly the outer walls of the aisles were rebuilt in the 15thc. The 14thc. chancel was rebuilt in the early 15thc. and substantially restored after a fire in 1969. The S chapel is 14thc. and the S porch is 18thc. 12thc. sculpture is found on the capitals and arches of the N and S arcades. The church is constructed of flint rubble and Totternhoe stone.
2. St George, Anstey, Hertfordshire, England

Parish Church
The church comprises chancel, crossing tower, N and S transepts, and nave. The nave has N and S aisles, S porch, and clerestorey. The crossing survives from the original 12thc. cruciform church. The original transepts were rebuilt in the late 13thc. as was the chancel. The nave arcades are early 14thc. Much of the exterior has been rendered, with the exception of the tower and transepts which have rubble walls. The transept walls are coursed. The church was restored by William Butterfield in 1869-72.
3. St Margaret, Barley, Hertfordshire, England

Parish Church
The church has chancel, nave with N and S aisles and N porch, and W tower with a vestry attached on the S. The church was rebuilt by William Butterfield in 1870-72. Some parts of the older stucture were retained. The S aisle is 14thc., the first two stages of the tower are 12thc. and the uppermost stage 14thc. The round-headed tower arch has a chamfered impost, but is otherwise plain. A round-headed window, deeply splayed, survives on the S face of the lowest stage of the tower and now opens onto the vestry. On the exterior the second stage windows of S, E and W faces (the E window is covered by the chancel roof and the W is partially hidden behind the church clock) have a continuous thick roll with inverted cushion bases (partially restored). The church walling is coursed rubble. There is some herringbone masonry visible in the tower walling. Romanesque sculpture is found on a reset fragment in the N aisle. The fragment is not from the church.
4. St Leonard, Bengeo, Hertfordshire, England

Parish Church
The church comprises an apsidal chancel, nave with W bellcote, and N porch. It is substantially 12thc., the timber bellcote is 19thc. and the brick N porch 18thc. The walls are coursed rubble.The plain, round-headed N (blocked) and S nave doorways are 12thc. The S doorway has chamfered imposts. Remains of three round-headed, splayed windows are found on the E, S and N walls of the chancel, and in the N wall of the nave. Romanesque sculpture is found on the chancel arch.
5. St Michael, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England

Parish Church
The church has a chancel with clerestorey and N chapel, nave with N and S aisles and N and S porches, and W tower. The present flint-walled church is substantially 15thc. with some later additions. The only surviving 12thc. feature is the font.
6. St Margaret of Antioch, Bygrave, Hertfordshire, England

Parish Church
The church comprises nave and chancel and a turret at the W end of the nave (to give access to the bells). The church was originally 12thc. in its entirety but the chancel was rebuilt in the 14thc. and the S porch added in the 18thc. Archaeological evidence demonstrates that there was probably an earlier church on this site (see VII). The church is covered in render apart from the E angles of the nave which are brick.
7. St Mary, Clothall, Hertfordshire, England

Parish Church
The flint rubble church has chancel, nave with S chapel and a tower over the S porch. The church is substantially 14thc. with the tower, S chapel and chancel slightly later than the nave, which however appears to have been built on earlier foundations. An earlier church probably existed on this site, but the only 12thc. feature now present is the font.
8. All Saints, Datchworth, Hertfordshire, England

Parish Church
The church has a chancel with attached vestry, nave with N aisle and S porch, and W tower. The nave is 12thc., the N aisle late 13thc. and the W tower and chancel 15thc. (The lower part of the tower is late 14thc. and the top stage is 19thc.) The chancel was remodelled in the 17thc. The porch is late 16thc. or early 17thc. A restored doorway in the S wall of the nave may be partially 12thc., and 12thc. material survives in the S wall and NE and NW angles of the nave. The exterior is rendered apart from the N wall which is flint with brick buttresses, and the top stage of the tower which is flint and ashlar.
9. St Nicholas, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England

Parish church
Apart from the 15thc. W tower (c.1470) the church was entirely rebuilt in 1862 by W. Slater. A number of 12thc. fragments survive from the original church and are currently located on windowsills in the N aisle. All are carved from Totternhoe stone.
10. St Mary, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England

Parish Church
A large cruciform church comprising chancel with vestries on N (separated from the chancel by a narrow passage contemporary with the chancel), crossing tower, N and S transepts, nave with clerestory, N and S aisles and N and S porches. The church was begun in the mid-12thc. and completed c.1170. The S porch was added in the 14thc., the N porch in the 15thc. and the N vestries in the 19thc. Of clunch, flint and some puddingstone and Roman brick.
11. St Katherine, Ickleford, Hertfordshire,

Parish Church
The church has chancel with S chapel , nave with S aisle and S porch, and W tower. The 12thc. church comprised nave and chancel. The chancel was rebuilt in the 13th. and the tower also dates from this time. The S porch is 15thc. In 1859 when the church was restored by George Gilbert Scott, the S aisle, N vestry and S chapel were added. The church is built of stone, now completely covered with render. Romanesque sculpture is found on the S doorway and on the rere arch of a blocked N doorway.
12. St Peter and St Paul, Kimpton, Hertfordshire, England

Parish Church
The church has a chancel with N vestry and organ chamber and S chapel, nave with N and S arcades, porch and W tower. The N and S arcades survive from the late 12thc. and there is masonry of this date in the chancel walls. The chancel was extended in the 14thc. and the N and S aisle walls rebuilt. The W tower was built in the 15thc., and the S aisle was widened and a chapel was built along the S side of the chancel at this time. A clerestory was built in the 16thc. In the 19thc. the N aisle was rebuilt, the vestry was enlarged and the organ chamber added. The chancel arch was also rebuilt at this time. The chancel has traces of two 12thc. windows in the E wall flanking a 14thc. window. Late 12thc. (Transitional) sculpture survives on the capitals of the N and S arcades. The building material is knapped flint, The ashlar quoins of the original chancel are visible in the E wall.
13. St Mary and St Thomas of Canterbury, Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England

Parish Church
The church comprises an aisleless nave, chancel and W tower with a memorial chapel attached to the chancel on the N, and the vestry attached to the nave on the N. In the 12thc. the church consisted of an aisleless nave and chancel. The W tower was added in the 15thc. and the Lytton chapel, which abuts the chancel, was added in the 16thc. The E and S walls of the chancel were rebuilt in the 19thc. by Edwin Lutyens. The vestry on the N side of the nave is 19thc. and the attached kitchen and utility rooms are 20thc. A plain, blocked 12thc. window with roll -moulded jambs survives in the N wall of the chancel. A S doorway to the chancel and two flanking round-headed windows were replaced in Lutyen’s restoration. Simple sculpture survives on the chancel arch and on a section of cross-shaft reused as a quoin stone on the SE angle of the chancel. Much of the original walling has been rendered, although a small section on the N wall of the nave (W end) has the original flint walling exposed. The tower is of flint as are the 19th and 20thc. alterations. Lutyen’s walling is of knapped flint. The church is located in the grounds of Knebworth House.
14. St Mary, King's Walden, Hertfordshire, England

Parish Church
The church has a chancel with attached N vestry, nave with N and S aisles and S porch, and a W tower. The original 11thc. or 12thc. church would have comprised nave and chancel only. The N and S arcades were built at the end of the 12thc. The chancel is 13thc. with later alterations, while the chancel arch is 14thc. as is the W tower which was built in 1380. The clerestory was added in the 15thc. and the aisles were also rebuilt at this time. The vestry is 17thc.
15. St Mary, Little Hormead, Hertfordshire,

Deconsecrated church
The church comprises chancel, nave and S porch with a wooden bell turret over the W end of the nave. The nave is 12thc., the chancel (originally 12thc.) was rebuilt in the 13thc. The brick porch is modern. The nave has a 12thc. S doorway, plain apart from a chamfered impost, and one of the original small, splayed 12thc. windows (now blocked) survives in the N wall of the nave. Romanesque sculpture is found on the exterior of the N doorway, and on the chancel arch. There are also some moulded fragments at the W end of the nave. The nave and chancel walls are of coursed rubble masonry with ashlar quoins, the W and S wall of the nave and the E wall of the chancel are rendered. VCH records that the church was restored in 1888, the chancel being shortened at this time.
16. St Mary, Pirton, Hertfordshire, England

Parish Church
The church has chancel, crossing tower and S transept, and nave with S porch. Of the original 12thc. crossing only the E and W arches survive. The tower was completely rebuilt in 1876 and the current S transept dates from the early 20thc. The chancel was altered in the 14thc. but probably retains some of the original 12thc. walling. The nave has blocked 12thc. round-headed windows, one on the N and one on the S wall. In the exterior walls are some reset moulded fragments which could be 12thc. Simple Romanesque sculpture is found on reset voussoirs in the chancel arch. The church is built of flint and rubble, uncoursed apart from the nave.
17. St Mary, Redbourn, Hertfordshire, England

Parish Church
The church has a chancel with S chapel, nave with N and S aisles, S porch and a W tower. The original late 11thc. - early 12thc. church had chancel, nave and W tower. The N aisle is of mid-12thc. date, the S aisle is 14thc. and the clerestory is 15thc. The chancel was rebuilt in the early 14thc. The S chancel chapel and porch are mid-15thc. There are traces of the original plain, round tower arch above the 13thc. opening to the W tower and 12thc. sculpture is found on the arcades.
18. St Leonard, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England

Parish church
The church consists of chancel with attached vestry, nave with clerestory, N and S aisles and N and S porches, and W tower. The late 12thc. tower and the W end of the church were restored in 1886-87 by W. White, as were the 15thc. N and S porches. The original clerestory, which had been dismantled in 1786, was also rebuilt at this time. The vestry was added at the beginning of the 20thc.
19. St Mary, Stapleford, Hertfordshire, England

Parish Church
The church has a chancel with an attached vestry on S, nave with attached organ chamber at the E end, and a wooden N tower with a tall spire over the N porch. The E end of the nave is probably 12thc. with a 19thc. (1874) extension to the W. The chancel was also probably 12thc. originally. The chancel arch was rebuilt in the 16thc. The organ chamber, N porch and vestry are 19thc. Much of the exterior is rendered, the area around the N doorway is uncoursed flint. The N doorway is the only Romanesque feature.
20. St James, Thorley, Hertfordshire, England

Parish Church
The church has chancel, nave, W tower and S porch. The nave and chancel are 13thc. and the tower is 15thc. the S porch and vestry are 19thc. Romanesque sculpture is found on the S doorway and the font. The exterior of the church is rendered, but beneath this has flint walling. The church was restored in 1854 by J. Vuillamy.
21. Holy Trinity, Weston, Hertfordshire, England

Parish Church
The church has chancel with N vestry, crossing tower, N and S transepts, and nave with S porch, S aisle and clerestorey. The crossing and lower stages of the tower survive from the original 12thc. cruciform church, as does the nave and N transept. The N transept has plain, deeply splayed round-headed windows in the W and N walls and a blocked arch in the E wall which indicates the location of a fomer chapel. The S transept was absorbed into the 15thc. S aisle. The S porch and clerestory are also 15thc. The upper stage of the tower was built in 1867. The chancel was rebuilt in brick by Thomas Smith in 1840, and the vestry was added in 1880. The nave is rendered and the tower and N transept are of flint and coursed rubble.
22. St John the Baptist, Widford, Hertfordshire, England

Parish Church
The church has a chancel with an organ chamber on the N, nave with N vestry and S porch, and W tower. The nave and chancel are the same width and there is no chancel arch. The chancel and W tower are 14thc. the organ chamber, vestry and S porch are 19thc. The church is built of coursed flint and stone rubble and Barnack stone. Some of the nave walling survives from the original 12thc. church. 12thc. sculpture is found on a pillar piscina and a reset fragment in the S wall of the nave.