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- 1. St Margaret of Antioch, Bygrave, Hertfordshire, England
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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.
- 2. All Saints, Datchworth, Hertfordshire, England
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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.
- 3. St Mary, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England
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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.
- 4. St Katherine, Ickleford, Hertfordshire,
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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.
- 5. St Mary, Little Hormead, Hertfordshire,
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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.
- 6. St Mary, Stapleford, Hertfordshire, England
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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.
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