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September 25, 2016 10:49 am / Leave a comment
Accessed down a footpath marked private at the north end of the former All Saints Pastoral Centre. It sits on a small wooded island surrounded by a dry moat. There are low walls, restored in the 20th century and a small sentry box type construction housing a small altar. It is said to be the site of St Alban’s capture prior to his execution.
June 23, 2014 6:43 pm / Leave a comment
Off to one side of the village and almost hidden by trees lies the preserved 15th century tower of All saints church. The church was replaced by the new church on the main village road. The body of the church was demolished in 1883.
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June 7, 2014 8:38 am / Leave a comment
Hidden away at the junction of two rather muddy footpaths just west of Marlin Chapel Farm 3km west of Berkhamsted. All that remains are the four corners of the chapel covered in ivy and surrounded by nettles. It is thought to have been built in the 13th century but was never parochial.
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October 25, 2013 8:43 pm
The remains of St Mary the Less were collected together and made into a fountain outside, the now former, public library in Old Cross in 1890. The limewash was added in 2012 in a preservation attempt.
September 7, 2013 9:20 am
The ruined, since the late 17th century, medieval chapel of a lost village only accessible by foot in a copse in the middle of large arable fields. The last time I went there was a stile onto this private land but now (Sept 2020) it’s just a broken fence into a nettle ridden copse. R.L. Hine was a noted writer on local history and natural history prior to the second world war.
Information on Preston village website
April 8, 2013 3:57 pm
A ruin (since 1750) on private land in the deserted village of Chesfield. It can be seen from the road or a nearby driveway that is a public right of way.
County Archaelogical Website
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January 12, 2013 4:50 pm
Ayot St Lawrence is a tiny village but it boasts two churches, one now a stabilised ruin and one from the 18th century that was built partly as a landscape feature by Sir Lionel Lyde who started to pull down the old church but was prevented from completing the demolition by the Bishop of Lincoln.
Church website
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January 12, 2013 4:44 pm / Leave a comment
The ruined tower of the old church alone in the fields at Cold Christmas and unfortunately frequently vandalised. The top six pictures are from 2013 or 2011 (top right). The lower ones are from 2015 following attempts at securing the tower. The lowest 4 pictures are from December 2016 showing attempts to again secure the tower and to preserve the reset norman doorway.
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