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view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 May 2002 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/348894] [accessed 1 November 2016]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 May 2002 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/348898] [accessed 1 November 2016]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 20782AMW

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist

Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist

Church Location: St John's Lane, Great Amwell, Hertfordshire SG12 9SF

Country Name: England

Location: Hertfordshire, East

Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A1170, ESE of Ware, NW of Roydon

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Albans

Historical Region: Hundred of Hertford

Century and Period: 11th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman

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There are two entries for [Great and Little] Amwell [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/XX0000/great-and-little-amwell/] [accessed 1 November 2016]; one mentions a priest, the other a church in it. The Victoria County History (Hertford, vol. 3, 1912) notes: "A priest was among the tenants of Ralf de Limesy at Amwell in 1086. [...] The church of Amwell with all its tithes was apparently given to Hertford Priory by Ralf. [...] The chancel and nave date from the close of the 11th century, [...] the west tower was built about 1420–30, the vestry is modern. The church was restored in 1866 [...] The font is modern." [NB: the modern font shows at the southwest corner of the nace in the VCH plan of the interior of the church]. [NB: the Parish Church of the Holy Trinity in Little Amwell is mid-19thC].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.79443, -0.01223

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 47′ 39.95″ N, 0° 0′ 44.03″ W

UTM: 30U 706028 5742397