Hertford No. 3 / Hartfelde / Hertforde / Herutford

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Old Cross, Hertford, ca. 1900 -- there are no ruins left; a few stones of the old church are kept at the Old Cross Library -- this is said to be the site of the medieval church here
Scene Description: Old Cross, Hertford, ca. 1900 -- there are no ruins left; a few stones of the old church are kept at the Old Cross Library -- this is said to be the site of the medieval church here
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hertford Museum Blog, 2016
Image Source: ca.1900 B&W photograph in the Hertford Museum Blog [www.hertfordmuseum.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/HETFM2010.60-Old-Cross-Hertford-c1900.jpg] [accessed 9 November 2016]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 20788HER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary [disappeared]
Church Location: present addressof the Library: Dolphin Yard, Maidenhead Street, Old Cross, Hertford, Hertfordshire SG14 1RB
Country Name: England
Location: Hertfordshire, East
Directions to Site: The disappeared church was located in the area of Old Cross, Hertford
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of St. Albans]
Historical Region: Hundred of Hertford
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Font Notes:
There are five entries for Hertford [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL3212/hertford/] [accessed 9 November 2016]; one of the entries mentions a church in it; another mentions two churches in it. The Victoria County History {Hertford, vol. 3, 1912) notes: "Of the church of ST. MARY very few records have survived. In 1428 there were less than ten inhabitants in the parish. [...] The church [...] adjoined the Old Cross; it appears to have fallen into ruins in the 16th century. [...] During the excavations for the public library in 1888 many of the old stones were found [...]; some of these were used in the construction of a memorial fountain near the library, and consist of the greater part of a window of clunch of 13th-century date. The arch is moulded, and the jambs are shafted, with moulded capitals and bases. Both arch and jambs are enriched with the dog-tooth ornament. Other fragments are preserved in the library."

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2016-11-09 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.