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Ardeley

Village in Hertfordshire, England

Ardeley
Summary

Village in Hertfordshire, England

FieldValue
countryEngland
regionEast of England
shire_countyHertfordshire
coordinates
population411
population_ref(Parish, 2021)
shire_districtEast Hertfordshire
postcode_districtSG2
postcode_areaSG
post_townStevenage
constituency_westminsterNorth East Hertfordshire
civil_parishArdeley
static_image_nameVillage Green - Ardeley - geograph.org.uk - 214674.jpg
static_image_captionThe Village Green

Ardeley is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It lies 5 miles east of Stevenage, its post town. As well as the village itself, the parish includes the hamlets of Cromer, Wood End, and Moor Green. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 411.

Description

Ardeley village has a number of thatched cottages beside the green, a thatched village hall, a vicarage built in the 18th century and a CSA farm (Church Farm). It also has a children's play area near the school, at the end of school lane, five housing association/ex-council houses in "The Crescent", opposite the school and a number of church-let cottages. The international cleaning company, Hughes Gardner, are now based in the manor house. Other buildings of interest include

  • Church of Saint Lawrence (Church of England)
St Lawrence Church

The Grade I listed church dates from around the 13th century.

  • Pub The Grade II listed pub "The Jolly Waggoner"
  • School The primary school, Ardeley St. Lawrence JMI, founded in 1835, is a Church of England state funded school.
  • Cromer Windmill Hertfordshire's only surviving post mill is in the parish, about a mile to the north of the village centre.

Events

Ardeley has an annual fete from which profits go to the parish.

People

The Chauncy family lived at Ardeley Bury, the manor house of the village.

  • Charles Chauncy, second president of Harvard College, was baptised in Ardeley on 5 November 1592.
  • Sir Henry Chauncy was born in Ardeley in 1632. He wrote Antiquities of Hertfordshire which was published in 1700.

References

References

  1. "2021 Census Parish Profiles". Office for National Statistics.
  2. (1980). "AA Book of British Villages". Drive Publications Limited.
  3. "Ardeley Parish Council – Hertfordshire, England".
  4. "Hughes Gardner Contract Cleaning and Support Services Limited".
  5. "St Lawrence".
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