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Ardeley
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Ardeley is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It lies 5 miles (8 km) east of Stevenage, its post town.[2] As well as the village itself, the parish includes the hamlets of Cromer, Wood End, and Moor Green.[3] At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 411.
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Description
[edit]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.[4] Other buildings of interest include
- Church of Saint Lawrence (Church of England)
The Grade I listed church dates from around the 13th century.[5]
- 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.
Hertfordshire's only surviving post mill is in the parish, about a mile to the north of the village centre.
Events
[edit]Ardeley has an annual fete from which profits go to the parish.
People
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "2021 Census Parish Profiles". NOMIS. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 January 2026. (To get individual parish data, use the query function on table PP002.)
- ^ AA Book of British Villages. Drive Publications Limited. 1980. p. 25. ISBN 9780340254875.
- ^ "Ardeley Parish Council – Hertfordshire, England". ardeleyparishcouncil.org.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ "Hughes Gardner Contract Cleaning and Support Services Limited".
- ^ "St Lawrence".
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