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HHER Number: | 2368 |
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Type of record: | Building |
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Name: | PARISH CHURCH OF ST ETHELDREDA, HATFIELD |
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Summary
Medieval parish church
Monument Types
- CHURCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1500 AD)
Protected Status
- Area of Archaeological Significance
- Listed Building (II)
Full description
St Etheldreda is the patron saint of Ely, whose bishops owned Hatfield. The plan of the church is cruciform, with a broad nave, slightly off-centre chancel, transepts, and western chapels in each transept; this church was built of flint rubble with stone dressings in the 13th century, a period when the bishops of Ely were encouraging the growth of the town (no trace is known of any earlier structure, although an effigy of a knight in the church may be late 12th century). It may have had a central tower. The flint came from a nearby pit at Batterdale. A chapel on the south side of the chancel may have been built during the 14th century, but was swept away during a second period of improvements during the 15th century. A tower was built at the west end, closing the view from the town, and the south chapel was rebuilt with an ornate arcade into the chancel. In 1598 this became the Brocket chapel, for the owners of Brocket Hall. The Salisbury chapel on the north side of the chancel dates to 1618. The body of the church was altered for Lord Salisbury by David Brandon in 1872, when the chancel arch was narrowed, the roof raised, the furnishings and all the windows replaced. In 1871 the Salisbury chapel was given lavish marble, alabaster and mosaic adornments by Italian workmen, and early 18th century wrought iron gates from Amiens Cathedral <1, 2, 3>.
Altar rails and candelabra, possibly some of the fittings removed in 1872, were found in the 1930s in St Mary Magdalene's church, Hatfield Hyde [18575] (built in 1882). They were returned to St Etheldreda's.
Listed Buildings description (Digital archive). SHT6690.
Gray, Henry W, 1970, Hatfield church: restoration of some funeral hatchments; Herts Archaeology 2, 118-19 (Article in serial). SHT6153.
Gray, Henry W, 1970, The church bells of Hatfield: some notes from contemporary sources; Herts Archaeology 2, 116-18 (Article in serial). SHT6611.
<1> Page, W (ed.), 1912, VCH Hertfordshire vol.3, - p107 (Bibliographic reference). SHT2329.
<2> Pevsner, N, & Cherry, B, 1977, Buildings of England: Hertfordshire (2nd edition), - p161-4 (Bibliographic reference). SHT7257.
<3> Preston, J A, 1961, Hatfield and its people. Book 7: Churches (Bibliographic reference). SHT5277.
<4> Gormley, G E, 2007, Five Hertfordshire parish churches, a view of their archaeological and architectural history, Many photos etc (Unpublished document). SHT16892.
Sources and further reading
--- | Article in serial: Gray, Henry W. 1970. Hatfield church: restoration of some funeral hatchments; Herts Archaeology 2, 118-19. |
--- | Article in serial: Gray, Henry W. 1970. The church bells of Hatfield: some notes from contemporary sources; Herts Archaeology 2, 116-18. |
--- | Digital archive: Listed Buildings description. |
<1> | Bibliographic reference: Page, W (ed.). 1912. VCH Hertfordshire vol.3. - p107. |
<2> | Bibliographic reference: Pevsner, N, & Cherry, B. 1977. Buildings of England: Hertfordshire (2nd edition). - p161-4. |
<3> | Bibliographic reference: Preston, J A. 1961. Hatfield and its people. Book 7: Churches. |
<4> | Unpublished document: Gormley, G E. 2007. Five Hertfordshire parish churches, a view of their archaeological and architectural history. Many photos etc. |
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