Historic Churches in Hertfordshire

St Andrew's Church, in the Hertfordshire village of Buckland, is a 14th-century building with some 15th-century rebuilding. The core of the church was built in 1348, and the south porch, aisle, south door, and west tower were gradually added over the next century, making St Andrew's a pleasing mix of Decorated and Perpendicular style.
Rectory Close, Buckland, Hertfordshire, England, SG9 0PT

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Heritage Highlight: Fragments of 14th-century stained glass

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St Giles Church dates to the 12th century but the oldest parts of the present building are 13th century, with the addition of a 15th-century tower. Look for the grave rail of John Gootheridge in the churchyard. His corpse was taken by grave robbers, then abandoned, so he had two official burials within a week.
4 Bury Lane, Codicote, Hertfordshire, England, SG4 8XT

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Heritage Highlight: 12th-century iron scroll work, south door

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Just outside the gates of Hatfield House stands the historic church of St Etheldreda, built in the 13th century on the site of a much earlier Saxon building. Inside the church are tombs of the Cecils of Hatfield House including the richly decorated tomb of Robert Cecil, Elizabeth I's chief minister.
Fore Street, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, AL9 5AW

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Heritage Highlight: Tomb of Robert Cecil, Elizabeth I's chief minister

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St Mary's dates to 1140 and boasts one of the tallest spires in Europe at 200 feet high. Historical highlights include memorial brasses to Robert and Margaret Albyn, dated to around 1360. The font is Norman, as is the west doorway.
High Street, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, HP1 3AE

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Heritage Highlight: 200 foot high 14th-century spire

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St Mary's is a beautiful historic church dating primarily to the 14th and 15th centuries. Look for the beautifully carved 15th-century Angel Screen, several excellent 15th-century memorial brasses, medieval timber roofs, and a 15th-century wineglass pulpit.
Churchyard, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, SG5 1HP

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Heritage Highlight: 13th-century timber roofs and a superb 15th-century Angel Screen

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A very early Norman church, featuring some extremely attractive 11th and 12th-century decoration. The nave is 11th century and the chancel dates to the 13th century. The chancel arch separating the two is Norman, in lovely, simple, Romanesque style.
Little Hormead, Hertfordshire, England, SG9 0LS

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Heritage Highlight: 12th century Norman door with original strapwork

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Somewhat hemmed in by modern housing and the parish church and vicarage is this early 17th-century chapel, built to serve nearby Oxhey Hall. The builder was Sir James Altham, who chose a site formerly occupied by a medieval monastery.
Gosforth Lane, South Oxhey, Oxhey, Hertfordshire, England, WD19 7AX

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Named for the first British Christian martyr, this abbey church is the second largest in England, after Winchester. The north transept stands on the traditional spot where Alban was executed in AD 305 for refusing to participate in a pagan sacrifice. In AD 793 King Offa founded a Benedictine monastery here to atone for murdering Ethelbert (see Hereford).
St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, AL1 1BY

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Heritage Highlight: The north transept stands over the site of St Alban's 4th century murder

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St Michael's began as a Saxon church built on the remains of the Roman basilica of Verulamium, the site where Alban was tried and sentenced to death. The church is built partly of Roman bricks and boasts the ornate memorial to Sir Francis Bacon, the 17th-century statesman, philosopher and scientist.
St Michael's Street, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, AL3 4SL

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Heritage Highlight: Tomb of Sir Francis Bacon

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St Peter's is one of three Saxon churches in St Albans, begun around AD 948. It boasts a 1723 organ case, a medieval brass palimpsest reused by a 17th-century High Sheriff of Hertfordshire, and the grave of Dr Nathaniel Cotton, a pioneer in the treatment of mental illness.
St Peter's Street, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, AL1 3HG

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Heritage Highlight: Site of a 13th-century anchoress cell

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