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'''North Mymms''' is a hamlet and parish in [[Hertfordshire]], lying close by the [[Middlesex]] border, across which is its twin, [[South Mymms]].
'''North Mymms''' is a hamlet and parish in [[Hertfordshire]], lying close by the [[Middlesex]] border, across which is its twin, [[South Mimms]].


The village itself suffered from enclosure. '''North Mimms Park''' and '''Brookmans Park''' enclose large areas of the parish. Even the parish church (St Mary's) stands in the park of North Mimms.
The village itself suffered from enclosure. '''North Mimms Park''' and '''Brookmans Park''' enclose large areas of the parish. Even the parish church (St Mary's) stands in the park of North Mimms.


==Parish church==
==Parish church==
[[File:St Mary, North Mymms, Herts - geograph.org.uk - 348821.jpg|right|thumb|200px|St Mary's]]
[[File:St Mary, North Mymms, Herts - geograph.org.uk - 348821.jpg|left|thumb|200px|St Mary's]]
The parish church is St Mary's, and it stands within North Mimms Park.
The parish church is St Mary's, and it stands within North Mimms Park.


The church serves also as a chapel for the estate and is the burial place of the Coningsbys. It contains a monument to Robert Knolles, also of North Mimms Place, of the date 1458. There is also a brass to a priest. There is a large monument to [[John_Somers,_1st_Baron_Somers|Lord Somers]], Baron Evesham, and lord chancellor in the time of William III., d. 1716. The monument was erected by his sister, Lady Elizabeth Jekyll
The church serves also as a chapel for the estate and is the burial place of the Coningsbys. It contains a monument to Robert Knolles, also of North Mimms Place, of the date 1458. There is also a brass to a priest. There is a large monument to [[John_Somers,_1st_Baron_Somers|Lord Somers]], Baron Evesham, and lord chancellor in the time of William III., d. 1716. The monument was erected by his sister, Lady Elizabeth Jekyll


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==Sights of the parish==
==Sights of the parish==
Within the North Mymms civil parish are found:
Within the North Mymms civil parish are found:
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North Mymms House is credited in filming the 1983 period piece "The Wicked Lady" featuring Faye Dunaway as a bored lady aristocrat who takes up highway robbery with an original score by Tony Banks of Genesis.
North Mymms House is credited in filming the 1983 period piece "The Wicked Lady" featuring Faye Dunaway as a bored lady aristocrat who takes up highway robbery with an original score by Tony Banks of Genesis.
==See also==
*[[South Mimms]]


==Outside links==
==Outside links==
{{Commons}}
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*[http://www.brookmans.com/index.php Brookmans Park Newsletter]
*[https://www.northmymms.uk/ North Mymms News]
*[http://www.brookmans.com/history/ Newsletter's Local History Section]
*[https://www.northmymmshistory.uk/ North Mymms History Project]
*[http://www.brookmans.com/forum/index.php?board=7.0 Local History Forum]
*[https://www.northmymms.org/ North Mymms Parish Council]
*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/atozofservices/twcoun3y/twypar4y/706594 Parish Council]
*[http://www.brookmans.com/history/mymms.shtml North Mymms and South Mimms]
*[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/links/north-mimms.htm North Mimms or Mymms] (A Guide to Old Hertfordshire)
*[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/links/north-mimms.htm North Mimms or Mymms] (A Guide to Old Hertfordshire)
*[http://brookmans.com/environment/gobions/ch1.shtml Peter Kingsford, "A history of the Gobions"]
*[https://www.northmymmshistory.uk/2018/01/north-mymms-in-county-of-hertfordshire.html North Mymms In The County Of Hertford - 140 Years Of History]
*[https://www.northmymmshistory.uk/2018/04/the-mimmine-domesday-book-entry.html The Mimmine Domesday Book entry]
*[http://www.nmyouth.org.uk North Mymms Youth Project] a large thriving youth club based in the Parish
*[http://www.nmyouth.org.uk North Mymms Youth Project] a large thriving youth club based in the Parish
*[http://www.afcmymmsfc.co.uk AFC Mymms Football Club]
*[http://www.afcmymmsfc.co.uk AFC Mymms Football Club]

Latest revision as of 13:23, 22 January 2020

North Mymms
Hertfordshire

North Mimms Place
Location
Grid reference: TL221044
Location: 51°43’31"N, 0°13’57"W
Data
Postcode: AL9
Local Government

North Mymms is a hamlet and parish in Hertfordshire, lying close by the Middlesex border, across which is its twin, South Mimms.

The village itself suffered from enclosure. North Mimms Park and Brookmans Park enclose large areas of the parish. Even the parish church (St Mary's) stands in the park of North Mimms.

Parish church

St Mary's

The parish church is St Mary's, and it stands within North Mimms Park.

The church serves also as a chapel for the estate and is the burial place of the Coningsbys. It contains a monument to Robert Knolles, also of North Mimms Place, of the date 1458. There is also a brass to a priest. There is a large monument to Lord Somers, Baron Evesham, and lord chancellor in the time of William III., d. 1716. The monument was erected by his sister, Lady Elizabeth Jekyll

Sights of the parish

Within the North Mymms civil parish are found:

  • North Mimms Place
  • Bell Bar
  • Brookmans Park: The park includes the former park of Gobions (demolished) once the property of Sir Thomas More. A lofty castellated gateway in the park is now called "The Folly". In 1956 North Mymms Parish Council acquired the land and the lake now known as Gobions Open Space.
  • Water End
  • Welham Green

North Mymms is also home to the Hawkshead Campus of the Royal Veterinary College. The campus also includes the Equine Referral Hospital, and the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals. [1]

North Mimms Place

North Mimms Place: The Jacobean house of 1599 belonged to the Coningsby family. During the ownership of Thomas Coningsby, a Royalist leader in Hertfordshire, the house was plundered by the Parliamentarians. Later North Mimms Park belonged to the Hyde family.[2] The house is famous for its collection of tapestry and for its panelling and fittings, and for the rediscovery of the unique early 17th-century painted frieze of the "Nine Worthies".

North Mymms House is credited in filming the 1983 period piece "The Wicked Lady" featuring Faye Dunaway as a bored lady aristocrat who takes up highway robbery with an original score by Tony Banks of Genesis.

See also

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material
about North Mymms)

References