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'''Clothall''' is a small village in [[Hertfordshire]].  With just 358 folk in 2001, it is combined with neighbouring Luffenhall for a civil parish.
 
'''Clothall''' is a small village in [[Hertfordshire]].  With just 358 folk in 2001, it is combined with neighbouring Luffenhall for a civil parish.
  
Clothall is found 2¼ miles south-east of [[Baldock]],
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Clothall is found 2¼ miles south-east of [[Baldock]].
  
 
The parish church is St Mary the Virgin, which was built of flint and stone around 1350–70,<ref name="British History Online">{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43608|title=Clothall|publisher=British History Online|accessdate=4 September 2010}}</ref> though parts of the church are older, dating to the 12th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://buntingforddeanery.org.uk/Clothall%20Main.html|title=Clothall - St. Mary the Virgin Church|publisher=The Buntingford Deanery Directory|accessdate=25 February 2011}}</ref>  
 
The parish church is St Mary the Virgin, which was built of flint and stone around 1350–70,<ref name="British History Online">{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43608|title=Clothall|publisher=British History Online|accessdate=4 September 2010}}</ref> though parts of the church are older, dating to the 12th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://buntingforddeanery.org.uk/Clothall%20Main.html|title=Clothall - St. Mary the Virgin Church|publisher=The Buntingford Deanery Directory|accessdate=25 February 2011}}</ref>  
The author Thomas Stanley was born in Clothall in 1625 and is buried in the church.<ref name="hertfordshire-genealogy" />
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The author Thomas Stanley was born in Clothall in 1625 and is buried in the church.
  
 
==Outside links==
 
==Outside links==

Latest revision as of 12:50, 22 June 2012

Clothall
Hertfordshire
Clothall - St Mary the Virgin.jpg
Church of St Mary the Virgin
Location
Grid reference: TL271318
Location: 51°58’15"N, 0°9’3"W
Data
Population: 358  (2001)
Postcode: SG7
Local Government
Council: North Hertfordshire

Clothall is a small village in Hertfordshire. With just 358 folk in 2001, it is combined with neighbouring Luffenhall for a civil parish.

Clothall is found 2¼ miles south-east of Baldock.

The parish church is St Mary the Virgin, which was built of flint and stone around 1350–70,[1] though parts of the church are older, dating to the 12th century.[2] The author Thomas Stanley was born in Clothall in 1625 and is buried in the church.

Outside links

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References

  1. "Clothall". British History Online. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43608. Retrieved 4 September 2010. 
  2. "Clothall - St. Mary the Virgin Church". The Buntingford Deanery Directory. http://buntingforddeanery.org.uk/Clothall%20Main.html. Retrieved 25 February 2011. 
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