Furneux Pelham
| Furneux Pelham | |
| Hertfordshire | |
|---|---|
 Church clock, Furneux Pelham | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL431279 |
| Location: | 51°55’54"N, -0°4’52"E |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | SG9 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Hertfordshire |
Furneux Pelham or alternatively Furneaux Pelham, is a village in Hertfordshire. The village is one of the Pelhams, along with Brent Pelham and Stocking Pelham, all in the east of the county.
The village is known for its ford on Violet's Lane, which is over 1,000 yards long and is popular with 4x4 enthusiasts and off-road motorcyclists.
The village has a church, St Mary the Virgin, with a fine mediæval carved wooden roof which was restored and elaborately painted in the 1960s by the artist John Norbury. The spire has the motto Time Flies, Mind your Business on the clock. There is also a pub called the Brewery Tap which is opposite the site of the former Rayments Brewery.
The Brewery was built in 1860 by William Rayment and when it was purchased by Greene King in 1928 it had an estate of 35 public houses.[1] The brewery was eventually closed in 1987 when it had just 27 public houses and was brewing only one beer, Rayments BBA.[2]
In recent years, the village was brought to national headlines in a gruesome way by the murder of retired Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Riley Workman on 7 January 2004.[3]
Big Society
The Furneux Pelham history group has a meeting on every 3rd Wednesday of the month.
The village has a parish council.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Furneux Pelham) |
References
- ↑ "Funding Universe". http://enquire.hertscc.gov.uk/cms/explore/walk/brewerytap.htm. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
- ↑ "CAMRA St Neots and District Newsletter No. 63". Campaign for Real Ale. http://www.huntscamra.org.uk/download/ot063.pdf. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
- ↑ "The Independent". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/nephews-desperate-appeal-to-solve-riddle-of-colonels-murder-571534.html. Retrieved 2011-04-14.