Little Wymondley

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Little Wymondley
Hertfordshire

St Mary the Virgin, Little Wymondley
Location
Grid reference: TL213276
Location: 51°56’2"N, 0°14’9"W
Data
Postcode: SG4
Local Government

Little Wymondley is a village of Hertfordshire found in the gap between Hitchin and Stevenage. Great Wymondley lies to the north and the wee village of St Ippolyts to the west. Notwithstanding their names, Little Wymondley is larger than Great Wymondley.

Crammed uncomfortably between the A602 dual carriageway and the railway line, beside Junction 8 of the A1(M),Little Wymondley nevertheless keeps its integrity, and the motorway and A-road perhaps prevent its being subsumed by Stevenage.

Churches

The parish church is St Mary the Virgin, built in the 12th century and added to up to the 15th century. Unusually, its nave and chancel are of equal length, and it has an interesting "rood staircase".

There is also a Baptist church in the village.

About the village

The village has several interesting houses, including the moated Bury of the 16th and 17th centuries, the fine 17th century Hall, the late Georgian Wymondley House, and Wymondley Priory, an early 13th century foundation turned into a house in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material
about Little Wymondley)