. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. HERTFORD HUNDRED 1730 to 1779, marriages 1730 to 1754; (v) marriages 1754 to 1837; (vi) baptisms 1780 to 1844 ; (vii) burials 1780 to 1858. CHRIST CHURCH, in Port Vale, was built in 1868 by Mr. Ahel Smith. It is a cruciform build- ing of stone, in 13th-century style, consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, aisles and transepts, south porch and west bell turret. The parish was created in 1869.*3 The living is a vicarage, and rhe patron is Mr. Abel H. Smith. Of the church of ST. MARY very few records have survived. In 1428 the
. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. HERTFORD HUNDRED 1730 to 1779, marriages 1730 to 1754; (v) marriages 1754 to 1837; (vi) baptisms 1780 to 1844 ; (vii) burials 1780 to 1858. CHRIST CHURCH, in Port Vale, was built in 1868 by Mr. Ahel Smith. It is a cruciform build- ing of stone, in 13th-century style, consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, aisles and transepts, south porch and west bell turret. The parish was created in 1869.*3 The living is a vicarage, and rhe patron is Mr. Abel H. Smith. Of the church of ST. MARY very few records have survived. In 1428 there were less than ten inhabitants in the ; The church" adjoined the Old Cross; it appears to have fallen into ruins in the 16th ' During the excavations for the public library in 1888 many of the old stones were found w; some of these were used in the con- struction of a memorial fountain near the library, and consist of the greater part of; v of dui BOROUGH OF HERTFORD by the west wall of the south transept with the south wall of the nave are signs of the existence of a stair- turret. The thickness of the walls, about 4 ft., indicate that the remains are at least as early as the 12th century. Several tiles of the 13th and 14th centuries were found on the site. One of these, of the later date, has a vigorously drawn hart upon it. The church of ST. NICHOLAS existed in 1291, when the Prior of Wilford (Kent) had a pension of £1 in it.** The advowson of the rectory belonged to the alien priory of Wilford,85 and hence came to the St. Nicholas was parochial, but the extent of the parish is unknown. In 1428 it had less than ten inhabitants (householders)." In 1487 of 1jth-century date. The arch is moulded, and the jambs are shafted, with moulded capitals and bases. Both arch and jambs are enriched with the dog-tooth ornament. Other fragments are preserved in the A messuage called St. Mary Churchyard was included in the grant of the manor to the
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