. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. HERTFORD HUNDRED parish. They formed a ' hardwich ' of Stevenage,13 to which manor they remained ; The church of ST. PETER stands CHURCH about a quarter of a mile to the south- west of the village ; it consists of a chancel 28 ft. 6 in. by 15 ft., north vestry, nave 36 ft. 6 in. by 18 ft. 6 in., south aisle 38 ft. 6 in. by 7 ft., south porch 12 ft. by 9 ft., and west tower 12 ft. square. These measurements are all internal. The walls are built of flint rubble covered with cement and have stone dressings ; the r
. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. HERTFORD HUNDRED parish. They formed a ' hardwich ' of Stevenage,13 to which manor they remained ; The church of ST. PETER stands CHURCH about a quarter of a mile to the south- west of the village ; it consists of a chancel 28 ft. 6 in. by 15 ft., north vestry, nave 36 ft. 6 in. by 18 ft. 6 in., south aisle 38 ft. 6 in. by 7 ft., south porch 12 ft. by 9 ft., and west tower 12 ft. square. These measurements are all internal. The walls are built of flint rubble covered with cement and have stone dressings ; the roofs are tiled. The nave, and probably the chancel, were erected in the late 11 th or early 12th century. Early in the 13th century the chancel was altered and possibly partly rebuilt ; later in the same century or early in the next the south aisle was added and clearstory windows inserted above the The west tower was built about the end of the 15th century and the south porch added in the 16th century. The church was repaired during the 19th centur it was carefully restored ; a number of were brought to light and a modern vestry on the north side of the chancel. In the east wall of the chancel [O is a late 15th-century window of three cinquefoiled lights, most of which is of modern stonework. The only opening in the north wall is the modern doorway to the vestry. In the south wall are two early 1 3th-century lancet windows, with deeply splayed jambs and chamfered rear-arch. West of these is a window of two cinquefoiled lights with a square head, of late 15th-century date. At the east end of the wall is a piscina with splayed edge and pointed trefoiled head, with a scroll-moulded label, probably of late 13th or early 14-th-century date ; the projecting basin has been cut away. In the same wall is a blocked modern doorway. The chancel arch is of two chamfered orders which die upon splayed jambs. In the north wall of the nave close to the east end is the eastern jamb an
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