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Wesleyan Church (former), Astrope Lane, Long Marston

Just west of the crossroads at the southern edge of the village is this chapel of 1864 now converted to housing.

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United Reformed Church, Oaklands Avenue, Brookmans Park

The only church in this large commuter village south of Hatfield.

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Church website

Methodist Church (former), Sleapshyde

Almost at the end of a dead end lane in this hamlet between Colney Heath and Smallford. Built in 1840 it became disused in the 2000s and was converted into housing in 2013.

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Wesleyan Chapel (former), Luton Road, Great Offley

At the north end of the villages and now converted into Chapel Cottages. It dates from 1886.

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Bunyan’s Chapel (former), Preston

Opposite the village green, this chapel is now a Stockbroker’s office. It was built in 1877 as a Baptist church commemorating the links that the area has with John Bunyan. It closed in 1987

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Preston history website

Baptist Chapel, Stevenage Road, Little Wymondley

On the main village street a small chapel that is not part of the Baptist Union.

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Church website

Burial Ground, Redhill

At the end of a muddy dead end bridleway lies the burial ground of a now demolished Independent Chapel which served this small hamlet between Sandon and Wallington.

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Congregational Chapel (former), Roe Green, Sandon

At western end, with its former manse, of this large green, one of several in the large spread-out village of Sandon. It was built in 1868 and is now housing, having closed in 1986.

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Weslyan Methodist Chapel (former), Cowper Road, Berkhamsted

Now the Christian Science building. The church closed in 1956. The school building behind it is now housing.

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Primitive Methodist (former), High Street, Berkhamsted

Now Dominos Pizza and hardly recognisable as a chapel of 1867, it was converted into offices in the 1970s and flats and retail premises in 2004. Large arched windows are just visible at the side of the building.

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My Primitive Methodist Ancestors website