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Holy Trinity, Bishops Stortford
Designed by Joseph Clarke and built in 1859. The east and west ends were extended by Arthur Blomfield in the late 19th century. The interior was re-ordered in the early 21st century when the nave flooring and lower walls were badly affected by damp.
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All Saints, Hockerill, Bishop’s Stortford
Designed by Stephen Dykes Bower and built in 1937, his first church. It replaced a church destroyed by fire, standing high above the town centre it is a very visible landmark.
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St James, Thorley
On the edge of this village which is now virtually a suburb of Bishops Stortford. A Norman south door, with the main structure 13th century. the east and west windows are from the 19th century by G.E. Pritchett.
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St Michael, Church Street, Bishops Stortford
Sitting raised above the town centre. A large medieval church with a brick tower top and unusually a spire, both of which were added in 1812. Joseph Clarke restored the church in 1867-68 and there was a more recent restorations by Stephen Dykes-Bower in 1960s and 70s. The chancel misericords are reputed to be from the old St Paul’s Cathedral. There is a huge collection of carved corbels and headstops around the church.
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Hertfordshire Churches in photographs 