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Quaker Burial Ground (Former), Port Hill, Hertford
On the opposite side of the town centre to the Meeting House. This plot of land is surrounded by high walls and locked gates. There are no markers left and the area has returned to a scrub of trees and rank weeds at the bottom of Port Hill next to what was The Oaks veterinary surgery and previously The Reindeer pub. The land was acquired in 1661, but sold in the early 1970s and the headstones relocated to the garden behind the Meeting House.
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Salvation Army (former), Baker Street, Hertford
Still sign posted off Ware Road but the building ceased to be used by the Salvation Army around 2000. It was built in 1980s to replace a building, in Bircherly Green opposite the bus station, that was demolished for housing. The building is now used by the Red Cross and Royal Voluntary service.
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Brethren’s Meeting Room, Nelson Road, Hertford
A small hall on the corner of Nelson Street and Molewood Road in Lower Bengeo. During August 2015 the hall underwent refurbishment with the render stripped and uPVC windows replacing the metal ones. It was subsequently re-rendered.
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Chapel, Hertford County Hospital (former), North Road, Hertford
The chapel lies behind Thomas Smith’s classical hospital of 1832, but it is clearly visible from the car park of the modern hospital alongside. The old hospital closed in the early 2000s and redeveloped as housing
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United Reformed Church, Cowbridge, Hertford
The current church dates from 1862 and was designed by Thomas Smith. The interior was reordered in 1998. Cowbridge Halls (built in 1891-1892 by James Farley in a matching style) next door was used for worship during refurbishment and is currently used for worship by Hertford Community Church a member of the Pioneer network.
Methodist Church, Ware Road, Hertford
The Methodists moved to the east side of the town in 1865 and built a gothic chapel. The current building on an adjacent site dates from 1963 with a new frontage added in 2010. The hall next door has served both churches.
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Hertford Town Church, Hartham Lane, Hertford
Originally a wing of Cowbridge House, most of which was demolished in 1869. It has been used by several groups over the years.
Baptist Church, Cowbridge, Hertford
At the foot of Port Hill, a church of 1905-06 by George Baines and Son.
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Friends Meeting House, Railway Street, Hertford
This is the oldest purpose built Quaker Meeting House in continuous use in the world, dating from 1670. An internal steel framework was inserted in 1981 to strengthen the building.
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Hertford, St Mary the Less (former)
The remains of St Mary the Less were collected together and made into a fountain outside, the now former, public library in Old Cross in 1890. The limewash was added in 2012 in a preservation attempt.
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Hertfordshire Churches in photographs 