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Woollensbrook Cemetery & Crematorium, Hertford Road, Hoddesdon
Alongside the A10 on the country side of the A10 coming out of Hoddesdon. It was opened in 2017 and there is a chapel in the main building at the top of the hill.
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Brethren’s Meeting Room (Former), Duke Street, Hoddesdon now demolished and replaced by housing
A typical small unadorned Brethren Hall north of the town centre. It closed in 2018 and was used as offices by Herts Building Solutions. By November 2021 it has been replaced by a small housing development.
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Chapel, Hoddesdon Cemetery, Ware Road, Hoddesdon
A small cemetery north of Hoddesdon town centre. The chapel is still in use and not locked – a great rarity.
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Methodist Church, Middlefield Road, Hoddesdon
Not far from the Baptist church. The church dates from 1929 and is linked by a large modern foyer area to a hall. The interior orientation has been reversed with the sanctuary area now by the former main entrance.
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Riverside Church (Elim), Rye Road, Rye Park, Hoddesdon (Former)
Close to Rye House station, a modern church sunken below street level. The church has now moved to other premises (see the comment below)
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Baptist Church, Burford St/Old Essex Rd, Hoddesdon
North of the town centre. It was built in 1910-14 to designs by George Baines, A new entrance area linking to the halls was added in 1982. The interior has lost most of its original furnishings and has been turned through 90 degrees so that the dias is against a long wall.
Friends Meeting House, Lord Street, Hoddesdon
West of the town centre is this Meeting House of 1829. It has not been used for meetings since 2011 and there is currently (late 2018) a project to find alternative community based uses for the building.
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St Augustine, Hoddesdon (Roman Catholic)
At the southern end of the town centre, built in 1962 to designs by Justin Alleyn.
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St Cuthbert, Rye Park
In the Rye Park district of Hoddesdon. The church by Dudley Newman dates from 1908, with an eastern extension by William Turney in 1962. The north wall shows clear signs of original plans for a larger building, as does the strangely bulky truncated tower. The striking east window was designed by Margaret Traherne in 1996.
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St Catherine and St Paul, Hoddesdon
A classical nave from 1732, Victorian chancel 1864-5 by Joseph Clarke and an 1888 tower by Arthur Blomfield.
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Hertfordshire Churches in photographs 