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Baptist Church, Newtown Road, Bishops Stortford (former)
Close to the town centre, it was built in 1899 and became redundant in 2000. It was eventually replaced by a modern centre some way out of the town centre. It is now converted to residential and commercial use.
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All Saints (former) Picotts End
A bypassed village immediately north of Hemel Hempstead, it gained its church in 1907 but it was made redundant in the mid 1960s and is now housing.
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St James (former), Watford Fields, Watford
A large church of 1912-1914 south of the town centre. The architect was Arthur Durrant. The chancel was extended in 1928 by Martin Travers and Thomas Grant. It was made redundant in 1971 and is now a sports hall for the neighbouring primary school.
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St Botolph, Shenleybury (former)
The old church of Shenley, well north and below the village. It is now a private house, although most of the graveyard is now a large cemetery. It was made redundant in 1972. It is part of a larger 15th century building, rebuilt after a fire in 1753. Some of the glass was moved to the current church in the village. Nicholas Hawksmoor’s tomb is inaccessible in the private part of the churchyard.
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St Mary Magdalene, Caldecote
Redundant and owned by Friends of Friendless Churches. Virtually on its own in the far north-west of the county. The crocketed holy water stoup is its claim to fame.
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Christ Church (former), Verulam Road, St Albans
Built in 1850 as a Roman catholic church, it became Anglican in 1859 and has also been a Methodist church. Since the 1980s it is in use as offices. The architect was Charles Parker. The same design was also used in Kingston upon Thames in Surrey
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St Michael and All Angels (former), Welwyn Garden City
Opened in 1936 as a temporary church, plans for a permanent church never came to fruition and it remains now as part of a council day centre complex opened in 1982.
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Church website for St Mary Magdalene mentioning St Michael’s history
St Bartholomew, Layston
A deserted village about a mile from Buntingford. The church is redundant and privately owned and undergoing long-term restoration. The top four images are from October 2013, the next five from April 2015 and the final six from may 2018 after the scaffolding and fencing have come down and the restoration appears to be complete.
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St John, Letty Green
Now converted into a house. The church was built in 1849-50 by G. Fowler-Jones as a chapel of ease to Hertingfordbury.
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Oxhey Chapel, Gosforth Lane, South Oxhey
In the centre of a large housing estate. Built in 1612 and now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It is right next to All Saints church from which the key can be obtained.
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Hertfordshire Churches in photographs 