St Helens, Wheathampstead
View from the East
Detail of the Tower
St Helen: flint church in cruciform plan; late c13 crossing tower; view from the west
St Helen: west doorway, c.1320, with ballflower ornament
St Helen: early c14 nave looking east to crossing & chancel
St Helen: Early English chancel, c.1230, with lancet windows
St Helen: Decorated north transept, c.1330, with reticulated tracery
St Helen: Decorated south transept, c.1340, with reticulated tracery
St Helen: c15 canopied piscina
St Helen: early c14 font decorated with finely carved leaves
St Helen: indent of priest, c.1401; possibly William Gretwell, a former rector
St Helen: Sir John Brocket (with wife Margaret Bensted), d.1558; alabaster tomb chest with border inscription
St Helen: John Brocket of Brocket Hall, d.1558, & wife Margaret (nee Bensted of Bennington)
St Helen: John Brocket, d.1558; head uncovered with long hair, beard broken off
St Helen: weepers from the monument to John Brocket, d.1558
St Helen: incised white marble tablet to John Heyworth d.1558 & wife Joan
St Helen: incised white marble tablet to John Heyworth d.1558 & wife Joan
St Helen: marble monument to Sir John Garrard, d.1637 & wife Elizabeth (Barkham), d.1632
St Helen: Sir John Garrard, first Baronet of Lamer, d.1637 & wife Elizabeth (Barkham), d.1632
St Helen: Sir John Garrard, first Baronet of Lamer, d.1637; pointed beard, leaning on left elbow
St Helen: Elizabeth (nee Barkham of Southacre), d.1632, first wife of John Garrard
St Helen: inscription from the monument to John & Elizabeth Garrard, d.1632 'towards God a most faithful child…'; also includes Isabella Garrard, who died in 1677
St Helen: shield from the monument to John Garrard, d.1637, & wife Elizabeth (Barkham), d.1632
St Helen: shield from the monument to John Garrard, d.1637, & wife Elizabeth (Barkham), d.1632
St Helen: Hugo Bostock, c.1450, father of John de Whethamstede, Abbot of St Albans
St Helen: Margaret, wife of Hugo Bostock, c.1450
St Helen: inscription from the brass of Hugo Bostock, c.1450
St Helen: knight (possibly member of Brocket family), c.1480; only part of leg & dog remain
St Helen: unknown lady c.1480; rich fur trimmed robe, bottom of butterfly headdress survives
St Helen: John Heyworth & wife Elizabeth, 1520; related to Bostocks
Entry Name: Church of St Helen
Listing Date: 19 October 1953
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1103657
English Heritage Legacy ID: 163972
ID on this website: 101103657
Location: St Helen's Church, Wheathampstead, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL4
County: Hertfordshire
District: St. Albans
Civil Parish: Wheathampstead
Built-Up Area: Wheathampstead
Traditional County: Hertfordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hertfordshire
Church of England Parish: Wheathampstead
Church of England Diocese: St.Albans