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Parish Church of St Etheldreda

A Grade I Listed Building in Hatfield, Hertfordshire

  • Church of St Etheldreda

  • St Etheldreda, Hatfield

  • Tomb of Robert Cecil

  • Tomb of Robert Cecil

  • St Etheldreda, Hatfield

  • St Etheldreda, Hatfield

  • St Etheldreda, Hatfield

  • St Etheldreda: church set overlooking the old town & west of the old Hatfield Palace; Bishop Morton's c15 west tower with setback buttresses

  • St Etheldreda: dating from c13 but externally mostly Victorian of 1872 with replaced windows

  • St Etheldreda: Victorian nave with entrances to chancel & Salisbury chapel (c17) to the north & Brocket chapel (c15) to the south

  • St Etheldreda: c15 Brocket chapel

  • St Etheldreda: shield in c15 pier of chancel representing Fortescue of Ponsbourne

  • St Etheldreda: c17 heraldic glass in the north transept

  • St Etheldreda: monument to John Brocket of Brocket Hall, d.1598

  • St Etheldreda: inscription from the monument to John Brocket, d.1598

  • St Etheldreda: Elizabeth Moore of Bicester, d.1612, wife of John Brocket, d.1598, & her mother Agnes (nee Hussey), d.1588

  • St Etheldreda: inscription from the monument to Elizabeth Brocket (nee Moore), d.1612

  • St Etheldreda: inscription from the monument to Elizabeth Brocket (nee Moore), d.1612, with reference to her mother Agnes (nee Hussey), d.1588

  • St Etheldreda: monument to Robert Cecil, first earl of Salisbury, d.1612; black marble slab supported by four kneeling Cardinal Virtues; Temperance, Justice, Fortitude & Prudence

  • St Etheldreda: Robert Cecil, first earl of Salisbury, d.1612, in state dress

  • St Etheldreda: monument to James Reade, second Baronet of Brocket Hall, d.1701, & his son John; erected 1760

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Entry Name: Parish Church of St Etheldreda

Listing Date: 30 March 1966

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1348124

English Heritage Legacy ID: 158362

ID on this website: 101348124

Location: St Etheldreda's Church, Old Hatfield, Welwyn Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL9

County: Hertfordshire

District: Welwyn Hatfield

Civil Parish: Hatfield

Built-Up Area: Hatfield

Traditional County: Hertfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hertfordshire

Church of England Parish: Bishops Hatfield Saint Etheldreda with Saint Luke

Church of England Diocese: St.Albans

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