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Ardeley

Coordinates: 51°55′40″N 0°05′50″W / 51.92778°N 0.09722°W / 51.92778; -0.09722
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Ardeley
The Village Green
Ardeley is located in Hertfordshire
Ardeley
Ardeley
Location within Hertfordshire
Civil parish
  • Ardeley
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townStevenage
Postcode districtSG2
PoliceHertfordshire
FireHertfordshire
AmbulanceEast of England
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Hertfordshire
51°55′40″N 0°05′50″W / 51.92778°N 0.09722°W / 51.92778; -0.09722

Ardeley is a small village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Cromer, as well as Wood End and Moor Green.[1]

Ardeley is located 5 miles (8 km) east of Stevenage.[2]

Description

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Ardeley village has a number of thatched cottages beside the green, a thatched village hall, a vicarage built in the 18th century and a CSA farm (Church Farm). It also has a children's play area near the school, at the end of school lane, five housing association/ex-council houses in "The Crescent", opposite the school and a number of church-let cottages. The international cleaning company, Hughes Gardner, are now based in the manor house.[3] Other buildings of interest include

  • Church of Saint Lawrence (Church of England)
St Lawrence Church

The Grade I listed church dates from around the 13th century.[4]

  • Pub

The Grade II listed pub "The Jolly Waggoner"

  • School

The primary school, Ardeley St. Lawrence JMI, founded in 1835, is a Church of England state funded school.

Hertfordshire's only surviving post mill is in the parish, about a mile to the north of the village centre.

Events

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Ardeley has an annual fete from which profits go to the parish.

People

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The Chauncy family lived at Ardeley Bury, the manor house of the village.

References

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  1. ^ "Ardeley Parish Council – Hertfordshire, England". ardeleyparishcouncil.org.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  2. ^ AA Book of British Villages. Drive Publications Limited. 1980. p. 25. ISBN 9780340254875.
  3. ^ "Hughes Gardner Contract Cleaning and Support Services Limited".
  4. ^ "St Lawrence".
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51°55′40″N 0°05′50″W / 51.92778°N 0.09722°W / 51.92778; -0.09722