Cemeteries · West Midlands
Rectory Lane Cemetery
Rectory Lane Cemetery is a cemetery in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Nearest railway station
- Berkhamsted · 0.7 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Rectory Lane Cemetery is a cemetery in Hertfordshire, the West Midlands of architectural and local-history note. The site is within the Chilterns National Landscape (AONB). It sits within the Harpenden and Berkhamsted parliamentary constituency. The nearest railway station is Berkhamsted, about 0.7 km away. Postcode area HP4.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Chilterns
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Rectory and Church of the Immaculate Conception is a historic Roman Catholic church complex at 4 North Street in Norfolk, Connecticut. The church and adjacent rectory are two 19th-century buildings that were extensively altered by architect Alfredo S. G. Taylor in 1925. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 for its association with the architect. The church is part of a unified parish with St. Joseph Catholic Church in Canaan Village.
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Background
Architecture
The Church of the Immaculate Conception stands on the northern edge of the village of Norfolk, on the east side of North Street (Connecticut Route 272) at its northern junction with United States Route 44. The main church building is a cruciform tall single-story building, which is basically a wood-frame structure finished in stucco and covered by a cross-gabled roof. The church was originally a somewhat typically Greek Revival mid-19th century New England country church in appearance, but is now fronted by a larger stuccoed tower with a rubblestone base that gradually transitions to stucco. The rectory stands immediately north of the church; it is a basically square two-story wood-frame…
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- Coordinates
- 51.7574, -0.5613
- County
- Hertfordshire
- District
- Dacorum
- Parish
- Berkhamsted
- Postcode
- HP4 2DQ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted
- Established
- 1924
- Nearest railway station
- Berkhamsted — 0.7 km
Sources
- osm: w372062687 (ODbL)
- commons: Rectory Lane Cemetery memorial arch.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- wikipedia: Rectory and Church of the Immaculate Conception (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Rectory Lane Cemetery?
- Rectory Lane Cemetery is in Hertfordshire, the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode HP4 2DQ), in the parish of Berkhamsted.
- When was Rectory Lane Cemetery built?
- Built or established in 1924.
- Is Rectory Lane Cemetery a protected site?
- Yes — Rectory Lane Cemetery is part of the Chilterns National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Rectory Lane Cemetery?
- The nearest railway station is Berkhamsted, about 0.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode HP4 2DQ.