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St Nicholas Church, Harpenden
St Nicholas Church, Harpenden — church in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Nearest railway station
- Harpenden · 0.5 km
- Free entry
About
St Nicholas Church, Harpenden is a historic church in the United Kingdom. Heritage designation: Grade II* listed building. Affiliated with Anglicanism. Wikidata describes it as: "church in the United Kingdom". Coordinates: 51.8169°, -0.3584°.
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Heritage listing
The church of St Nicholas in Harpenden is a parish church in the Church of England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.
Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Chilterns
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The church of St Nicholas in Harpenden is a parish church in the Church of England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
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Background
History
It is the oldest known church in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. It was originally built as a Chapel-of-Ease in about 1217, until it was enlarged and the existing tower added in 1470. The old church was demolished in 1861 to make way for a larger building. The tower contains a ring of eight bells, the oldest of which dates from 1612. Harpenden remained part of the ecclesiastical parish of Wheathampstead until 1859 but was, from the Middle Ages, a separate civil parish with its own officials, who were elected annually at the Abbot's Manorial Court, held at Wheathampstead. In 1862, only three years after the long-sought separation from the parish of Wheathampstead, the church was rebuilt to…
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- Coordinates
- 51.8169, -0.3584
- County
- Hertfordshire
- District
- St Albans
- Parish
- Harpenden Town
- Postcode
- AL5 2TP
- Parliamentary constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted
- Nearest railway station
- Harpenden — 0.5 km
- Official site
- parishofharpenden.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q7594950 (CC0)
- wikipedia: St Nicholas Church, Harpenden (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: St Nicholas Church 2.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is St Nicholas Church, Harpenden?
- St Nicholas Church, Harpenden is in Hertfordshire, London, United Kingdom (postcode AL5 2TP), in the parish of Harpenden Town.
- Is St Nicholas Church, Harpenden a listed building?
- St Nicholas Church, Harpenden is officially recognised as Grade II* listed building listed.
- Is St Nicholas Church, Harpenden a protected site?
- Yes — St Nicholas Church, Harpenden is part of the Chilterns National Landscape (AONB).
- Is St Nicholas Church, Harpenden free to visit?
- Yes, St Nicholas Church, Harpenden is free to enter.
- How do I get to St Nicholas Church, Harpenden?
- The nearest railway station is Harpenden, about 0.5 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode AL5 2TP.