Incumbent

The Reverend Ian Hill

The Vicarage

Vicarage Road

Buntingford

Hertfordshire

SG9 9BH

Tel: 01763 274072 

E-mail:

Day off:

Wife: Sarah

Responsible also for St. Peter's, Buntingford and St. Mary the Virgin, Westmill

Times of church services

9.30 am     All age family worship (1st Sunday in the month),

                 Holy communion (2^nd & 5^th Sundays), morning worship (4^th

                      Sunday)

At 10.15 am on the 3^rd Sunday in the month there is a joint family communion service rotating around the three churches of the benefice.

Church History

In all probability the church dates back a thousand years, for the Domesday Book records a priest in residence in 1086.  Parts of the north wall date from the 11^th century, and the rest of the original nave and chancel are early 12^th century.  Some fine 17^th century oak panels enclose the south chapel, which serves as a vestry for the choir and the clergy.  The south door is oak of the 17^th century.  The alms box nearby is of a pattern ordered by mandate of Henry II in 1166 and is probably 17^th century also.  On the south wall is a monument to the brothers William and Ralph Freman; Sir Ralph was Lord Mayor of London before 1634.  The Clifford tomb in the south chapel is made from purbeck marble. Sir Robert Clifford, through his wife Elizabeth, owned the Manor of Aspenden and was 'Knight to the Body' to Henry VII.  His name was linked with the Perkin Warbeck plot against the King.  One writer suggests that the plot was crushed on information received from Sir Robert for which he received £500.  In any event, he was pardoned and remained in royal favour until his death in 1508.

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