English Heritage sites near Bramfield Parish
WALTHAM ABBEY GATEHOUSE AND BRIDGE
11 miles from Bramfield Parish
A fine 14th century gatehouse, bridge and other remains of the abbey refounded by Harold, last Saxon King of England.
ROMAN WALL OF ST ALBANS
11 miles from Bramfield Parish
A section of the two-mile long wall built between AD 265 and 270 to defend the Roman city of Verulamium: including the foundations of towers and the London Gate.
OLD GORHAMBURY HOUSE
12 miles from Bramfield Parish
The remains of a once immense mansion built in 1563-8 by Sir Nicholas Bacon, Queen Elizabeth’s Lord Keeper and visited by the queen on at least four occasions.
HILL HALL
16 miles from Bramfield Parish
This fine Elizabethan mansion features some of the earliest external Renaissance architectural detail in the country.
KENWOOD
17 miles from Bramfield Parish
This outstanding house beside Hampstead Heath was remodelled by Robert Adam between 1764 and 1779. He transformed the original brick building into a majestic villa for the great judge, Lord Mansfield.
WREST PARK
18 miles from Bramfield Parish
Explore the evolution of the English garden and take a stroll through three centuries of landscape design at Wrest Park.
Churches in Bramfield Parish
St Andrew
Main Road
Bramfield
Hertford
01920 830035
Welcome to St Andrew's Bramfield
‘We are pilgrims on a journey,
fellow travellers on the road;
we are here to help each other
walk the mile and bear the load.'
With Covid, our usual Sunday service is 11 15 am 2nd and 4th Sundays. There are services on 1st and 3rd Sundays at 11 15am in nearby Stapleford, Aston and Waterford churches. Join us Wednesdays 10am for a short service followed by coffee and chat. You Tube and Zoom services are listed in the weekly newsletter and Parish News including Tuesday Bible Study and Wednesday Night Prayer. To receive a daily Thought for the Day or the weekly newsletter email Revd Jenny: [email protected]
We have adopted the Diocese's Safeguarding policies and practice.
Parish Safeguarding Contact: Peggy Wareham, [email protected] 01992 550467
Safeguarding lead: Tim Alexander 01438 880519 [email protected]
The church is usually OPEN Sundays and Wednesdays and by arrangement with the churchwardens Dorothy Abel Smith, [email protected] 01992 582132; Peggy Wareham, [email protected] 01992 550467 Free Covid Test packs available in the porch to take away.
Our beautiful historic church was Archbishop Thomas a Becket's first church and after his murder in 1170 became a place of pilgrimage. It is a special place to mark the important events of our lives: for Weddings and Banns enquiries contact Pauline: [email protected]
For Baptism (Christening), Funerals, Blessings, Confirmation, Pastoral enquiries contact Revd Jenny: [email protected] 01920 830035 Mondays are my usual day off.
For Bereavement Support contact our Reader, Ann Edwards 07798 621058 email [email protected].
St Andrew's Bramfield is part of the Beane Valley Benefice with St Mary's Aston, St Andrew and St Mary's Watton at Stone, St Mary's Stapleford and St Michael and all Angels Waterford. Revd Jenny works with the Ministry Team of Revd Angela Lynas (Associate Priest), Mrs Ann Edwards and Mrs Janet Bird (Readers). We are part of the Diocese of St Albans www.stalbans.anglican.org.
Children are welcome. We have strong links with Stapleford C of E School.
Flower arranging, church cleaning, help with Wednesday churchyard maintenance and special events contact Church Wardens: Peggy Wareham [email protected] 01992 550467 or Dorothy Abel Smith [email protected] 01992 582132. Food for the Hertford Food Bank can be brought to church or left at the Rectory, Church Lane SG14 3RD. Church and village events are reported in the free monthly Parish News (click link on website).
Pubs in Bramfield Parish
Grandison
18 Bury Lane, Bramfield, SG14 2QL
(01992) 554077
thegrandisonbramfield.co.uk