Priest in Charge

The Reverend Carol Kimberley 

The Vicarage,

Great Hormead,

Buntingford

Herts SG9 ONT. 

Tel: 01763 289258 

E-mail: Carol Kimberley

Day off: Saturday

Husband: John

Times of church services

10am                  Holy Communion (2^nd Sunday in the month)

10am                  Family Service     (4^th Sunday in the month)

Services are held in other churches of the benefice on other Sundays, with a Group Service at 10 am in St Giles, Wyddial on the 5^th Sunday in the month.

Church History

The church is of medieval foundation.  The present church with its walls of flint rubble and its tiled roof was built in the 14^th century.  The 15^th century saw the construction of the west tower with its diagonal buttresses and Hertfordshire spike.  The century also saw the installation of a rood screen, which was removed in later renovations, but some of the carved wooden tracery was used to form a tower screen, which can still be seen. 

One of its claims to fame is the Shonks tomb in the north wall of the church.  He was buried there to avoid the devil who vowed he would take Shonks’ soul after his death, whether he was buried inside or outside the church.  So Shonks very shrewdly elected to be buried in the church wall, a ploy, which the devil had not thought of, and one hopes that his soul rests in peace.A walk round the churchyard is idyllic.  Please note the stocks near the main gate of the church.

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