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Church of St John the Baptist (Church of England)

A Grade I Listed Building in Aldbury, Hertfordshire

  • Church of St. John the Baptist, Aldbury, Herts

  • Village Church

  • St John the Baptist: church set at corner of village green; c13 chancel, rest Perpendicular

  • St John the Baptist: late c14 slender three stage west tower, repaired 1905

  • St John the Baptist: c14 nave looking towards painting of John the Baptist preaching (1906) and east window in Geometric style with modern tracery

  • St John the Baptist: early c14 north arcade with octagonal piers & double chamfered arches

  • St John the Baptist: early c14 nave capital

  • St John the Baptist: Perpendicular screen brought to Aldbury, from the church of the suppressed house at Ashridge in 1575 by Edmund Verney

  • St John the Baptist: Robert Whittingham, d.1452, & wife Agnes; plate armour, short surcoat with his coat of arms

  • St John the Baptist: Robert Whittingham, d.1452, merchant & financier; wears Lancastrian SS collar; head on helm

  • St John the Baptist: wild man with club at foot of Robert Whittingham, d.1452

  • St John the Baptist: Agnes (Buckland of London & Edgecote), d.1456, wife of Robert Whittingham, d.1452

  • St John the Baptist: monument to Thomas Hyde, d.1570, & son George, d.1580

  • St John the Baptist: monument to Richard Anderson, second Baronet of Pendley, d.1699, & wife Elizabeth (Hewett), d.1698

  • St John the Baptist: inscription from the monument to Richard Anderson, d.1699

  • St John the Baptist: wall memorial to the family of Simon Harcourt of Pendley, d.1724, & wife Elizabeth (Anderson), d.1694

  • St John the Baptist: John Davers, 1478; civilian brass

  • St John the Baptist: Ralph Verney, d.1546, wife Elizabeth (Bray), nine sons & three daughters; shields in each corner

  • St John the Baptist: Ralph Verney, d.1546, head on helm, tabard with arms of Verney & Whittingham

  • St John the Baptist: Elizabeth, nee Bray, d.1573, wife of Ralph Verney, d.1546; French hood & mantle

  • St John the Baptist: sons from the brass to Ralph Verney, d.1546

  • St John the Baptist: daughters from the brass to Ralph Verney, d.1546

  • St John the Baptist: shield from the brass to Ralph Verney, d.1546; quartered arms of Verney

  • St John the Baptist: shield from the brass to Ralph Verney, d.1546; quartered arms of Verney impaling quartered arms of Bray

  • Church of St John the Baptist (Church of England)

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Entry Name: Church of St John the Baptist (Church of England)

Listing Date: 30 November 1966

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1078047

English Heritage Legacy ID: 355640

ID on this website: 101078047

Location: St John the Baptist's Church, Aldbury, Dacorum, Hertfordshire, HP23

County: Hertfordshire

District: Dacorum

Civil Parish: Aldbury

Built-Up Area: Aldbury

Traditional County: Hertfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hertfordshire

Church of England Parish: Tring

Church of England Diocese: St.Albans

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