Ayot Saint Lawrence
Ayot Saint Lawrence is a Civil parish (municipality) in the English county of Hertfordshire , East of England , about 40 km north of central London .
location
Nearby cities are Harpenden and Welwyn Garden City (approx. 6 km southwest and southeast respectively), 8 km away Stevenage in the north-east and Luton (and thus also London-Luton Airport ) in the north-west.
Worth seeing
The place has 2 churches. The old church in the center was partially destroyed in 1775 because it allegedly blocked Sir Lionel Lyde's view of his new home. The heavily damaged baptismal font dates from the early 15th century and has an octagonal bowl shape. In the north-west corner of the tower is an altar grave with the damaged portrait of a knight and a lady, also from the 15th century.
Lionel Lyde had a new church built in the classical style by Nicholas Revett in 1778/79 .
Brocket Arms has been around since the 14th century . According to legend, it is said to be haunted there.
sons and daughters of the town
- George Bernard Shaw lived here from 1906 until his death in 1950. His ashes were scattered there in the garden of his house, which he called Shaw's Corner .
- Stephen Winsten (1893–1991), writer and librarian, and his wife, illustrator Clare Winsten (1894–1989), Shaw's friends and neighbors
- Frederick Rudolph Lambart (1865-1946), the 10th Earl of Cavan
literature
- The Manor and Churches of Ayot St. Lawrence . London 1952.
- Richard K. Morriss, David Llewellyn: The Old Church of Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire . Ayot St Lawrence Old Church Preservation Trust, Ayot St Lawrence 2001, ISBN 0-9540370-0-6 .
Remarks
- ^ Ayot St. Lawrence or Great Ayot - Aiete (xiii cent.); Ayete (xiv cent.); Eyott (xvi cent.).
- ↑ Tombs by country - Great Britain ( Memento from December 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- Shaw's Corner on the National Trust website
Coordinates: 51 ° 50 ′ N , 0 ° 16 ′ W