Read more about the church on the Hatfield Parish web site.
St Etheldreda's (Hatfield, Hertfordshire)
Map
The overlays that highlight 17th century London features are approximate and derived from Wenceslaus Hollar’s maps:
- Built-up London – London before the Fire
- City of London wall and Great Fire damage – London after the Fire
Open location in Google Maps: 51.760853, -0.212568
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References
Chart showing the number of references in each month of the diary’s entries.
1664
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1667
- Aug
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First Reading
Terry Foreman • Link
St Etheldreda Hatfield Parish Church
The church's website, brief history and image of the 16c nave http://www.churches.fsnet.co.uk/s…
Second Reading
San Diego Sarah • Link
For a picture of the fabulous tomb of Robert Cecil in St. Etheldreda’s Church, Hatfield, carved by Maximilian Colt, go to
https://www.historytoday.com/revi…
It is part of a book review of
The Mother of Beauty: On the Golden Age of English Church Monuments, and Other Matters of Life and Death
by Nigel Andrew
Thorntree Press 244pp £10
Sadly Britain didn't excel in the arts at this time. Our musicians, painters and sculptors were mostly European. This is a book about the sculptors behind England’s church memorials.
Simon Bradley | Published in History Today Volume 70 Issue 7 July 2020