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Little Wymondley Church
circa 1910 - no publisher
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LITTLE WYMONDLEY, formerly Wymondley Parva, is
1 mile south from Great Wymondley. The east end of the street is crossed by the
Great Northern Railway, near the tiny churchyard, The church is Perpendicular
and was largely rebuilt in 1875, Two earlier structures are thought to have
occupied the site. It contains several inscriptions, and some monuments to the
Needham family (seventeenth century). A Priory of Augustinian Canons, dedicated
to St. Mary, was founded here by Richard Argenton, in the reign of Henry III.; it
was suppressed at the Dissolution. When in 1891, the Old Priory farm house
was being altered, some portions of to Early English arches were disclosed, and
are thought to show where the cloister of the Priory stood. There is
another Early English arch in the house.
Hertfordshire
Little Guide 1903
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