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Whempstead Whempstead is a hamlet in the parish of Watton at Stone |
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Whempstead Whempstead is a hamlet in the parish of Watton at Stone |
Whempstead, a hamlet in the centre of the county, is not easily reached, being about 5 miles E. from Knebworth Station, G.N.R., and rather father N.W. from Ware. The so-called Whempstead Chapel, recently demolished, was a small cottage, but it undoubtedly stood near the site of an old chapel "founded and endowed about the beginning of the thirteenth century by the family of Aguillon".
Hertfordshire - Little Guide, 1903
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The Village School, Whempstead Published by E. J. Vollam, Dane End Posted in 1919
The 1882 Kelly's directory for Hertfordshire says "At Whempstead (a hamlet 2 miles north-east ) is a small lecture hall, a brick building, erected in 1852, at the sole charge of the late Abel Smith esq. at a cost of £400. Whempstead chapel (so called), now a dwelling house was probably merely a kitchen or a refectory of a building attached to the ancient chapel, founded and endowed about the beginning of the 13th century, by the family of Aguillou; north of the existing building is a well, 200 feet deep, which once supplied this religious house.
The 1886 directory entry was expanded to say the small lecture hall was capable of "holding 100" and the 1899 directory added that the former chapel dwelling house had been knocked down. The description continued unchanged until at least 1933.
I suggest the above picture is the small lecture room, (sure not capable of holding 100) which may have been used as both a chapel and as a class room on occasions.
Former Chapel {From advert of house for sale, described as "former chapel", in 2010) This is obviously the same building as the one called a school
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If you know of other books, websites, etc, relating to this place, please tell me.
| May 2010 | Picture of former chapel added | |
| December 2014 | PC of school house |
