Great Amwell
| Great Amwell | ||
|---|---|---|
Shire county | ||
| Region | ||
| Country | England | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
| Post town | WARE | |
| Postcode district | SG12 | |
| Dialling code | 01920 | |
| Police | Hertfordshire | |
| Fire | Hertfordshire | |
| Ambulance | East of England | |
Great Amwell is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district, in the county of Hertfordshire, England. It is 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) southeast of Ware and about 20 miles (32 km) north of London. In 2011 the parish had a population of 2353.
History
On a hill above the church there are some traces of an
hill fort, but more substantial remains of the earthworks were destroyed by landscaping of the Old Vicarage gardens in about 1840.[2] To the west, on the road to Hertford, is a large tumulus at Barrowfield.[3]
In the
Quaker poet, John Scott of Amwell (1730-1783).[5]
The
St John the Baptist. The nave and chancel date from the 11th century with a Norman chancel arch. A bell tower was added in the 15th century and the building was restored in 1866. It is a Grade II* listed building.[6] The stocks in the churchyard date from the 17th or 18th century and were moved there from behind the George IV pub in 1887.[7]
The
Haileybury College, in 1862.[3]
Governance
Great Amwell has three tiers of local government at parish, district, and county level: Great Amwell Parish Council,
East Hertfordshire District Council, and Hertfordshire County Council
.
Great Amwell was in the
Poor Law Union from 1835.[8] It therefore became part of the Ware Rural District under the Local Government Act 1894. Ware Rural District was abolished in 1974, becoming part of East Hertfordshire.[9]
Transport
The village has no railway station, the nearest being
St Margarets both of which are on the Hertford East branch line
which passes through the parish. There are a few bus routes, these are:
- Arriva Shires & Essex route 310 Hertford-Waltham Cross which operates every 30 minutes Monday to Friday daytime and,[10]
- Arriva Shires & Essex route 311 Hertford-Waltham Cross which operates every 30 minutes Monday to Friday daytime and,[11]
- Vectare route 35 Bishops Stortford which operates every two hours Monday to Saturday Daytime and hourly Monday to Friday peak hours,[12]
- SM Coaches route 524 Harlow-Hertford which operates hourly Monday to Saturday daytime
- Arriva Shires & Essex Green Line route 724 Harlow-Heathrow Airportwhich operates hourly daily.
Notable people
Great Amwell has been the residence of some celebrated literary characters, among whom are:
- Izaak Walton, (1593–1683), the noted angler;
- John Scott of Amwell, (1730–83), author of several poems and tracts, who built a grotto containing several apartments, which still exists;
- John Hoole, (1727–1803), translator of Tasso and biographer of John Scott of Amwell;
- Rev FRSEFSSA FSA, (1854-1920), antiquarian, vicar of Amwell, where he is buried in the Mylne vault.
Others buried in Amwell include:
- William Warner, (1558?-1609), poet and historian;
- Alexander Small, (1710-1794), Scottish surgeon and frequent correspondent of Benjamin Franklin;
- Harold Abrahams in 1978, Olympian depicted in Chariots of Fire.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
.
See also
References
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
- ^ Moye, Stuart (August 2019). "EARTHWORKS AT GREAT AMWELL AND WIDBURY HILL" (PDF). www.salhs.org.uk. Stanstead Abbotts Local History Society. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d Page, William, ed. (1912). A History of the County of Hertford: Volume 3. London: Victoria County History. pp. 414–419.
- ^ Powell-Smith, Anna. "Great and Little Amwell". Open Domesday. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "Emma's Well and Memorial Stone, Amwell Hill". historicengland.org.uk. Historic England. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ "St John the Baptist (Great Amwell)". historicengland.org.uk. Historic England. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ "STOCKS IN CHURCHYARD 23 METRES WEST OF TOWER, ST JOHNS LANE". historicengland.org.uk. Historic England. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ Higginbotham, Peter. "Ware Poor Law Union". The Workhouse. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ "Great Amwell Ancient Parish / Civil Parish". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ "Arriva Bus Timetable". Route 310 Timetable. Arriva. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
- ^ "Arriva Bus Timetable". Route 311 Timetable. Arriva. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
- ^ "Intalink Bus Timetable". Route 351 Timetable. Intalink. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
Further reading
- Heath, Cyril The Book of Amwell Barracuda Books Limited, 1980 ISBN 0-86023-085-6
- Doree, Stephen and Perman, David Amwell and Stanstead's Past in Pictures Publisher: The Rockingham Press 1997, ISBN 1-873468-57-1
External links
- Great Amwell Parish Council
- Local Amwell amenities list Provided by Hertfordshire County Council - Accessed February 2007
- Amwell (A Guide to Old Hertfordshire)
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