Coordinates: 51°50′04″N 0°16′02″W / 51.83434°N 0.26709°W
| Ayot St Lawrence | |
  Ayot St Lawrence
 Ayot St Lawrence shown within Hertfordshire |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| District | Welwyn Hatfield |
| Shire county | Hertfordshire |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WELWYN |
| Postcode district | AL6 |
| Dialling code | 01707 |
| Police | Hertfordshire |
| Fire | Hertfordshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| UK Parliament | Welwyn Hatfield |
| List of places: UK • England • Hertfordshire | |
Ayot St Lawrence is a small village in Hertfordshire, between Harpenden and Welwyn. There are several other Ayots in the area, including Ayot Green and Ayot St Peter.
George Bernard Shaw lived in the village, at Shaw's Corner, from 1906 until his death in 1950.[1][2] The house is open to the public as a National Trust property.[3]
Another resident of the village was the Shaws' friend, neighbour and bibliographer Stephen Winsten and his wife, Claire.
The village has one pub, the Brocket Arms, [1], which is reputed to be haunted.[4]
The village has two churches. The old one, in the centre of the village, was partially demolished in 1775, because it was obstructing the view from Sir Lionel Lyde's new home.[5]
The new St Lawrence church was designed in a neo-classical style by Nicholas Revett[6] and features a Palladian-style frontage with Doric columns.
References
- ^ "Shaw's Corner". http://www.touruk.co.uk/houses/househertfordshire_shawscorner.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
- ^ "Open house at Shaw’s Corner". The Welwyn and Hatfield Times. 2009-09-06. http://www.whtimes.co.uk/content/whtimes/news/story.aspx?brand=WHTOnline&category=News&tBrand=herts24&tCategory=newswhtnew&itemid=WEED05%20Sep%202006%2011%3A19%3A22%3A437. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
- ^ "Ayot Saint Lawrence". Hertfordshire Genealogy. http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/places/places-a/ayot-st-lawrence.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
- ^ "The Brocket Arms, Ayot St Lawrence". Mysterious Britain. http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/england/hertfordshire/hauntings/the-brocket-arms-ayot-st-lawrence.html. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
- ^ "Van Gogh walked here". St Albans & Harpenden Review. 2002-02-04. http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news/47318.van_gogh_walked_here/. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
- ^ "Parishes - Ayot St. Lawrence or Great Ayot". British History Online. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43580. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
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