In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ayot St Lawrence like this:
AYOTT-ST. LAWRENCE, or Ayott-Magna, a parish in Hatfield district, Herts; near the river Maran, 2¾ miles WNW of Welwyn r. station. Post Town, Welwyn. Acres, 747. Real property, £1,568. Pop., 122. Houses, 23. The property is not much divided. The manor belonged anciently to King Harold; and belongs now to the Lydes of Ayott Park. ...
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £180.* Patron, Lionel Lyde, Esq. The church was rebuilt, in 1778, at the expense of Sir Lionel Lyde, in the Grecian style, after a design by Revett. The previous church still stands as a ruin, and contains some curious monuments.
Ayot St Lawrence through time
Ayot St Lawrence is now part of Welwyn Hatfield district. Click here for graphs and data of how Welwyn Hatfield has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ayot St Lawrence itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ayot St Lawrence, in Welwyn Hatfield and Hertfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2444
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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