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  Ardeley Location within Hertfordshire | |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Stevenage |
| Postcode district | SG2 |
| Police | Hertfordshire |
| Fire | Hertfordshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
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Ardeley is a small village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Cromer, as well as Wood End and Moor Green. [1]
Ardeley village has a number of thatched cottages beside the green, a thatched village hall, a vicarage built in the 18th century and a CSA farm (Church Farm). It also has a children's play area near the school, at the end of school lane, five housing association/ex-council houses in "The Crescent", opposite the school and a number of church-let cottages. The international cleaning company, Hughes Gardner, are now based in the manor house. [3] Other buildings of interest include
The Grade I listed church dates from around the 13th century. [4]
The Grade II listed pub "The Jolly Waggoner"
The primary school, Ardeley St. Lawrence JMI, founded in 1835, is a Church of England state funded school.
Hertfordshire's only surviving post mill is in the parish, about a mile to the north of the village centre.
Ardeley has an annual fete from which profits go to the parish.
The Chauncy family lived at Ardeley Bury, the manor house of the village.
Charles Chauncy was an Anglo-American Congregational clergyman, educator, and secondarily, a physician. He is also known as the 2nd President of Harvard.
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