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Ayot St Lawrence is a small village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, about three miles from Welwyn. The villages main claim to fame is that it was the home of George Bernard Shaw, who resided at what is now known as Shaw's Corner, from 1906 until his death in 1950.The current village has two churches, the new one is in a Palladian style which looks more like a folly than a church, and appears totally out of place in the beautiful Hertfordshire countryside that surrounds it. Website = photosociety.net Page 50 email = magazine@photosociety.net
The old one, the subject of this presentation, is located in the centre of the village, was partially demolished in 1775, because it was obstructing the view from Sir Lionel Lyde's new home. So much for the gentries respect of religion and architecture. But in rural areas this was the normal behaviour of the gentry. They owned the land and everyone on it. Laugh at a ‘ladies’ hat and you were flogged, pick up a stick from the side of the road, or fruit from a roadside bush, and you were charged with theft. The gentry owned the land so if you transgressed as an agricultural worker, which most of the population were (and in tied houses), you were out of a job and home. So when Sir Lionel decided to construct a new home, rather than position it differently, he did so in such a way that the church had to go. It is interesting to note that only part of the church was removed, the most obvious obstruction, the tower, still remains. The Norman nature of the church is still evident in the arches and layout of the remains, although the tower has become dangerous and unstable with time. The fact that the structure was never fully demolished suggests that his lordships objection was not the obstruction of the view from his home, but that he did not want the parishioners walking past in such proximity every Sunday morning. I suspect that Sir Lionel may also have had a falling out with the then incumbent of the church, or perhaps the church itself. Either way the partial demolition has left us with a good location for photography that should endure for a while longer at least. GLL Website = photosociety.net Page 51 email = magazine@photosociety.net
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