Find out (more)
about the rich heritage of St Leonard’s church & Flamstead village
Use this page to find out (more) about our extensive heritage:
- all the onsite materials can be viewed/ downloaded from Table 1;
- a selection of key further materials, many accessible online, is shown as Table 2.
OR for further research and to see the full set of materials, many specialist, in-depth or historic, visit the Publications or Archives pages.
The wildlife sculptures being admired by (L to R) the curate, vicar & local MP.
The exhibition area in the church showing banners, panels, and literature to take away.
An information board to welcome visitors to the church and churchyard.
Table 1: Materials produced by Flamstead Heritage: as seen in the church or churchyard
Most are reduced size/quality PDFs to view/ download
| In the churchyard | ||
| board | Trowley Hill Road entrance to churchyard | download |
| board | Village Hall entrances to churchyard | download |
| board | Main (High Street) entrance to churchyard | download |
| board | Building history (a story told in flint and stone) | download |
| board | Heritage wildlife in the churchyard: owl, falcon & bat | download |
| Inside the church | ||
| banner | Welcome to St Leonard’s, Flamstead | download |
| banner | The Story of St Leonard’s, Flamstead | download |
| panel | Flamstead 100 Years ago. | download |
| panel | Flamstead, Then and Now 1 | download |
| panel | Flamstead, Then and Now 2 | download |
| panel | Graffiti from Medieval Times to the present day | download |
| panel | Ten Centuries of places, events & people in Flamstead | download |
| panel | St Leonard’s Wall Paintings | download |
| panel | Bells and Bell Ringing at St Leonard’s | download |
| panel | Significant archaeological discoveries near Flamstead | download |
| screen | Visitors’ Guide to St Leonard’s | visit |
| To take away: print copies can be bought in church for the price or suggested donation (SD) shown (downloads are free) |
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| leaflet | Heritage Timeline Trail (exterior) – £1 (SD) | download |
| leaflet | Heritage Interior Trail – £1 (SD) | download |
| leaflet | St Leonard’s Mediaeval Graffiti – £1 (SD) | download |
| leaflet | St Leonard’s Wall Paintings – £1 (SD) | download |
| guidebook | Church & Parish – a Guide and History – £3 (price) | download |
| booklet | Children’s Activity Booklet: explore St Leonard’s Church – £1 (SD) | download |
Table 2: A Selection of Further Materials: many are specialist, in-depth or historic
Those produced for or published by Flamstead Heritage can be viewed/ downloaded. For others, there are links to third party websites or references are given.
| Contemporary materials produced by or for Flamstead Heritage | |
| Champion, Matthew; St Leonard’s Church Flamstead: Fabric Survey Report; 2024. | download |
| Champion, Matthew; St Leonard’s Church Flamstead: Graffiti Survey Interpretation Report; 2024. | download |
| Team ER – Shackleton Education; St Leonard’s Educational Resource (Early Years, Key Stages 1-3, adults); 2021 | visit |
| For the full set of such materials visit the Publications section of this website | visit |
| Archive material (re-)published by Flamstead Heritage | |
| Bullard, John Vincent (with Cobb E.F. and Sebright, Sir Edgar R. S.); Flamstead its Church and History; privately published, 1902. | download |
| Bullard, John Vincent; Repairs to Flamstead Church; privately published, 1905. | download |
| Russell, Cecil; Flamstead Hertfordshire; privately published, 1956. | download |
| For the full set of such materials visit the Archives section of this website | visit |
| Other (not Flamstead Heritage) post 1900 Material (by author) | |
| Champion, Matthew; Medieval Graffiti; Ebury Press, 2015. | |
| Edwards, Eric; A New History of Flamstead; Flamstead Society, 1999. | |
| Edwards, Eric; Flamstead the Listed Buildings and the People who lived in them; Flamstead Society, 2006. | |
| Hertfordshire Family History Society; Monumental Inscriptions of the Parish Church of St Leonard, Flamstead; 1988. | visit (buy) |
| Historic England; National Heritage List for England; entry number 1172799. | visit |
| Hogg, Richard; Edward Mott Markyate Photographer; privately published, 2017. | |
| Page, William, ed; Parishes: Flamstead, A History of the County of Hertford: Volume 2, London, pp. 193-201. (Victoria County History – VCH).; 1908. | visit |
| Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget; The Buildings of England Hertfordshire, 2nd ed; Penguin Books, 1977. | |
| Rowe, Anne & Williamson Tom; Hertfordshire a landscape history; University of Hertfordshire Press, 2013. | |
| Antiquarian pre 1900 (by date) | |
| Norden, John; A Description of Hartfordshire (in Speculi Britaniae Pars); 1598, reprinted Ware, Price, 1903. | visit |
| Clutterbuck, Robert; History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford; Nichols, Son and Bentley, 1815. | locate |
| Chauncy, Sir Henry Kt; The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire; J.M. Mullinger, 1826. | visit |
| Cussans, John Edwin; History of Hertfordshire, Vol III; E.P. Publishing, 1879. | visit |
| Clarkson, S Flint; Flamstead, Transactions of the St Albans Architectural & Archaeological Society, pp 69-84; 1887. | visit |