Sacombe

Sacombe

Sacombe
Sacombe
 Sacombe shown within Hertfordshire
Population 177 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceTL332196
Civil parishSacombe
DistrictEast Hertfordshire
Shire countyHertfordshire
RegionEast
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town WARE
Postcode district SG12
Dialling code 01920
Police Hertfordshire
Fire Hertfordshire
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
UK ParliamentNorth East Hertfordshire
List of places
UK
England
Hertfordshire

Coordinates: 51°51′29″N 0°04′05″W / 51.858°N 0.068°W / 51.858; -0.068

Sacombe is a village in Little Munden civil parish and East Hertfordshire district, of Hertfordshire, England. At the 2001 census it had a population of 165.[2] Sacombe is located about 4 miles N N W of Ware;[3] other nearby settlements include Dane End and Sacombe Green. At the 2011 Census Sacombe was a civil parish in its own name.

Religious sites

St. Catherine's Church

There appears to have been a church in the parish in 1086, which may have been dedicated to St Mary.[4] The present Anglican Church of St Catherine is largely 14th Century, but was restored in 1855/56.[5] The building is faced with knapped flint and has a four stage tower. It is a Grade II* listed building[4][5] The parish of Sacombe is the smallest in the Diocese of St Albans, and forms part of the benefice of Standon and The Mundens with Sacombe, with worship shared between St Catherine's and churches at Little Munden and Standon.[6] The church was used as a location for the 2001 film Enigma based on the book of the same name by Robert Harris about the codebreakers of Bletchley Park in World War II.[7]

References

  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  2. "Sacombe CP (parish)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  3. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=5800
  4. 1 2 William Page, ed. (1912). A History of the County of Hertford. Victoria County History. 3. British History Online. pp. 136–139.
  5. 1 2 "Church of St Katherine, Sacombe, Hertfordshire". British Listed Buildings. English Heritage. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  6. "St Catherine's, Sacombe". A Church Near You. Church of England. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  7. http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMBP4Q_St_Catherines_Churchyard_Sacombe_Herts_UK_Enigma_2001 Waymarking:Movie locations


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