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St Ippolyts Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about St Ippolyts

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St Ippolyts history

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The name of St Ippolyts, although spelled in a variety of ways, is derived from St Hippolytus to whom the village church was dedicated. According to Daphne Rance in her book on the parish, the parish was also known as Epolites, Pallets, Nipples or St Ibbs. The 1881 census mentions the following 28 place names, all of which are believed to refer to it.

St Ippolyts geography / climate

St Ippolyts is located in between the A602 (Stevenage Road) and the B656 (Codicote Road) south-east of Hitchin, Hertfordshire. It lies approximately 80 m (260 ft) above sea level in a gap in the Chiltern Hills.

You can visit St Ippolyts places with Walkfo St Ippolyts to hear history at St Ippolyts’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo St Ippolyts has 43 places to visit in our interactive St Ippolyts map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout St Ippolyts, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at St Ippolyts places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to St Ippolyts & the surrounding areas.

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43 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best St Ippolyts places to visit

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St Ippolyts has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied St Ippolyts’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo St Ippolyts’s information audio spots:

River Purwell The River Purwell is a chalk stream in Hertfordshire. Its source is springs which rise out of the chalk bedrock at St Ippolyts, forming Ippollitts Brook. The entire course of the stream is near Hitchin.

Hitchin Priory Hitchin Priory in Hitchin in Hertfordshire is today a hotel built in about 1700 on the site of a Carmelite friary founded in 1317. Parts of the original priory are incorporated in the existing building, which has been a Grade I listed building since 1951.

Hitchin Museum and Art Gallery The Hitchin Museum and Art Gallery was a local history museum in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. It told the story of the town’s social history and of the rural industries that contributed to its prosperity.

Hitchin Cemetery Hitchin Cemetery, also known as St John’s Road Cemetery, is the main burial ground for the town of Hitchin. It has been owned and managed by North Hertfordshire District Council since 1974. The cemetery is located on Hitchin Hill, with Standhill Road running along the north-western boundary.

St Mary’s Church, Hitchin St Mary’s Church is a Church of England parish church in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. It dates from the 14th and 15th centuries, with its tower dating from around 1190. The church has been Grade I listed since 1951. During the laying of a new floor in 1911, foundations of a more ancient Saxon church building were found.

Butts Close Butts Close is an 11-acre (45,000 m) park in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. The name refers to the archery butts that used to be on it during the Late medieval and Tudor times. During those years it was much larger but in the last centuries it was built on it.

Minsden Chapel Minsden Chapel is an isolated ruined chapel in the fields above the hamlet of Chapelfoot, near Preston, Hertfordshire. It is a roofless shell, partly surrounded by a small wood and accessible only by footpath.

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Great Wymondley St Mary’s Church is an active Anglican church in Great Wymondley, Hertfordshire. It is a Grade I listed building.

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