Visit Stanstead Abbotts Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Stanstead Abbotts

  

Stanstead Abbotts Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Stanstead Abbotts

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Stanstead Abbotts history

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Name and origins

The village’s name was recorded as “Stanstede” at the time of the Domesday Survey in the late eleventh century. In the twelfth century the manor passed to the abbot of Waltham Holy Cross. By the fourteenth century the suffix “Abbatis” or “Abbotts” formed part of the parish’s name.

You can visit Stanstead Abbotts places with Walkfo Stanstead Abbotts to hear history at Stanstead Abbotts’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Stanstead Abbotts has 48 places to visit in our interactive Stanstead Abbotts 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 Stanstead Abbotts, 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 Stanstead Abbotts places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Stanstead Abbotts & the surrounding areas.

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48 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Stanstead Abbotts tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Stanstead Abbotts

  

Best Stanstead Abbotts places to visit

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

Rawdon House Rawdon House was built in 1622 by Marmaduke Rawdon and extended in 1879 . In 1898 it became St Monica’s Priory, a convent of Augustinian canonesses, a use that lasted until 1969 . The Jacobean and Victorian wings of the building are Grade II* listed .

Hoddesdon Cemetery Hoddesdon Cemetery is owned and maintained by the Borough of Broxbourne in Hertfordshire . It is the burial ground for the town of Hoddedesdon in the UK .

Rye House Kart Circuit Rye House Kart Circuit is a kart circuit, in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, England . The circuit is one of the oldest in the country and has been used by drivers including Jenson Button, Anthony Davidson and Lewis Hamilton .

Roydon United Reformed Church Roydon United Reformed Church is located in Harlow Road, Roydon, Essex, England. The church was founded by the Roydon Reformed Congregation of the Church of Christ.

Briggens House Briggens House is a Grade II listed 18th-century house and parklands near Roydon, Essex. It has a number of features from the garden designer Charles Bridgeman from 1720. There are also some remains of the pleasure gardens developed by Lord Hunsden in 1908.

Hunsdon House Hunsdon House was most notably the estate of Henry VIII of England. It has been rebuilt several times since then and is no longer as grand as it was in the Tudor era. It is a Grade I listed building.

St. Margaretsbury F.C. St. Margaretsbury Football Club is based in Stanstead Abbotts, near Ware, Hertfordshire, England. They are currently members of the Essex Senior League and play at the Recreation Ground.

St James’ Church, Stanstead Abbotts St James’ Church is a redundant Anglican church near Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire. It is Grade I listed as a Grade II listed building. The church is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

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