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Wormley
Wormley retains much of its rural character and contains several well preserved buildings from various periods. The Queen's Head public house (where courts were held in the 18th century) and the Old Manor House (a timber framed building) are both of medieval origin.
West of the village and adjacent to the church stands Wormleybury a large house built in 1767 to designs of Robert Mylne. Both Robert Adam and Anjelica Kauffman were employed to carry out the decorative work.
The Globe at Wormley
Created 21 June, 2008
Constant references are found in the Manorial Rolls and in the Minutes of the Turnpike Trust to the Globe. The earliest known reference to a inn called the Globe is in 1636, when John Taylor mentions it in his popularly known as "Taverns in Ten Shire".
St. Laurence's Church at Wormley
Created 21 June, 2008
There is little doubt that a church - probably one built of wood existed in Saxon times, of which no trace can now be found. During the first half of the twelve century, this somewhat temporary building was replaced by one of more solid construction. Of this, the north wall of the nave, including a window and the north doorway, still survive.
The Manor of Wormley
Created 21 June, 2008
In 1540 it was granted to an Edward North, Treasurer of the Court of Augmentations, at which time he was knighted, to be created later, in 1554, first Baron North. In the seventeenth century the manor was held by several members of the Tooke family, of whom three were in turn Auditors of the Court of Wards and Liveries.
The Old Manor House
Created 21 June, 2008
The oldest surviving building on the High Road in Wormley, is the old Manor House, which dates from the late *16th and early 17th centuries. It probably stands on the site of the house occupied by the farmer of the manor lands before Wormleybury was built and its correct name should be the Manor Farm.
The Queen's Head at Wormley
Created 21 June, 2008
By the mid-eighteenth century when stage-coaches were running regularly, the trade of the wayside taverns in Wormley must have been one of the principal industries of the village.
Wormleybury
Created 21 June, 2008
The present building, which is a typical example of the country house architecture of the eighteenth century, is not the first house here. The earliest record we have of one is that, about the year 1500, a Dr. Edward Sharnbrook, D.D., Prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral, who was then Rector of Wormley, built a house here.
Old People's Flats
Created 21 June, 2008
New address for 76-year-old Mrs. R.E. Smith, from July 28th, 1964 was 60 Westlea Road, Wormley. She was the first to move in to the Hoddesdon U.D.C. old people's flats which were designed by local architect, John Snelgrove, A.R.I.B.A.