The Hartford Hundred West Group
Welcome
The Hartford Hundred West Group comprises five churches in four parishes in rural south Hertfordshire (see map). On this website you can find information about the Group and each of our churches which are :-
Bayford & Brickendon St Mary, Bayford
Holy Cross & St Alban, BrickendonEssendon & Woodhill St Mary the Virgin, Essendon Little Berkhamsted St Andrew, Little Berkhamsted Ponsbourne St Mary, Ponsbourne (Newgate Street Village)
Worship
Sunday services are usually held during each month as follows:-
| 1st Sunday | 2nd Sunday | 3rd Sunday | 4th Sunday | |
| 8.00 am | Communion Little Berkhamsted |
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| 9.30 am | Communion Essendon |
Communion Bayford |
Communion Ponsbourne |
Communion Little Berkhamsted |
| 9.30 am | Family Service Ponsbourne |
Family Service Essendon |
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| 11.00 am | Communion Brickendon |
Matins Little Berkhamsted |
Matins Essendon (see note) |
Family Service Bayford |
| 11.00 am | Family Service Brickendon |
Note: For an experimental period the time of Matins on the third Sunday of the month in Essendon is changing from 11.00 am to 9.30 am.
During August a single Group Communion service is held at 10.15 am.
When a 5th Sunday occurs in a month, a Group Communion service is held at 10.15 am as follows: 30th May 2010: Essendon, 29th August 2010: Little Berkhamsted
Sunday Clubs for children meet
on the 1st, 3rd and 4th Sundays in the month at 9.30 - 10.30 am in Essendon Church Room
on the 2nd and 4th Sundays in the month during the Family Service in Bayford Church
Weekday services are held as follows:-
| Monday 10.15 am | Morning Prayer (Holy Communion, 1st Monday in the month), Little Berkhamsted |
| Wednesday 9.30 am | Holy Communion, Essendon |
See here for a detailed Calendar of all services and other meetings and events in the Group.
Clergy
| Rector: | The Revd Canon Pauline Higham, Hartford Hundred Rectory, 1 Little Berkhamsted Lane, Little Berkhamsted, SG13 8LU. Telephone 01707 875940 |
| Associate Priest: | The Revd Dr Judith Cope, 18 Hatherleigh Gardens, Potters Bar, EN6 5HZ. Telephone 01707 644391 |
| Reader: | Rod Higham |
The group also has a Lay Local Ministry Team and a Bereavement Visitors Group.
The senior churchwarden is Mr T M Sutcliffe, School Cottages, Newgate Street, SG13 8RA. Telephone 01707 874388. Details of all other churchwardens may be found with their respective churches.
The parish magazine editor is Mrs J Byrne, Rose Cottage, Little Berkhamsted Lane, Little Berkhamsted, SG13 8LU. Telephone 01707 876674
Activities
Some of the regular activities in our Group are:-
| Monday 11.00 - 12 noon | Tiny Tots, St Andrew's, Little Berkhamsted |
| Saturday 5.15 - 6.45 pm | Youth Group, St Mary's Church Room, Essendon |
| Thursday 2.00 - 4.00 pm | Study Group, St Mary's Church Room, Essendon |
History
The Hartford Hundred West Group was formed in 1977 as a 'united benefice' combining the four parishes of Little Berkhamsted, Bayford & Brickendon, Essendon & Woodhill, and Ponsbourne. Ponsbourne had been under the charge of the Rector of Little Berkhamsted since 1971.