Sacombe is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

in the

East Hertfordshire East Hertfordshire is a local government district in Hertfordshire, England. Its council is based in Hertford, the county town of Hertfordshire. The largest town in the district is Bishop's Stortford, and the other main towns are Ware, Bunti ...

district, of

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, England. At the 2001 census it had a population of 165. Sacombe is located about 4 miles N N W of

Ware Ware may refer to: People * Ware (surname) * William of Ware (), English Franciscan theologian Places Canada *Fort Ware, British Columbia United Kingdom *Ware, Devon *Ware, Hertfordshire *Ware, Kent United States * Ware, Elmore County, Al ...

; other nearby settlements include

Dane End Dane End is a hamlet to the north of Ware in Hertfordshire, England situated between the A602 and A10. It is within Little Munden civil parish and East Hertfordshire District Council. It has a population of around 700. Dane End means the 'val ...

and

Sacombe Green Sacombe Green is a hamlet located to the east of the village of Sacombe, in the East Hertfordshire district, in the county of Hertfordshire Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It bo ...

Religious sites

There appears to have been a church in the parish in 1086, which may have been dedicated to St Mary. The present

Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...

Church of St Catherine is largely 14th Century, but was restored in 1855/56, the work being funded by Abel Smith of

Woodhall Park Woodhall Park is a Grade I listed country house near Watton-at-Stone, Hertfordshire, England. The 18th century neo-classical building is set in a walled park in the Beane valley. It has been the home of Heath Mount School since the 1930s. Histo ...

. The building is faced with

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and has a four-stage tower. It is a

Grade II* In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

The parish of Sacombe is the smallest in the

Diocese of St Albans The Diocese of St Albans forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England and is part of the wider Church of England, in turn part of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The diocese is home to more than 1.6 million people and comprises the hi ...

, 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 Little Munden or Munden-Frewell or Munden Parva is a civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district, in the county of Hertfordshire, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 952. The parish also includes the settlements of Dane End, G ...

and Standon. The church was used as a location for the 2001 film

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based on the book of the same name by Robert Harris about the codebreakers of

Bletchley Park Bletchley Park is an English country house and estate in Bletchley, Milton Keynes ( Buckinghamshire) that became the principal centre of Allied code-breaking during the Second World War. The mansion was constructed during the years following ...

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Listed buildings in Sacombe
Villages in Hertfordshire Civil parishes in Hertfordshire East Hertfordshire District {{Hertfordshire-geo-stub