Ardeley
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Ardeley is a small village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire.
It is located about one and a half miles from Walkern.
It has an infant school, a pub, the Jolly Waggoner, a church, which dates form around the 13th century, and vicarage, built 300 years ago.
The parish includes Wood End, Moor Green and Cromer. Ardeley village is picturesque village, with its neat thatched cottages beside the green, its thatched village hall, its duck pond and church yard. It also has a children's play area near the school, at the end of school lane, 5 housing association/ex-council houses in "The Crescent", opposite the school and many church let cottages.
Ardeley has an annual fete in which all profits go to the parish's church.
The Church of Saint Lawrence is a Church of England church and the primary school is also a Church of England state funded school, "Ardeley JMI St. Lawrence."
[edit] Famous inhabitants
A localy famous person from this villiage was Sir Henry Chauncy who wrote 'Antiquities of Hertfordshire' and published it in 1700.
