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Church clock, Furneux Pelham |
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Furneux Pelham
Furneux Pelham shown within Hertfordshire |
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| OS grid reference | TL4327 |
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| Shire county | Hertfordshire |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Hertfordshire |
| Fire | Hertfordshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| List of places: UK • England • Hertfordshire | |
Furneux Pelham ( /ˌfɜrnɨks ˈpɛləm/), or alternatively Furneaux Pelham, is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. The village is one of the Pelhams, along with Brent Pelham and Stocking Pelham.
The village is known for its ford (Violet's Lane), which is over 1 kilometre (1,100 yd) long and is popular with 4x4 enthusiasts and off-road motorcyclists.
In Furneux Pelham the history group has a meeting on every 3rd Wednesday of the month.
The village has a church, St Mary the Virgin, with a fine medieval carved wooden roof which was restored and elaborately painted in the 1960s by the artist John Norbury. The spire has the motto Time Flies, Mind your Business on the clock. There is also a public house called the Brewery Tap which is opposite the site of the former Rayments Brewery.
The Brewery was built in 1860 by William Rayment and when it was purchased by Greene King in 1928 it had an estate of 35 public houses.[1] The brewery was eventually closed in 1987 when it had just 27 public houses and was brewing only one beer, Rayments BBA.[2]
In recent years, the village was brought to national headlines by the murder of retired Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Riley Workman on 7 January 2004.[3]
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