Ayot St. Lawrence
Ayot St Lawrence is a small village in Hertfordshire. It lies between Harpenden and Welwyn Garden City. It is mainly known as the home of George Bernard Shaw from 1906 until his death in 1950.Places of Interest
Highlights include Shaw’s Corner and The Frythe.
Shaw’s Corner
Shaw's Corner was the primary residence of the renowned Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw; it is now a National Trust property open to the public as a writer's house museum.
The Frythe
Manor estate
The Frythe is a country house set in its own grounds in rural Hertfordshire, just south of the village of Welwyn, about 30 miles north of London.
New St Lawrence Church, Ayot St Lawrence
Church
Photo: David Edgar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Lawrence Church is an eighteenth-century, neoclassical church in Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England. It is also known as New St Lawrence Church to distinguish it from the ruined Old St Lawrence Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Welwyn Garden City and Welwyn.
Welwyn Garden City
Photo: Cmglee, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Welwyn Garden City is a town in Hertfordshire, England. It was the second "garden city" in England, and one of the first "new towns". It is unique in being both a garden city and a new town and exemplifies the physical, social and cultural planning ideals of the periods in which it was built.
Welwyn
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Welwyn is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. The parish also includes the nearby villages and settlements of Digswell, Mardley Heath and Oaklands.
Ayot St. Lawrence
- Type: Locality
- Location: Welwyn Hatfield, Hertfordshire, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.8351° or 51° 50′ 6″ northLongitude
-0.2577° or 0° 15′ 28″ westElevation
400 feet (122 metres)Open location code
9C3XRPPR+2WGeoNames ID
7291354
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