Ardeley
The Village Green
Ardeley Location within Hertfordshire
Civil parish	Ardeley
District	East Hertfordshire
Shire county	Hertfordshire
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Stevenage
Postcode district	SG2
Police	Hertfordshire
Fire	Hertfordshire
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	North East Hertfordshire
List of places UK England Hertfordshire 51°55′40″N 0°05′50″W / 51.92778°N 0.09722°W / 51.92778; -0.09722

Ardeley is a small village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Cromer, as well as Wood End and Moor Green.^[1]

Ardeley is located 5 miles (8 km) east of Stevenage.^[2]

Description

Ardeley village has a number of thatched cottages beside the green, a thatched village hall, a vicarage built in the 18th century and a CSA farm (Church Farm). It also has a children's play area near the school, at the end of school lane, five housing association/ex-council houses in "The Crescent", opposite the school and a number of church-let cottages. The international cleaning company, Hughes Gardner, are now based in the manor house.^[3] Other buildings of interest include

• Church of Saint Lawrence (Church of England)

The Grade I listed church dates from around the 13th century.^[4]

• Pub

The Grade II listed pub "The Jolly Waggoner"

• School

The primary school, Ardeley St. Lawrence JMI, founded in 1835, is a Church of England state funded school.

• Cromer Windmill

Hertfordshire's only surviving post mill is in the parish, about a mile to the north of the village centre.

Events

Ardeley has an annual fete from which profits go to the parish.

People

The Chauncy family lived at Ardeley Bury, the manor house of the village.

• Charles Chauncy, third president of Harvard College, was baptised in Ardeley on 5 November 1592.
• Sir Henry Chauncy was born in Ardeley in 1632. He wrote Antiquities of Hertfordshire which was published in 1700.