Some churches have an atmosphere disproportionate to their size, and so it is with St Mary?s, a tiny church in a churchyard encircled by trees, frothy with white blossom in spring.
A grand Norman chancel arch links the 11th-century nave to the 13th-century chancel. This is a rare and precious survival with wonderful craftsmanship in wood and ironwork.
Amongst the wealth of interest here are an exquisitely carved 14th-century font and an unusual set of Charles II Royal Arms dating from 1660.
There are also two Norman doorways the original door of one of these, made with wood and ironwork over 1,000 years old, stands preserved inside the church.
Ancient timbers survive in the roofs and support a later bellturret, containing two bells which may well have rung out over this beautiful area of agricultural north-east Hertfordshire for at least 600 years.