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Layston is a former village and parish located about a kilometre north-east of 
* Joseph Ironmonger Snoxell (1743-1810) of Stanmore, Middlesex, married Martha Moore (1740-1785) in the church on 15 November 1763. He owned or leased farms in Great and Little Stanmore, and Hatch End, Middx; Hitchin and Watford, Herts; and Barton, Cambridgeshire. Husband and wife are buried next to the ruined church at Stanmore, where there are memorials to them.
There is a state-funded primary school, Layston First CE School.
Layston Church website
- history and restoration
Villages in Hertfordshire Former civil parishes in Hertfordshire Buntingford
Layston is a former village and parish located about a kilometre north-east of Buntingford
Buntingford is a market town and civil parish in the district of East Hertfordshire and county of Hertfordshire in England. It lies next to the River Rib and is located on the historic Roman road, Ermine Street. As a result of its location, it ...
in Hertfordshire, England, at 51°57′50″N 0°00′45″E.
In 1931 the parish had a population of 724. On 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished and merged with Buntingford, part also went to form Hormead.
Its former church, St Bartholomew's, became derelict but is the subject of a restoration project. People connected with the church include:
* Thomas Crouch, who was baptised in St Bartholomew's in 1607
* Robert Wogdon (January 1734 – 28 March 1813), founder of the gunsmith firm Wogdon & Barton
Wogdon & Barton (founded by Robert Wogdon) was an 18th-century firm of gunsmiths based in London, England. Robert Wogdon produced flintlock firearms from the 1760s, and was particularly well known for his high quality duelling pistols. Th ...
, who was buried in the chancel with his wife, who had died in 1805
* Rev. Jonathan Gilder and Mary Brazier, who were married there in 1759; their daughter Sarah, baptised there in 1767, became (posthumously) the maternal grandmother to New Zealand suffragette Catherine Fulton
Catherine Henrietta Elliot Fulton (née Valpy, 19 December 1829 – 6 May 1919) was a New Zealand diarist, community leader, philanthropist, social reformer and suffragist. She was a founding member of the Dunedin chapter of Women's Christi ...
* Claud Lovat Fraser
Claud Lovat Fraser (15 May 1890 London – 18 June 1921, Dymchurch) was an English artist, designer and author.
Early life
Claud Lovat Fraser was christened Lovat Claud; as a young man he reversed those names for euphony's sake but he was alw ...
(15 May 1890 – 18 June 1921), who was buried in the churchyard.
* Joseph Ironmonger Snoxell (1743-1810) of Stanmore, Middlesex, married Martha Moore (1740-1785) in the church on 15 November 1763. He owned or leased farms in Great and Little Stanmore, and Hatch End, Middx; Hitchin and Watford, Herts; and Barton, Cambridgeshire. Husband and wife are buried next to the ruined church at Stanmore, where there are memorials to them.
There is a state-funded primary school, Layston First CE School.
References
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Layston Church website
- history and restoration
Villages in Hertfordshire Former civil parishes in Hertfordshire Buntingford