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Graveley is a village and
There are a number of attractive cottages and houses, including The George and Dragon pub, which has an 18th-century facade, and The Wagon & Horses. At one time there were four pubs, but two have now closed down.
Graveley Village website
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
about four miles east of Hitchin and two miles north of Stevenage in Hertfordshire, England. The population of the parish in the 2011 census was 487. A milestone in the village states that it is 33 miles from London.
History
Graveley is mentioned in theDomesday Book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manus ...
. It was granted by William the Conqueror to Goisbert of Beauvais.
The village is built on a Roman road, which developed into a section of the Great North Road. The village was by-passed by the A1 (M) motorway in the 1960s.
Parish boundaries
The parish absorbed the site of a lost settlement, Chesfield (or Chivesfield), about a mile to the east of Graveley; little remains there apart from the ruined walls of its 14th-century church, a farm and a couple of cottages. Graveley and Chesfield had been separate parishes, but were united in 1445. In 1953, the southern part of Graveley parish, including Corey's Mill and the future site of the Lister Hospital was transferred to become part of Stevenage Urban District. In 2011, Graveley parish ceded some of its territory to became the new civil parish of Great Ashby.Architecture
The medieval church is of flint construction.
There are a number of attractive cottages and houses, including The George and Dragon pub, which has an 18th-century facade, and The Wagon & Horses. At one time there were four pubs, but two have now closed down.
External links
Graveley Village website
References
Villages in Hertfordshire Civil parishes in Hertfordshire {{Hertfordshire-geo-stub