Sacombe is a village and

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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the

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district, of

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, England. At the 2001 census it had a population of 165. Sacombe is located about 4 miles N N W of

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; other nearby settlements include

Dane End Dane End is a hamlet to the north of Ware in Hertfordshire, England situated between the A602 and A10. It is within Little Munden civil parish and East Hertfordshire District Council. It has a population of around 700. Dane End means the 'v ...

and

Sacombe Green Sacombe Green is a hamlet located to the east of the village of Sacombe, in the East Hertfordshire district, in the county of Hertfordshire, England. External links Listed buildings in Sacombe Green
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Religious sites

There appears to have been a church in the parish in 1086, which may have been dedicated to St Mary. The present

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Church of St Catherine is largely 14th Century, but was restored in 1855/56, the work being funded by Abel Smith of

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. The building is faced with knapped flint and has a four-stage tower. It is a

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The parish of Sacombe is the smallest in the

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, and forms part of the benefice of Standon and The Mundens with Sacombe, with worship shared between St Catherine's and churches at

Little Munden Little Munden or Munden-Frewell or Munden Parva is a civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district, in the county of Hertfordshire, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 952. The parish also includes the settlements of Dane End, G ...

and Standon. The church was used as a location for the 2001 film Enigma based on the book of the same name by Robert Harris about the codebreakers of

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References

External links

Listed buildings in Sacombe
Villages in Hertfordshire Civil parishes in Hertfordshire East Hertfordshire District {{Hertfordshire-geo-stub