- Ayot St Lawrence
infobox UK place
country = England
latitude=51.83434
longitude=-0.26709
official_name= Ayot St Lawrence
population =
shire_district=Welwyn Hatfield
shire_county =Hertfordshire
region= East of Englandconstituency_westminster= Welwyn Hatfield
post_town= WELWYN
postcode_district = AL6
postcode_area= AL
dial_code= 01707
os_grid_reference= TL195165Ayot St Lawrence is a small village in
Hertfordshire , betweenHarpenden andWelwyn . There are several other "Ayots" in the area, includingAyot Green andAyot St Peter .George Bernard Shaw lived in the village, atShaw's Corner , from 1906 until his death in 1950. The house is open to the public as a National Trust property.Another resident of the village was the Shaws' friend, neighbour and bibliographer
Stephen Winsten and his wifeClaire Winsten .The village has one pub, the Brocket Arms [http://www.brocketarms.com/] , which is reputed to be haunted.
The village has two churches. The old one, in the centre of the village, was partially demolished in 1775, because it was obstructing the view from Sir
Lionel Lyde 's new home.The new St Lawrence church was designed in a
neo-classical style byNicholas Revett and features a Palladian-style frontage with Doric columns.
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