Wymondley

Wymondley
Wymondley House
Wymondley Location within Hertfordshire
Population	1,169 (Parish, 2021) [1]
OS grid reference	TL212276
District	North Hertfordshire
Shire county	Hertfordshire
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HITCHIN
Postcode district	SG4
Dialling code	01438
Police	Hertfordshire
Fire	Hertfordshire
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Hitchin
List of places UK England Hertfordshire 51°56′04″N0°14′20″W / 51.93443°N 0.23888°W / 51.93443; -0.23888

Wymondley is a civil parish in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It includes the villages of Little Wymondley and Great Wymondley and a number of smaller hamlets, including Redcoats Green, Todd's Green, and Titmore Green.

History

The parish was created on 1 April 1937 as a merger of the two former parishes of Great Wymondley and Little Wymondley. Prior to the creation of North Hertfordshire in 1974, Wymondley was part of Hitchin Rural District. ^[2]

Wymondley was once the location of a dissenting academy for the education of future nonconformist ministers. The academy was active during 1799-1833 and went under various names, including Wymondley College. ^[3]

Geography

Wymondley electrical grid substation, named after the parish, is actually just over the boundary to the south-west, in the neighbouring parish of St Ippolyts.

Governance

There are three tiers of local government covering Wymondley, at parish, district, and county level: Wymondley Parish Council, North Hertfordshire District Council, and Hertfordshire County Council. ^[4] For national elections, the parish forms part of the Hitchin constituency. ^[5]

Population

At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 1,169. ^[1] The population had been 1,153 in 2011. ^[6]

References

1. "2021 Census Parish Profiles". NOMIS. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 March 2025. (To get individual parish data, use the query function on table PP002.)
2. "Wymondley Civil Parish". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
3. "Wymondley Academy (1799-1833)". Dissenting Academies Online. Queen Mary Centre for Religion and Literature in English. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
4. "Wymondley Parish Council" . Retrieved 30 April 2025.
5. "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
6. "Wymondley Parish". NOMIS. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

External links

• Wymondley Parish Council