St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield

St Etheldreda's Church
The church from the churchyard. View, from the south east showing the south transept, nave, and tower.
51°45′41″N 0°12′45″W / 51.76139°N 0.21250°W / 51.76139; -0.21250
Denomination	Church of England
Website	www.stetheldreda.org
History
Dedication	St Etheldreda
Administration
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	St Albans
Parish	Parish of Bishop’s Hatfield St Etheldreda with St Luke
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Bishops Hatfield Team Ministry, Fr. Darren Collins, Rector.
Laity
Organist(s)	Daniel Gilchrist

St Etheldreda's is the Anglican parish church of Old Hatfield, Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.  Parts of the building are 13th century and there is evidence there was a church here before this in Saxon times. It is situated in the old village of Hatfield just east of the modern town of Hatfield and close to the walls of Hatfield House, once a royal palace. It once also served Hatfield House as a place of worship as well as the village and so is exceptionally grand for a parish church. The dedication to St Etheldreda derives from the Bishops of Ely for whom she is a patron saint and who once occupied the House when it was a bishops' palace.