Ayot St Lawrence 10

Paths Greenways Bridleways Tracks
PG: OBJECTS: PROMOTION: Ayot St Lawrence 10 BW

Annotated map reproduced courtesy of Googlemaps.

This route starts from Hill Farm Lane (public road) at the start of the entrance to Ayot House and runs generally northnortheastwards to Tanyard Lane (public road).

We need a volunteer to photograph this route for this year's Access and Riding Rights of Way Survey. It's easy - just take photographs (safely) when you use the path. Find out more!

Legal History
1847: Ayot St Lawrence 10 BW was shown on the Ayot St Lawrence tithe map as not subject to an apportionment.
1910: Ayot St Lawrence 10 BW was shown falling within hereditament 31 ASL on the Finance Act Valuation Plan.
1938: The northern-most part of the route is shown as BW 42 (blue dots) on the Hertfordshire County Council ROW survey. Map: Hitchin Rural West 18 (Herts 20 SW).
2 Feb 1953: Ayot St Lawrence 10 was not recorded on the original definitive map and statement.
31 Dec 1977: The route was shown as a bridleway of width 20ft on the special review draft map and statement. DM sheet SR-42.
At some point, the definitive statement was altered to show a width of 3 - 5m.

Definitive Statement (4 Dec 2015)
Path: [Ayot St Lawrence] 10. Status: Bridleway. Definitive Map sheet: 42
Commences from FP3 Ayot St Lawrence at the entrance to Ayot House, runs in a northerly direction up tarmac drive passing front lawn of house to gateway, continuing between fence and hedge on a stone surface to junction with Tanyard Lane opposite Abbotshay.
Width: Varies between 3-5m.

Maintainability
This route is maintainable at the public expense because it was a footpath or bridleway existing before 30 Apr 1959.