Ayot St Lawrence 2, Wheathampstead 1 & 11

Paths Greenways Bridleways Tracks
PG: OBJECTS: PROMOTION: Ayot St Lawrence 2 BW and Wheathampstead 1 and 11 BW

Map showing Ayot St Lawrence 2 bridleway

Annotated map reproduced courtesy of Googlemaps.

This route starts on the public road in Ayot St Lawrence and runs along the parish boundary with Wheathampstead, generally southeastwards to Codicote Road (public road) opposite Ayot St Peter 16 bridleway.

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: Wheathampstead 1 BW and the parallel part of Ayot St Lawrence 2 BW were shown on the Ayot St Lawrence tithe map as not subject to an apportionment.
1938: Wheathampstead 1 BW is shown as Wheathampstead 1 BW (blue dots) on the Hertfordshire County Council ROW survey. Map St Albans 5 (Herts 28 NW).
1938: Wheathampstead 11 BW is shown as Wheathampstead 3 BW (blue dots) on the Hertfordshire County Council ROW survey. Map St Albans 5 (Herts 28 NW).
2 Feb 1953: Ayot St Lawrence 2 was recorded as a bridleway on the original definitive map and statement.
At some point, the definitive map and statement was altered.

Definitive Statement (4 Dec 2015)
Path: [Ayot St Lawrence] 2. Status: Bridleway. Definitive Map sheets: 42, 43
Commences at junction with county road S of Shaw's Corner Ayot St Lawrence thence SE past Stocking Springs to junction with county road opposite Dowdells Wood.
Path: [Wheathampstead] 1. Status: Bridleway. Definitive Map sheet: 42
Commences from Bride Hall Lane S of Rectory Cottage thence SE along Parish boundary to join BR11 where double hedge gives way to single hedge SW of Hill Farm.
Path: [Wheathampstead] 11. Status: Bridleway. Definitive Map sheets: 42, 43, 57
Commences from end of BR1 on Parish boundary SW of Hill Farm thence SE along Parish boundary and western edges of Stocking Springs and Fish Wood through Bladder Wood across railway at Hunter's Bridge to join county road at SE corner of Bowle's Wood.

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