The Queen's Head By the mid-eighteenth century when stage-coaches were running regularly, the trade of the wayside taverns in Wormley must have been one of the principal industries of the village. From the Court Rolls of the manor we find that from 1742 the Manorial Courts were held at the Queen’s Head, which formed part of the Wormley Bury estate until 1851; an inn which survives to this... 

The north-east view of Wormleybury early in the 19th century The present building, which is a typical example of the country house architecture of the eighteenth century, is not the first house here. The earliest record we have of one is that, about the year 1500, a Dr. Edward Sharnbrook, D.D., Prebendary of St. Paul’s Cathedral, who was then Rector of Wormley, built a house here. This apparently... 

The Old Manor House The oldest surviving building on the High Road in Wormley, is the old Manor House, which dates from the late *16th and early 17th centuries. It probably stands on the site of the house occupied by the farmer of the manor lands before Wormleybury was built and its correct name should be the Manor Farm. Alternatively it has been identified as Dowsyns, a property mentioned as early... 

St. Laurence's Church There is little doubt that a church – probably one built of wood existed in Saxon times, of which no trace can now be found. During the first half of the twelve century, this somewhat temporary building was replaced by one of more solid construction. Of this, the north wall of the nave, including a window and the north doorway, still survive. The arch over the south...