Population 177 (2011 Census) Civil parish Sacombe Country England Shire county Hertfordshire Dialling code 01920 | OS grid reference TL332196 Region East Sovereign state United Kingdom District East Hertfordshire UK parliament constituency North East Hertfordshire | |
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Sacombe is a village in Little Munden civil parish and East Hertfordshire district, of Hertfordshire, England. At the 2001 census it had a population of 165. Sacombe is located about 4 miles N N W of Ware; other nearby settlements include Dane End and Sacombe Green. At the 2011 Census Sacombe was a civil parish in its own name.
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Map of Sacombe, Ware, UK
Religious sites
There appears to have been a church in the parish in 1086, which may have been dedicated to St Mary. The present Anglican Church of St Catherine is largely 14th Century, but was restored in 1855/56. The building is faced with knapped flint and has a four stage tower. It is a Grade II* listed building The parish of Sacombe is the smallest in the Diocese of St Albans, and forms part of the benefice of Standon and The Mundens with Sacombe, with worship shared between St Catherine's and churches at Little Munden and Standon. The church was used as a location for the 2001 film Enigma based on the book of the same name by Robert Harris about the codebreakers of Bletchley Park in World War II.