St Paul's Walden

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All Saints, St Paul's Walden

St Paul's Walden is a village about 5 miles (8 km) south of Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England. The civil parish of St Paul's Walden also includes the village of Whitwell and the hamlet of Bendish.

About the Village

Notable Residents

St Paul's Walden has two 18th-century mansions, both standing in parks of great beauty: Stagenhoe (once owned by the Earls of Caithness) and St Paul's Walden Bury (owned by the Bowes-Lyon family), which some say was the birthplace of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Indeed, she was baptised in the All Saints church in St Paul's Walden.[1][2]

The Royal Connection

Before he became King, on 23 January 1923, George VI drove up to St Paul's Walden in his sports car, and proposed to the Queen Mother in the woods at the Bury.[3]

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References

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  3. King George VI proposes to the Queen Mother

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