Bayford, Hertfordshire

[1] The village is about three miles south of Hertford, and is served by Bayford railway station.

The Parish Church of St Mary stands about a quarter of a mile north of the village;[2] the present building dates from 1870.

The ornithologist William Yarrell, admired by his contemporaries for his precise scientific work, is buried in the churchyard.

The manor of Bayford was purchased in 1757 by Mam Molly Crone (1705–1770), who built the mansion of Bayfordbury in 1758.

The mansion was extended by infilling between the service blocks, to house the Kit-Cat Club portraits, which Baker inherited from Jacob Tonson.