Old Hatfield is the result of the houses and farms which have been established near a place of worship featured by a few religious buildings by the Monks.

In fact, in 970, King Edgar the Peaceful and his wife had inherited the estate from Æthelflaed's parents.

The place is very attractive, there are arable lands, forests and a river some marshes bring a natural boundary against enemy.

[5] The construction made of red bricks bearing a timber roof, according to medieval architectural style, is a quadrilateral featured by four wings with a yard inside.

In 1538, he exchanged the estate with Thomas Goodrich, Bishop of Ely, against bishoprics located in Cambridgeshire and Essex that he had seized before during the Reformation's very first laws.