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About the villageNotable residentsSt 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.[2][3] The royal connectionBefore 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.[4] {{coord|51|53|10|N|0|16|00|W|type:city_region:GB_source:openstreetmap|display=title}}References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128796&c=SG4+8BX&d=16&e=62&g=6433998&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1478084430311&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=2 November 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} 2. ^{{cite book|last=Whitelaw |first=Jeffrey W.|title=Hidden Hertfordshire|edition=First|date=13 October 1988|publisher=Countryside Books|isbn=9781853060250}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://parishmagazine.freeyellow.com/Church_History04.htm|title=Welcome to the history of All Saints, St. Paul's Walden|publisher=St Paul's Walden Parish Magazine|accessdate=19 April 2012|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824020459/http://parishmagazine.freeyellow.com/Church_History04.htm|archivedate=24 August 2011|df=}} 4. ^King George VI proposes to the Queen Mother External links{{Commons category|St Paul's Walden}}
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