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Abbess Roding is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Abbess, Beauchamp and Berners Roding and the Epping Forest District of Essex, England. The village is included in the eight hamlets and villages called The Rodings. It is in west Essex, 5 miles (8 km) north from Chipping Ongar, and 9 miles (14 km) west from the county town of Chelmsford. In 1931 the parish had a population of 169.^[1]

Abbots Langley (/ˈæbəts ˈlæŋli/) is a large village and civil parish in the English county of Hertfordshire. It is an old settlement and is mentioned (under the name of Langelai) in the Domesday Book. Economically the village is closely linked to Watford and was formerly part of the Watford Rural District. Since 1974 it has been included in the Three Rivers district.

Arlesey (/ˈɑːrlzi/ARL-zee) is a town and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. It is near the border with Hertfordshire, about three miles north-west of Letchworth Garden City, four miles north of Hitchin and six miles south of Biggleswade. Arlesey railway station provides services to London, Stevenage and Peterborough. The Domesday Book mentions Arlesey.^[2][3][4][5] The town’s name means the ‘island of a man named Aelfric’.^[6]

Hertfordshire, often abbreviated as Herts, is a county in the East of England region and is one of the home counties¹. It borders Bedfordshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west and the south-west¹. The county covers an area of 634.366 square miles (1,643.00 km²)¹.

The county town is Hertford, and the largest settlement is Watford¹. Other significant towns include Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage, and St Albans¹. The county’s landscape is quite varied with large areas of undeveloped land, mainly agricultural, and much of it protected by green-belt policies¹.

Hertfordshire has a rich history dating back to Roman Britain and has been several times the seat of Parliament². It was founded in the Norse–Saxon wars of the 9th century and developed through commerce serving London².

Today, Hertfordshire is a vibrant county with a thriving economy. The services sector has become the largest part of the county’s economy¹.

Letchworth Garden City, commonly known as Letchworth, is a town in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It is noted for being the first garden city. The population at the time of the 2011 census was 33,249.

Letchworth was an ancient parish, appearing in the Domesday Book of 1086. It remained a small rural village until the start of the twentieth century. The development of the modern town began in 1903, when much of the land in Letchworth and the neighbouring parishes of Willian and Norton was purchased by a company called First Garden City Limited, founded by Ebenezer Howard and his supporters with the aim of building the first “garden city”, following the principles Howard had set out in his 1898 book, To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform. Their aim was to create a new type of settlement which provided jobs, services, and good housing for residents, whilst retaining the environmental quality of the countryside, in contrast to most industrial cities of the time.

The town’s initial layout was designed by Raymond Unwin and Barry Parker. It includes the United Kingdom’s first roundabout, Sollershott Circus, which was built c. 1909. The layout for Letchworth incorporates extensive parkland and open spaces, including Norton Common and Howard Park.

A takeover of First Garden City Limited in 1960 led to significant changes in how the company managed the town, which were opposed by the residents and local council who wanted the original garden city ideals retained. They secured an act of parliament which transferred ownership of the estate from the company to a public sector body, the Letchworth Garden City Corporation, in 1963. The corporation in turn was replaced by a charitable body in 1995, the Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation, which owns and manages the estate today.

Letchworth today retains large business areas providing jobs in a variety of sectors, and the landlord’s profits are reinvested for the benefit of the community by the Heritage Foundation. The town lies 32 miles (51 km) north of London, on the railway linking London to Cambridge, and it also adjoins the A1 road, making it relatively popular with commuters. Residential areas in the town are mixed; large parts of the town are included in conservation areas in recognition of their quality, but the town also contains four of the five poorest-scoring neighbourhoods in North Hertfordshire for deprivation.

As the world’s first garden city, Letchworth has had a notable impact on town planning and the new towns movement; it influenced nearby Welwyn Garden City, which used a similar approach, and aspects of the principles demonstrated at Letchworth have been incorporated into other projects around the world including the Australian capital Canberra, Hellerau in Germany, Tapiola in Finland and Mežaparks in Latvia.

North Weald Bassett or simply North Weald is a village and civil parish in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England.^[1] The village is within the North Weald Ridges and Valleys landscape area.

A market is held every Saturday and Bank Holiday Monday at North Weald Airfield. The market used to be the largest open air market in the country but reduced its size over the years.

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Oakington is a small rural Anglo-Saxon village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Oakington and Westwick, in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is seven miles (11 km) north-west of Cambridge. In 1961 the parish had a population of 698.^[3]

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Oakley is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. It has an area of 2,206 acres (893 ha) and includes about 400 households. The 2011 Census recorded the population as 1,007.^[1]

At one time it was thought Oakley held a rare (and possibly unique) double distinction, in that a Victoria Cross recipient, Edward Brooks, and a Medal of Honor recipient, James J. Pym, were both born in the village. However, the latter, a namesake of a contemporary James Pym from Oakley, has been found to be from Garsington, a village 10 miles (16 km) away in Oxfordshire.

In 1963 Oakley was centre of national and international news, when Leatherslade Farm, near Oakley, was used as a hideout by the criminal gang involved in the Great Train Robbery.

Odell is a small village and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford, north Bedfordshire, England, approximately 7 miles (11 km) north-west of Bedford town centre, near the villages of Harrold, Felmersham, Sharnbrook and Carlton.

Offley is a civil parish in the English county of Hertfordshire, between Hitchin and Luton. The main village is Great Offley, and the parish also contains the nearby hamlets of Little Offley and The Flints. In the south-west of the parish, near Luton, there are the hamlets of Cockernhoe, Mangrove Green and Tea Green, and also the Putteridge Bury estate; these have LU2 postcodes and 01582 telephone numbers.

Offord Cluny is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Offord Cluny and Offord D’Arcy. It is 4.9 miles (7.9 km) north of St Neots and 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of Huntingdon. Offord Cluny is in Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as a historic county of England. Offord Cluny is the twin village of Offord D’Arcy and together they are known as The Offords. At the time of the 2001 census, the population of Offord Cluny was 502 people.^[1] Historically both had their own parish councils but these were merged in 2009. Council tax rates are higher in Offord Cluny than in Offord D’Arcy.

Offord D’Arcy is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Offord Cluny and Offord D’Arcy. It is 4.2 miles (6.8 km) north of St Neots and 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of Huntingdon. Offord D’Arcy is in Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as a historic county of England. It is the twin village of Offord Cluny and together they are known as The Offords. Historically both villages had their own parish councils but the two civil parishes were merged on 1 April 2010.^[1] At the time of the 2001 census, the population of Offord D’Arcy was 747 people.^[2]

Old Hurst is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England,^[1] approximately 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Huntingdon. It is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England.The small Parish Church of St Peter’s dates from the 13th century and is a Grade II* listed building.^[2]

Old Warden is a village and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of the county of Bedfordshire, England, about 6.5 miles (10 km) south-east of the county town of Bedford.

The 2011 census shows its population as 328.^[1]

The Shuttleworth Collection of historic airplanes and motor vehicles is at Old Warden Aerodrome.

Old Weston is a village located in Huntingdonshire, which is now part of Cambridgeshire, England¹. It’s situated near Molesworth, west of Huntingdon¹. The coordinates for Old Weston are approximately 52.367°N latitude and 0.383°W longitude¹.

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Olney is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England¹. It’s located approximately 59 miles from London¹. The town lies on the left bank of the River Great Ouse and is located around 8 miles from Central Milton Keynes, and 10 miles from Bedford, Northampton, and Wellingborough¹. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 6,477¹.

The town has a rich history dating back to Roman Britain, with an area northeast of the current town occupied by a Roman settlement¹. In 2023, archaeologists uncovered a villa mosaic which were declared “remains of high significance”¹. Olney is also known for its lace-making centre¹.

One of the unique traditions of Olney is the pancake race that has been run in the town on many Pancake Days, the day before the beginning of Lent, since 1445¹.

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Orwell is a rural village located outside Cambridge, in South Cambridgeshire, England¹. The Prime Meridian passes the eastern edge of Orwell¹.

The village grew around the well that gave it its name and the Roman road that runs to Cambridge runs alongside the village¹. The oldest surviving houses in the village date from the 16th century¹.

The parish’s main commercial activity has always been agriculture, though a coprolite mine opened for a brief period at the end of the 19th century, and a brewery was run¹. The parish is also home to Malton Farm, the only remaining part of the former village of Malton which was a separate parish to Orwell until the late 18th century¹.

St Andrew’s Church, founded sometime about 1150 AD, is another notable feature of the village. The tower, which was built in 1250, is decorated with dog-tooth carving and blind arcading¹.

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Over is a large village near the River Great Ouse in the English county of Cambridgeshire, just east of the prime meridian.

The parish covers an area of approximately 2,535 acres (1,026 ha). It is ten miles (16 km) east of the town of Huntingdon and is also ten miles (16 km) northwest from the city of Cambridge.

Over contains the basic village facilities, including a primary school, shop, one public house (the Admiral Vernon) and St. Mary’s Church. In recent years, the village has expanded rapidly, with the inclusion of several housing estates, a community and conference centre and modern sporting facilities. An Over day centre was set up in 1989 by Pamela Cressey. The Over Community Centre was set up with National Lottery funding of almost £1 million in 1999.

Over is mentioned in the poem “The Old Vicarage, Grantchester“, by Rupert Brooke.

Oving (historically /ˈuːvɪŋ/, more recently /ˈoʊvɪŋ/) is a village and also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located about three and a half miles north east of Waddesdon, four miles south of Winslow.

The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means ‘Ufa’s people’. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Olvonge, though previously it was known as Ulfingas. In manorial records in the 13th century it became known as Vuinges.

Oving was described in 1806 in Magna Britannia as follows:

OVING, in the hundred of Ashendon and deanery of Wendover, lies about six miles north-west of Aylesbury, and about a mile to the west of the road from that town to Buckingham. The manor of Oving was purchased, in 1735, of the family of Collins, by Francis Tyringham esq. after whose death it devolved to his elder sister Parnell, wife of Charles Pilsworth esq. M.P. for Aylesbury, who resided at Oving. Some time after Mr. Pilsworth’s death it was sold to the late Richard Hopkins esq. one of the lords Commissioners of the Treasury, and was bequeathed by him to Colonel Richard Northey, who has since taken the name of Hopkins in addition, and has now the rank of major-general. The manor-house being situated on the brow of a hill forms a conspicuous object in the vale of Aylesbury. Another manor in Oving has passed with North Marston, and is now held under Magdalen College, in Oxford, by Francis Wastie esq. The rectory is in the gift of the crown.

Palmers Green is a suburban area and electoral ward in North London, England, within the London Borough of Enfield. It is located within the N13 postcode district, around 8 miles (13 km) north of Charing Cross. It is home to the largest population of Greek Cypriots outside Cyprus and is often nicknamed “Little Cyprus” or “Palmers Greek”.^[2]

Pampisford is a village, south of Cambridge, on the A505 road near Sawston, Cambridgeshire, England.

The remaining section of a defensive ditch, dug to close the gap between forest and marsh, is known as Brent Ditch, which runs between Abington Park and Dickman’s Grove, and is most clearly seen in the park of Pampisford Hall.

Panshanger was a large country house located between the outer edge of Hertford and Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire, England.

Papworth Everard is a village in Cambridgeshire, England. It lies ten miles west of Cambridge and six miles south of Huntingdon. Running through its centre is Ermine Street, the old North Road (now the A1198) and the Roman highway that for centuries served as a major artery from London to York. A bypass now means that most traffic can avoid Ermine Street, and it is traffic-calmed within the village itself.

Today, Papworth Everard is a large village with a thriving community, home to substantial light industry and local business. It was also the centre for the Papworth Trust, a charity that offers housing and training to the disabled (now based in Huntingdon) and formerly the Royal Papworth Hospital, renowned in the field of cardiology and now moved to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Papworth Everard is a village in Cambridgeshire, England. It lies ten miles west of Cambridge and six miles south of Huntingdon. Running through its centre is Ermine Street, the old North Road (now the A1198) and the Roman highway that for centuries served as a major artery from London to York. A bypass now means that most traffic can avoid Ermine Street, and it is traffic-calmed within the village itself.

Today, Papworth Everard is a large village with a thriving community, home to substantial light industry and local business. It was also the centre for the Papworth Trust, a charity that offers housing and training to the disabled (now based in Huntingdon) and formerly the Royal Papworth Hospital, renowned in the field of cardiology and now moved to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Park Street is a small Hertfordshire village^{[n 1]} on the southern outskirts of, and around 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the city centre of, St Albans in England; it is separated from the much of (the rest of) the latter’s contiguous built-up area by a buffer to the north.

Park Street has a petrol station, several tyre and automotive service businesses and two food-serving public houses; it is of late and initially disparate medieval origin.^[1] The village is also home to the penultimate station on the Abbey Line from Watford Junction, which opened in 1858.

Park Street is also a larger local government ward (the largest settlement of which is How Wood and which includes part of Bricket Wood). The area falls within the Metropolitan Green Belt. Residents are mainly employed in nearby cities; east of the street in Frogmore is a substantial business centre and light industrial estate.

Passenham is a small village in the civil parish of Old Stratford in south-west Northamptonshire, England. It is just north of the River Great Ouse, which forms the boundary with Buckinghamshire, and close to (but separated by the river from) Stony Stratford in Milton Keynes.^[1]

The village’s name means ‘Passa’s hemmed-in land’.^[2]

Pavenham is a small village and civil parish on the River Great Ouse in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England, about 6 miles (10 km) north-west of Bedford. Village amenities consist of St Peter’s Church, a pub, Village hall, tennis Club, Cricket Club and golf club. The village is home to many clubs and societies including an active WI.

The village has two nature reserves, Stevington Marsh, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and Pavenham Osier Beds, which is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

Pertenhall is a small village and civil parish located in Bedfordshire, close to the borders of Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Its parish council is a Quality Parish Council. It has recently published its Parish Plan which is available on the website

The name derives from Peters Hill (allegedly) based on the Hill by St Peters Church. The parish of Pertenhall & Swineshead is part of the Stodden Hundred (which comprises Bolnhurst, Clapham, Dean and Shelton, Keysoe, Knotting, Little Staughton, Melchbourne, Milton Ernest, Oakley, Pertenhall, Riseley, Shelton, Tilbrook and Yelden).

The village is drawn out along the B660 beginning with Chapel Yard, derived from the Moravian Chapel located there and is characterised by a series of ‘Ends’, namely Wood End (a cul-de-sac, terminating at a footpath known locally as ‘the Track’, Chadwell End (a thoroughfare), derived from the Chad Well that exists nearby and leading to Green End at the south.

Pinner is a suburb in the London Borough of Harrow, northwest London, England, 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Charing Cross, close to the border with Hillingdon, historically in the county of Middlesex. The population was 38,698 in 2021.^[2]

Originally a mediaeval hamlet, the St John Baptist church dates from the 14th century and other parts of the historic village include Tudor buildings. The newer High Street is mainly 18th-century buildings, while Bridge Street has a more urban character and many chain stores.

Pirton is a large village and civil parish three miles northwest of Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,274.^[1]

The church, rebuilt in 1877, but with the remains of its 12th-century tower, is built within the bailey of a former castle, Toot Hill.^[2] Pirton Grange, which was remodelled in the 18th century, is in the north of the parish, and is a particularly interesting, moated Elizabethan house with a timber-framed gatehouse. Hammonds Farm and Rectory Farm, with its tithe barn, are also Elizabethan.

Pirton first appeared in official records in the Domesday Book in 1086 within the hundred of Hitchin.^[3] The village was then known as Peritone (meaning ‘Homestead of Pears’)^[4]

The Icknield Way Path passes through the village on its 110-mile (180 km) journey from Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire to Knettishall Heath in Suffolk. The Icknield Way Trail, a multi-user route for walkers, horse riders and off-road cyclists also passes through the village.

There are two churches in Pirton – one Methodist, one Anglican. There is a village school which teaches children from reception to Year 6. Many students continue on at Hitchin Priory. There are two local pubs – the Motte and Bailey on Great Green, and the Fox on High Street. Pirton has both football and cricket clubs.

Pitstone (formerly Pightelsthorn, with possible variation Pychelesthorn in 1399^[2]) is a village and civil parish in east Buckinghamshire, England. It is at the foot of the central range of the Chiltern Hills, centred 6 miles (10 km) east of Aylesbury and 5 miles (8 km) south of Leighton Buzzard. It directly adjoins the village of Ivinghoe, and the two villages share some facilities.

Podington is a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom. The village is within the electoral ward of Harrold in the Borough of Bedford. Podington lies around 16 km (9.9 mi) northwest of Bedford and is about 2 km (1.2 mi) east of the county border with Northamptonshire. Nearby there is paintballing. Podington Garden Centre, founded by village residents Colin & Norma Read in 1976 can be found in the High Street.

Podington is a small picturesque rural village; many of its buildings are stone cottages dating from the 18th century, and some even earlier. Podington was included in the Domesday Book 1086, with a population of 29 households; prominent landowners included Walter of Flanders, Hugh of Flanders and William Peverer.^[2]

The community was recorded as “Podintone” and “Potintone” from the 13th century and later as “Puddington“.^[3] Today it is sometimes spelt (or misspelt) “Poddington”. Located around 3 km (1.9 mi) southeast of the village are RAF Podington and Santa Pod Raceway. Hinwick House is found at a crossroads under 1 km (0.62 mi) south of the village.

Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed church in Podington. It became a listed building on 13 July 1964.^[4] Some surviving architectural elements date back at least to the early 13th century. A 1912 report about the church indicated that it had a chancel, nave, north aisle, south aisle, south porch and west tower. The south arcade of the nave, the north arcade the chancel and tower were all dated to the 13th century.^[5]

Mary I of England gave the manor to one of her servants George Brediman in 1557.^[6] Richard Orlebar, the High Sheriff for Bedfordshire and his wife, the culinary writer Diana Astry, were both buried at this church in the 1700s. They had been the owners of Hinwick House.^[4]

The church’s pipe organ was restored by the 92nd Bomb Group Memorial Association. The 92nd group had been stationed at the RAF Podington airfield during WW II and flew nearly 300 operational missions from that base.^[7]

Potters Bar is a town in Hertfordshire, England,^[1] 13 miles (21 km) north of central London. In 2011, it had a population of 21,882.^{[2][n 1]} In the 2021 census, the four wards that make up Potters Bar – Bentley Heath & The Royds, Furzefield, Oakmere and Parkfield – had a combined population of 22,536. This includes several smaller outlying hamlets contained in the Bentley Heath & The Royds ward, such as Bentley Heath and Ganwick Corner. In 2022 the population was around 23,325.^[3]

Within the historic county of Middlesex until 1965, the town dates to the early 13th century but remained a small, mainly agricultural, settlement until the arrival of the Great Northern Railway in 1850.^[4] It is now part of the London commuter belt.^[5]

Preston Deanery is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hackleton, in the West Northamptonshire district, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England. It is 4 miles (6 km) south of Northampton town centre and 1.5 miles (2 km) by road to the M1 London to Yorkshire motorway junction 15. It lies just off the B526 road (former A50) from Northampton to Newport Pagnell, between Hackleton and Wootton, a former village which has become now a suburb of Northampton. The 2010 population estimate was 51.^[1]

The village’s name means ‘Priests’ farm/settlement’. The hamlet gave its name to the deanery here.^[2]

Puckeridge is a village in East Hertfordshire, England with a population of 3,561 (2011 Census). It is in the civil parish of Standon.

History

The earliest known settlement was founded by the Catuvellauni, Celts from northeastern France. The Celts began to arrive around 250 BC. The Belgae arrived around 180 BC. A Roman town existed just to the north of the existing village and the village is at the crossroads of two major Roman roads, Ermine Street and Stane Street. By 200AD the Romans had built a town, at the north of the current village, called Ad Fines. It was a regional capital and was also the start point for the roads to St Albans and Baldock – all-important pre-Roman Celtic centres. Ad Fines had a large temple dedicated to Minerva. It also had at least two bath houses on the banks of the River Rib. The town survived until the end of the 5th century.

The neighbouring villages of Standon and Braughing are recorded in the Domesday Book, but Puckeridge is not although it was probably in existence. It survived the Black Death in the 14th century. A number of charities were established in Puckeridge in the 17th century, which gave grants of land that enabled the expansion of the village.^[1] The village developed and thrived because it was on the coaching route between London and Cambridge; Samuel Pepys records that he stopped at the Falcon (now the Crown and Falcon). Eventually, the coming of the railway in the 19th century led to a decline in the fortune of the many Taverns and Inns in the village. The village is now a popular place to live close to good road networks leading into and around London.

Near Puckeridge, there was Puckeridge DECCA tower, a free-standing tower radiator used for DECCA.

Pulloxhill is a small village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England 342 ft above sea level with a population of 850 at the 2001 Census, increasing to 985 at the 2011 Census.^[1]

Pulloxhill has a church, a school and one public house. The village shop and post office have closed. There are a number of historic buildings, including 15th Century Public House (The Cross Keys). The village pond was filled in several years ago after a fire at the old Bakery and now forms part of the village green where the school holds a maypole dancing concert every May. Pulloxhill Marsh is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. A village news letter is published monthly called the PVN (Pulloxhill Village News).

The village is around a 20-minute drive from Bedford’s town centre, and 25 minutes from the centre of Luton. It is approximately 350 miles to Lands End and approximately 650 miles to John O ‘Groats.

Puttenham is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Tring Rural, in the Dacorum district, in north west Hertfordshire, England. In 1961 the parish had a population of 107.^[1] On 1 April 1964 the parish was abolished and merged with Tring Rural.^[2]

It was recorded as ‘Puteham’ in the Domesday Book.^[3]

Puttenham is one of the 51 Thankful Villages in England and Wales that suffered no fatalities during the Great War of 1914 to 1918.

Raunds is a market town in North Northamptonshire, England, known for its rich history and cultural heritage. It had a population of 9,379 at the 2021 census¹. The town is situated 21 miles (34 km) north-east of Northampton, on the southern edge of the Nene Valley, surrounded by arable farming land¹.

Historically, Raunds played a significant role in the boot and shoe industry until its decline in the 1950s and 1960s. The town once held the record for the highest temperature in Britain at 36.7 °C (98.1 °F), set on 10 August 1911, which stood until 1990¹.

For those interested in nature and outdoor activities, Raunds is close to Stanwick Lakes, a country park developed from gravel pits and managed by the Rockingham Forest Trust. This park is internationally recognized for its birdlife and can be reached on foot from Raunds along Meadow Lane bridleway¹.

If you’re looking for more detailed information about Raunds, you can visit its Wikipedia page¹.

The Raveleys consist of two small villages, Great Raveley and Little Raveley, located in Huntingdonshire, which is now part of Cambridgeshire, England. They are situated approximately 3½ miles south-west of Ramsey¹.

Great Raveley is known for its earthworks and moated sites, with buildings dating back to the 17th century, including the Manor House and the former Three Horseshoes Inn. The village does not have a church and is built along a branch road to Wood Walton¹.

Little Raveley once had a small church, the Church of St James, which is now a private residence. The parish of Little Raveley is mostly agricultural land, with some woodland areas like Raveley Wood. The village lies on the winding road from Broughton to Great Raveley¹.

For more detailed information, you can visit the Wikipedia page for The Raveleys¹.

Ravenstone is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.^[2] The village is about 2.5 miles (4 km) west of Olney, and 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Newport Pagnell and about 10 miles (16 km) from Central Milton Keynes. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 209.^[1]

“Redbourn” is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, lying on Watling Street¹. It’s located three miles from Harpenden, four miles from St Albans, and five miles from Hemel Hempstead. The civil parish had a population of 6,913 according to the 2011 Census.

Redbourn has a rich history, having been continuously settled at least since Saxon times¹. Its parish church, St Mary’s, was built in the early 12th century¹. The village is known for being the location of the first recorded cricket match in Hertfordshire in 1666².

Today, Redbourn is a picturesque and community-focused village with lots going on throughout the year². It was once the center of a farming community, and for a time had a successful watercress business on the water meadows of the River Ver.

The Offords is the name given to the two villages of Offord Cluny and Offord D’Arcy, situated on the east bank of the River Great Ouse between Saint Neots and Huntingdon in west Cambridgeshire. The Offords were both recorded in the Domesday Book as ‘Upeforde’ under two different landowners,^[1] which suggests they were one village at that time. By the 13th Century they had evolved into two distinct settlements, and remained so until the proximity and resulting close co-operation of the two villages lead to their merger in 2010.^[2] In 2008 the Parish Councils merged, and in 2010 the Huntingdon (Parishes) Order 2009 officially created the new Parish of ‘Offord Cluny and Offord D’Arcy‘.

Arlesey (/ˈɑːrlzi/ARL-zee) is a town and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. It is near the border with Hertfordshire, about three miles north-west of Letchworth Garden City, four miles north of Hitchin and six miles south of Biggleswade. Arlesey railway station provides services to London, Stevenage and Peterborough. The Domesday Book mentions Arlesey.^[2][3][4][5] The town’s name means the ‘island of a man named Aelfric’.^[6]

Odell is a small village and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford, north Bedfordshire, England, approximately 7 miles (11 km) north-west of Bedford town centre, near the villages of Harrold, Felmersham, Sharnbrook and Carlton.

Old Warden is a village and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of the county of Bedfordshire, England, about 6.5 miles (10 km) south-east of the county town of Bedford.

The 2011 census shows its population as 328.^[1]

The Shuttleworth Collection of historic airplanes and motor vehicles is at Old Warden Aerodrome.

Pavenham is a small village and civil parish on the River Great Ouse in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England, about 6 miles (10 km) north-west of Bedford. Village amenities consist of St Peter’s Church, a pub, Village hall, tennis Club, Cricket Club and golf club. The village is home to many clubs and societies including an active WI.

The village has two nature reserves, Stevington Marsh, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and Pavenham Osier Beds, which is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

Pertenhall is a small village and civil parish located in Bedfordshire, close to the borders of Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Its parish council is a Quality Parish Council. It has recently published its Parish Plan which is available on the website

The name derives from Peters Hill (allegedly) based on the Hill by St Peters Church. The parish of Pertenhall & Swineshead is part of the Stodden Hundred (which comprises Bolnhurst, Clapham, Dean and Shelton, Keysoe, Knotting, Little Staughton, Melchbourne, Milton Ernest, Oakley, Pertenhall, Riseley, Shelton, Tilbrook and Yelden).

The village is drawn out along the B660 beginning with Chapel Yard, derived from the Moravian Chapel located there and is characterised by a series of ‘Ends’, namely Wood End (a cul-de-sac, terminating at a footpath known locally as ‘the Track’, Chadwell End (a thoroughfare), derived from the Chad Well that exists nearby and leading to Green End at the south.

Podington is a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom. The village is within the electoral ward of Harrold in the Borough of Bedford. Podington lies around 16 km (9.9 mi) northwest of Bedford and is about 2 km (1.2 mi) east of the county border with Northamptonshire. Nearby there is paintballing. Podington Garden Centre, founded by village residents Colin & Norma Read in 1976 can be found in the High Street.

Podington is a small picturesque rural village; many of its buildings are stone cottages dating from the 18th century, and some even earlier. Podington was included in the Domesday Book 1086, with a population of 29 households; prominent landowners included Walter of Flanders, Hugh of Flanders and William Peverer.^[2]

The community was recorded as “Podintone” and “Potintone” from the 13th century and later as “Puddington“.^[3] Today it is sometimes spelt (or misspelt) “Poddington”. Located around 3 km (1.9 mi) southeast of the village are RAF Podington and Santa Pod Raceway. Hinwick House is found at a crossroads under 1 km (0.62 mi) south of the village.

Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed church in Podington. It became a listed building on 13 July 1964.^[4] Some surviving architectural elements date back at least to the early 13th century. A 1912 report about the church indicated that it had a chancel, nave, north aisle, south aisle, south porch and west tower. The south arcade of the nave, the north arcade the chancel and tower were all dated to the 13th century.^[5]

Mary I of England gave the manor to one of her servants George Brediman in 1557.^[6] Richard Orlebar, the High Sheriff for Bedfordshire and his wife, the culinary writer Diana Astry, were both buried at this church in the 1700s. They had been the owners of Hinwick House.^[4]

The church’s pipe organ was restored by the 92nd Bomb Group Memorial Association. The 92nd group had been stationed at the RAF Podington airfield during WW II and flew nearly 300 operational missions from that base.^[7]

Pulloxhill is a small village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England 342 ft above sea level with a population of 850 at the 2001 Census, increasing to 985 at the 2011 Census.^[1]

Pulloxhill has a church, a school and one public house. The village shop and post office have closed. There are a number of historic buildings, including 15th Century Public House (The Cross Keys). The village pond was filled in several years ago after a fire at the old Bakery and now forms part of the village green where the school holds a maypole dancing concert every May. Pulloxhill Marsh is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. A village news letter is published monthly called the PVN (Pulloxhill Village News).

The village is around a 20-minute drive from Bedford’s town centre, and 25 minutes from the centre of Luton. It is approximately 350 miles to Lands End and approximately 650 miles to John O ‘Groats.

Oakley is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. It has an area of 2,206 acres (893 ha) and includes about 400 households. The 2011 Census recorded the population as 1,007.^[1]

At one time it was thought Oakley held a rare (and possibly unique) double distinction, in that a Victoria Cross recipient, Edward Brooks, and a Medal of Honor recipient, James J. Pym, were both born in the village. However, the latter, a namesake of a contemporary James Pym from Oakley, has been found to be from Garsington, a village 10 miles (16 km) away in Oxfordshire.

In 1963 Oakley was centre of national and international news, when Leatherslade Farm, near Oakley, was used as a hideout by the criminal gang involved in the Great Train Robbery.

Olney is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England¹. It’s located approximately 59 miles from London¹. The town lies on the left bank of the River Great Ouse and is located around 8 miles from Central Milton Keynes, and 10 miles from Bedford, Northampton, and Wellingborough¹. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 6,477¹.

The town has a rich history dating back to Roman Britain, with an area northeast of the current town occupied by a Roman settlement¹. In 2023, archaeologists uncovered a villa mosaic which were declared “remains of high significance”¹. Olney is also known for its lace-making centre¹.

One of the unique traditions of Olney is the pancake race that has been run in the town on many Pancake Days, the day before the beginning of Lent, since 1445¹.

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Oving (historically /ˈuːvɪŋ/, more recently /ˈoʊvɪŋ/) is a village and also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located about three and a half miles north east of Waddesdon, four miles south of Winslow.

The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means ‘Ufa’s people’. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Olvonge, though previously it was known as Ulfingas. In manorial records in the 13th century it became known as Vuinges.

Oving was described in 1806 in Magna Britannia as follows:

OVING, in the hundred of Ashendon and deanery of Wendover, lies about six miles north-west of Aylesbury, and about a mile to the west of the road from that town to Buckingham. The manor of Oving was purchased, in 1735, of the family of Collins, by Francis Tyringham esq. after whose death it devolved to his elder sister Parnell, wife of Charles Pilsworth esq. M.P. for Aylesbury, who resided at Oving. Some time after Mr. Pilsworth’s death it was sold to the late Richard Hopkins esq. one of the lords Commissioners of the Treasury, and was bequeathed by him to Colonel Richard Northey, who has since taken the name of Hopkins in addition, and has now the rank of major-general. The manor-house being situated on the brow of a hill forms a conspicuous object in the vale of Aylesbury. Another manor in Oving has passed with North Marston, and is now held under Magdalen College, in Oxford, by Francis Wastie esq. The rectory is in the gift of the crown.

Pitstone (formerly Pightelsthorn, with possible variation Pychelesthorn in 1399^[2]) is a village and civil parish in east Buckinghamshire, England. It is at the foot of the central range of the Chiltern Hills, centred 6 miles (10 km) east of Aylesbury and 5 miles (8 km) south of Leighton Buzzard. It directly adjoins the village of Ivinghoe, and the two villages share some facilities.

Ravenstone is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.^[2] The village is about 2.5 miles (4 km) west of Olney, and 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Newport Pagnell and about 10 miles (16 km) from Central Milton Keynes. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 209.^[1]

Oakington is a small rural Anglo-Saxon village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Oakington and Westwick, in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is seven miles (11 km) north-west of Cambridge. In 1961 the parish had a population of 698.^[3]

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Offord Cluny is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Offord Cluny and Offord D’Arcy. It is 4.9 miles (7.9 km) north of St Neots and 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of Huntingdon. Offord Cluny is in Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as a historic county of England. Offord Cluny is the twin village of Offord D’Arcy and together they are known as The Offords. At the time of the 2001 census, the population of Offord Cluny was 502 people.^[1] Historically both had their own parish councils but these were merged in 2009. Council tax rates are higher in Offord Cluny than in Offord D’Arcy.

Offord D’Arcy is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Offord Cluny and Offord D’Arcy. It is 4.2 miles (6.8 km) north of St Neots and 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of Huntingdon. Offord D’Arcy is in Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as a historic county of England. It is the twin village of Offord Cluny and together they are known as The Offords. Historically both villages had their own parish councils but the two civil parishes were merged on 1 April 2010.^[1] At the time of the 2001 census, the population of Offord D’Arcy was 747 people.^[2]

Old Hurst is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England,^[1] approximately 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Huntingdon. It is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England.The small Parish Church of St Peter’s dates from the 13th century and is a Grade II* listed building.^[2]

Old Weston is a village located in Huntingdonshire, which is now part of Cambridgeshire, England¹. It’s situated near Molesworth, west of Huntingdon¹. The coordinates for Old Weston are approximately 52.367°N latitude and 0.383°W longitude¹.

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Orwell is a rural village located outside Cambridge, in South Cambridgeshire, England¹. The Prime Meridian passes the eastern edge of Orwell¹.

The village grew around the well that gave it its name and the Roman road that runs to Cambridge runs alongside the village¹. The oldest surviving houses in the village date from the 16th century¹.

The parish’s main commercial activity has always been agriculture, though a coprolite mine opened for a brief period at the end of the 19th century, and a brewery was run¹. The parish is also home to Malton Farm, the only remaining part of the former village of Malton which was a separate parish to Orwell until the late 18th century¹.

St Andrew’s Church, founded sometime about 1150 AD, is another notable feature of the village. The tower, which was built in 1250, is decorated with dog-tooth carving and blind arcading¹.

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Over is a large village near the River Great Ouse in the English county of Cambridgeshire, just east of the prime meridian.

The parish covers an area of approximately 2,535 acres (1,026 ha). It is ten miles (16 km) east of the town of Huntingdon and is also ten miles (16 km) northwest from the city of Cambridge.

Over contains the basic village facilities, including a primary school, shop, one public house (the Admiral Vernon) and St. Mary’s Church. In recent years, the village has expanded rapidly, with the inclusion of several housing estates, a community and conference centre and modern sporting facilities. An Over day centre was set up in 1989 by Pamela Cressey. The Over Community Centre was set up with National Lottery funding of almost £1 million in 1999.

Over is mentioned in the poem “The Old Vicarage, Grantchester“, by Rupert Brooke.

Pampisford is a village, south of Cambridge, on the A505 road near Sawston, Cambridgeshire, England.

The remaining section of a defensive ditch, dug to close the gap between forest and marsh, is known as Brent Ditch, which runs between Abington Park and Dickman’s Grove, and is most clearly seen in the park of Pampisford Hall.

Papworth Everard is a village in Cambridgeshire, England. It lies ten miles west of Cambridge and six miles south of Huntingdon. Running through its centre is Ermine Street, the old North Road (now the A1198) and the Roman highway that for centuries served as a major artery from London to York. A bypass now means that most traffic can avoid Ermine Street, and it is traffic-calmed within the village itself.

Today, Papworth Everard is a large village with a thriving community, home to substantial light industry and local business. It was also the centre for the Papworth Trust, a charity that offers housing and training to the disabled (now based in Huntingdon) and formerly the Royal Papworth Hospital, renowned in the field of cardiology and now moved to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Papworth Everard is a village in Cambridgeshire, England. It lies ten miles west of Cambridge and six miles south of Huntingdon. Running through its centre is Ermine Street, the old North Road (now the A1198) and the Roman highway that for centuries served as a major artery from London to York. A bypass now means that most traffic can avoid Ermine Street, and it is traffic-calmed within the village itself.

Today, Papworth Everard is a large village with a thriving community, home to substantial light industry and local business. It was also the centre for the Papworth Trust, a charity that offers housing and training to the disabled (now based in Huntingdon) and formerly the Royal Papworth Hospital, renowned in the field of cardiology and now moved to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

The Raveleys consist of two small villages, Great Raveley and Little Raveley, located in Huntingdonshire, which is now part of Cambridgeshire, England. They are situated approximately 3½ miles south-west of Ramsey¹.

Great Raveley is known for its earthworks and moated sites, with buildings dating back to the 17th century, including the Manor House and the former Three Horseshoes Inn. The village does not have a church and is built along a branch road to Wood Walton¹.

Little Raveley once had a small church, the Church of St James, which is now a private residence. The parish of Little Raveley is mostly agricultural land, with some woodland areas like Raveley Wood. The village lies on the winding road from Broughton to Great Raveley¹.

For more detailed information, you can visit the Wikipedia page for The Raveleys¹.

The Offords is the name given to the two villages of Offord Cluny and Offord D’Arcy, situated on the east bank of the River Great Ouse between Saint Neots and Huntingdon in west Cambridgeshire. The Offords were both recorded in the Domesday Book as ‘Upeforde’ under two different landowners,^[1] which suggests they were one village at that time. By the 13th Century they had evolved into two distinct settlements, and remained so until the proximity and resulting close co-operation of the two villages lead to their merger in 2010.^[2] In 2008 the Parish Councils merged, and in 2010 the Huntingdon (Parishes) Order 2009 officially created the new Parish of ‘Offord Cluny and Offord D’Arcy‘.

North Weald Bassett or simply North Weald is a village and civil parish in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England.^[1] The village is within the North Weald Ridges and Valleys landscape area.

A market is held every Saturday and Bank Holiday Monday at North Weald Airfield. The market used to be the largest open air market in the country but reduced its size over the years.

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Abbess Roding is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Abbess, Beauchamp and Berners Roding and the Epping Forest District of Essex, England. The village is included in the eight hamlets and villages called The Rodings. It is in west Essex, 5 miles (8 km) north from Chipping Ongar, and 9 miles (14 km) west from the county town of Chelmsford. In 1931 the parish had a population of 169.^[1]

North Weald Bassett or simply North Weald is a village and civil parish in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England.^[1] The village is within the North Weald Ridges and Valleys landscape area.

A market is held every Saturday and Bank Holiday Monday at North Weald Airfield. The market used to be the largest open air market in the country but reduced its size over the years.

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Quendon is a linear village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Quendon and Rickling, in the Uttlesford district, in the county of Essex, England. Quendon is located on the B1383 (formerly the A11 trunk road) between Saffron Walden and Bishop’s Stortford, around 0.5 miles (1 km) from Rickling Green, the main village centre of Rickling. The trunk road status was lost due to the opening of the parallel M11 motorway. In 1931 the parish had a population of 156.^[1]

Radwinter is a village and civil parish located on the B1053 road, in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. The population was recorded as 612 in the 2011 census, with an equal number of males and females living in the parish. The village is known for its 14th-century church dedicated to St Mary the Virgin and a primary school. Radwinter has a rich local history dating back to the 1800s and was once divided into Great Radwinter and Little Radwinter, although this distinction is now lost. The village also includes four outlying hamlets between the market town of Saffron Walden (Essex) and Haverhill (Suffolk)¹.

Abbots Langley (/ˈæbəts ˈlæŋli/) is a large village and civil parish in the English county of Hertfordshire. It is an old settlement and is mentioned (under the name of Langelai) in the Domesday Book. Economically the village is closely linked to Watford and was formerly part of the Watford Rural District. Since 1974 it has been included in the Three Rivers district.

Letchworth Garden City, commonly known as Letchworth, is a town in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It is noted for being the first garden city. The population at the time of the 2011 census was 33,249.

Letchworth was an ancient parish, appearing in the Domesday Book of 1086. It remained a small rural village until the start of the twentieth century. The development of the modern town began in 1903, when much of the land in Letchworth and the neighbouring parishes of Willian and Norton was purchased by a company called First Garden City Limited, founded by Ebenezer Howard and his supporters with the aim of building the first “garden city”, following the principles Howard had set out in his 1898 book, To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform. Their aim was to create a new type of settlement which provided jobs, services, and good housing for residents, whilst retaining the environmental quality of the countryside, in contrast to most industrial cities of the time.

The town’s initial layout was designed by Raymond Unwin and Barry Parker. It includes the United Kingdom’s first roundabout, Sollershott Circus, which was built c. 1909. The layout for Letchworth incorporates extensive parkland and open spaces, including Norton Common and Howard Park.

A takeover of First Garden City Limited in 1960 led to significant changes in how the company managed the town, which were opposed by the residents and local council who wanted the original garden city ideals retained. They secured an act of parliament which transferred ownership of the estate from the company to a public sector body, the Letchworth Garden City Corporation, in 1963. The corporation in turn was replaced by a charitable body in 1995, the Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation, which owns and manages the estate today.

Letchworth today retains large business areas providing jobs in a variety of sectors, and the landlord’s profits are reinvested for the benefit of the community by the Heritage Foundation. The town lies 32 miles (51 km) north of London, on the railway linking London to Cambridge, and it also adjoins the A1 road, making it relatively popular with commuters. Residential areas in the town are mixed; large parts of the town are included in conservation areas in recognition of their quality, but the town also contains four of the five poorest-scoring neighbourhoods in North Hertfordshire for deprivation.

As the world’s first garden city, Letchworth has had a notable impact on town planning and the new towns movement; it influenced nearby Welwyn Garden City, which used a similar approach, and aspects of the principles demonstrated at Letchworth have been incorporated into other projects around the world including the Australian capital Canberra, Hellerau in Germany, Tapiola in Finland and Mežaparks in Latvia.

Offley is a civil parish in the English county of Hertfordshire, between Hitchin and Luton. The main village is Great Offley, and the parish also contains the nearby hamlets of Little Offley and The Flints. In the south-west of the parish, near Luton, there are the hamlets of Cockernhoe, Mangrove Green and Tea Green, and also the Putteridge Bury estate; these have LU2 postcodes and 01582 telephone numbers.

Panshanger was a large country house located between the outer edge of Hertford and Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire, England.

Park Street is a small Hertfordshire village^{[n 1]} on the southern outskirts of, and around 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the city centre of, St Albans in England; it is separated from the much of (the rest of) the latter’s contiguous built-up area by a buffer to the north.

Park Street has a petrol station, several tyre and automotive service businesses and two food-serving public houses; it is of late and initially disparate medieval origin.^[1] The village is also home to the penultimate station on the Abbey Line from Watford Junction, which opened in 1858.

Park Street is also a larger local government ward (the largest settlement of which is How Wood and which includes part of Bricket Wood). The area falls within the Metropolitan Green Belt. Residents are mainly employed in nearby cities; east of the street in Frogmore is a substantial business centre and light industrial estate.

Pirton is a large village and civil parish three miles northwest of Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,274.^[1]

The church, rebuilt in 1877, but with the remains of its 12th-century tower, is built within the bailey of a former castle, Toot Hill.^[2] Pirton Grange, which was remodelled in the 18th century, is in the north of the parish, and is a particularly interesting, moated Elizabethan house with a timber-framed gatehouse. Hammonds Farm and Rectory Farm, with its tithe barn, are also Elizabethan.

Pirton first appeared in official records in the Domesday Book in 1086 within the hundred of Hitchin.^[3] The village was then known as Peritone (meaning ‘Homestead of Pears’)^[4]

The Icknield Way Path passes through the village on its 110-mile (180 km) journey from Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire to Knettishall Heath in Suffolk. The Icknield Way Trail, a multi-user route for walkers, horse riders and off-road cyclists also passes through the village.

There are two churches in Pirton – one Methodist, one Anglican. There is a village school which teaches children from reception to Year 6. Many students continue on at Hitchin Priory. There are two local pubs – the Motte and Bailey on Great Green, and the Fox on High Street. Pirton has both football and cricket clubs.

Potters Bar is a town in Hertfordshire, England,^[1] 13 miles (21 km) north of central London. In 2011, it had a population of 21,882.^{[2][n 1]} In the 2021 census, the four wards that make up Potters Bar – Bentley Heath & The Royds, Furzefield, Oakmere and Parkfield – had a combined population of 22,536. This includes several smaller outlying hamlets contained in the Bentley Heath & The Royds ward, such as Bentley Heath and Ganwick Corner. In 2022 the population was around 23,325.^[3]

Within the historic county of Middlesex until 1965, the town dates to the early 13th century but remained a small, mainly agricultural, settlement until the arrival of the Great Northern Railway in 1850.^[4] It is now part of the London commuter belt.^[5]

Puckeridge is a village in East Hertfordshire, England with a population of 3,561 (2011 Census). It is in the civil parish of Standon.

History

The earliest known settlement was founded by the Catuvellauni, Celts from northeastern France. The Celts began to arrive around 250 BC. The Belgae arrived around 180 BC. A Roman town existed just to the north of the existing village and the village is at the crossroads of two major Roman roads, Ermine Street and Stane Street. By 200AD the Romans had built a town, at the north of the current village, called Ad Fines. It was a regional capital and was also the start point for the roads to St Albans and Baldock – all-important pre-Roman Celtic centres. Ad Fines had a large temple dedicated to Minerva. It also had at least two bath houses on the banks of the River Rib. The town survived until the end of the 5th century.

The neighbouring villages of Standon and Braughing are recorded in the Domesday Book, but Puckeridge is not although it was probably in existence. It survived the Black Death in the 14th century. A number of charities were established in Puckeridge in the 17th century, which gave grants of land that enabled the expansion of the village.^[1] The village developed and thrived because it was on the coaching route between London and Cambridge; Samuel Pepys records that he stopped at the Falcon (now the Crown and Falcon). Eventually, the coming of the railway in the 19th century led to a decline in the fortune of the many Taverns and Inns in the village. The village is now a popular place to live close to good road networks leading into and around London.

Near Puckeridge, there was Puckeridge DECCA tower, a free-standing tower radiator used for DECCA.

Puttenham is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Tring Rural, in the Dacorum district, in north west Hertfordshire, England. In 1961 the parish had a population of 107.^[1] On 1 April 1964 the parish was abolished and merged with Tring Rural.^[2]

It was recorded as ‘Puteham’ in the Domesday Book.^[3]

Puttenham is one of the 51 Thankful Villages in England and Wales that suffered no fatalities during the Great War of 1914 to 1918.

Radwell is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. It is situated close to the A1 a little to the north of Baldock and Letchworth Garden City and is in the district of North Hertfordshire.

The small 14th-century Church of All Saints is in the center of the village. The actor Nigel Hawthorne and his long-time partner Trevor Bentham lived in the village for some years until the nearby Baldock Services was built. Fearing the noise levels from the service station would become unacceptable, the couple moved to Thundridge, Hertfordshire.

“Redbourn” is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, lying on Watling Street¹. It’s located three miles from Harpenden, four miles from St Albans, and five miles from Hemel Hempstead. The civil parish had a population of 6,913 according to the 2011 Census.

Redbourn has a rich history, having been continuously settled at least since Saxon times¹. Its parish church, St Mary’s, was built in the early 12th century¹. The village is known for being the location of the first recorded cricket match in Hertfordshire in 1666².

Today, Redbourn is a picturesque and community-focused village with lots going on throughout the year². It was once the center of a farming community, and for a time had a successful watercress business on the water meadows of the River Ver.

Offord Cluny is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Offord Cluny and Offord D’Arcy. It is 4.9 miles (7.9 km) north of St Neots and 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of Huntingdon. Offord Cluny is in Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as a historic county of England. Offord Cluny is the twin village of Offord D’Arcy and together they are known as The Offords. At the time of the 2001 census, the population of Offord Cluny was 502 people.^[1] Historically both had their own parish councils but these were merged in 2009. Council tax rates are higher in Offord Cluny than in Offord D’Arcy.

Offord D’Arcy is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Offord Cluny and Offord D’Arcy. It is 4.2 miles (6.8 km) north of St Neots and 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of Huntingdon. Offord D’Arcy is in Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as a historic county of England. It is the twin village of Offord Cluny and together they are known as The Offords. Historically both villages had their own parish councils but the two civil parishes were merged on 1 April 2010.^[1] At the time of the 2001 census, the population of Offord D’Arcy was 747 people.^[2]

Old Hurst is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England,^[1] approximately 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Huntingdon. It is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England.The small Parish Church of St Peter’s dates from the 13th century and is a Grade II* listed building.^[2]

Old Weston is a village located in Huntingdonshire, which is now part of Cambridgeshire, England¹. It’s situated near Molesworth, west of Huntingdon¹. The coordinates for Old Weston are approximately 52.367°N latitude and 0.383°W longitude¹.

Here is the location on the map for your reference.

The Raveleys consist of two small villages, Great Raveley and Little Raveley, located in Huntingdonshire, which is now part of Cambridgeshire, England. They are situated approximately 3½ miles south-west of Ramsey¹.

Great Raveley is known for its earthworks and moated sites, with buildings dating back to the 17th century, including the Manor House and the former Three Horseshoes Inn. The village does not have a church and is built along a branch road to Wood Walton¹.

Little Raveley once had a small church, the Church of St James, which is now a private residence. The parish of Little Raveley is mostly agricultural land, with some woodland areas like Raveley Wood. The village lies on the winding road from Broughton to Great Raveley¹.

For more detailed information, you can visit the Wikipedia page for The Raveleys¹.

The Offords is the name given to the two villages of Offord Cluny and Offord D’Arcy, situated on the east bank of the River Great Ouse between Saint Neots and Huntingdon in west Cambridgeshire. The Offords were both recorded in the Domesday Book as ‘Upeforde’ under two different landowners,^[1] which suggests they were one village at that time. By the 13th Century they had evolved into two distinct settlements, and remained so until the proximity and resulting close co-operation of the two villages lead to their merger in 2010.^[2] In 2008 the Parish Councils merged, and in 2010 the Huntingdon (Parishes) Order 2009 officially created the new Parish of ‘Offord Cluny and Offord D’Arcy‘.

Palmers Green is a suburban area and electoral ward in North London, England, within the London Borough of Enfield. It is located within the N13 postcode district, around 8 miles (13 km) north of Charing Cross. It is home to the largest population of Greek Cypriots outside Cyprus and is often nicknamed “Little Cyprus” or “Palmers Greek”.^[2]

Ponders End is the southeasternmost part of Enfield, north London, centred on the Hertford Road. Situated to the west of the River Lee Navigation, it became industrialised through the 19th century, similar to the Lea Valley in neighbouring Edmonton and Brimsdown, with manufacturing giving way to warehousing in the late-20th century. The area features much social housing, with streets also lined with suburban terraced housing from the 19th and early 20th centuries.

As a result of increased levels of immigration, the area has become the most ethnically diverse part of Enfield, with the majority of the population now having an ethnic minority background – as first recorded in the 2011 census. As of 2021 the area was experiencing large-scale regeneration, with the high-rise Alma Road Estate undergoing demolition and redevelopment by Countryside Properties^[1] (known as “Countryside Partnerships” from January 2022). Ponders End had a population of 15,664 as of 2011.