Redbourn Hert's
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Norfolk12
N 51° 48.156 W 000° 23.304
30U E 680060 N 5742309
A lovely metal sign depicting a coach and four white horses, this
one is by a lump of Hertfordshire Puddingstone.
Waymark Code: WMAJ2B
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/19/2011
Views: 7
There is another similar sign at the other side of the village.
Redbourn's name simply derives from the Red River that runs across Redbourn Common (bourn – a small stream or brook). The village name means ‘reedy stream' and comes from the Old English words hreod and burna. In the Domesday Book the name appears as Redborne. The River Ver rises in Redbourn and flows down to St Albans (Verulamium). In the 2001 census the population was 4,601.
Redbourn developed with the coming of coach travel and due to the presence of the Roman road Watling Street. Eventually virtually all of the A5 at Redbourn was occupied by coaching inns and Redbourn became known as The Street of Inns. As usually happened the introduction of the railways and the decline in coach travel saw most of the inns close.
Location: on the Hemel Hempstead - Harpenden Road
Plaque: no
Construction Material: metal sign on wooden post with planting
Artist: not listed
Web Address: [Web Link]
Sign Date: Not listed
Occasion Commemorated: Not listed
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