Redbourn, Hertfordshire

Description
Redbourn, a village and a parish in Herts. The village stands on the river Verlam and on Watling Street, has a station on the Luton and Hemel Hempstead branch of the M.R., and is 4 1/4 miles NW from St Albans. A very ancient place, it has a post, money order, and telegraph office under St Albans. Area of parish, 4563 acres; population, 2016. The manor was given by Egelwine the Saxon to the monks of St Albans; later it passed to the Rowlats, and belongs now to the Earl of Verulam. A cell to St Albans Abbey was founded in the 12th century. A fair is held on the first Wednesday after 1 Jan. There are silk and corn mills on the river Verlam, and straw-plait is manufactured. A large ancient camp is at Aubrey. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St Albans; gross value, £240. Patron, the Earl of Verulam. The church, which is partly Norman, is a building of stone consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, S porch, and an embattled western tower. It has some ancient tombs and memorials-, and a very fine carved oak rood-screen. There are Baptist, Congregational, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan chapels. Beeson's End, Dean End, and Revel End are adjacent hamlets.