King's Walden

King's Walden is a civil parish in the English county of Hertfordshire. The name includes an apostrophe,[1] but this is often omitted.[2]

Kings Walden
Kings Walden
 Kings Walden shown within Hertfordshire
Population 1,600 (2001)
OS grid referenceTL151220
Civil parishKings Walden
DistrictNorth Hertfordshire
Shire countyHertfordshire
RegionEast
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town HITCHIN
Postcode district SG4
Dialling code 01438
Police Hertfordshire
Fire Hertfordshire
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
UK ParliamentHitchin and Harpenden
List of places
UK
England
Hertfordshire

Coordinates: 51°53′06″N 0°19′40″W / 51.885100°N 0.327719°W / 51.885100; -0.327719

The main settlement is now Breachwood Green, and there are also the hamlets of King's Walden, Ley Green, Darleyhall, Lye Hill, Wandon End, Wandon Green and Winch Hill. At the south of the parish there is Lawrence End Park.

King's Walden settlement

The old settlement called King's Walden lies in the centre of the parish, near the church, and its population is just 35.[3]

Breachwood Green

Breachwood Green lies 1 mile south-west of the old village, and its population is 614.[3] Breachwood Green was serenaded by a Hitchin comedian, Paul B. Edwards, in a song making fun of the quiet village. The village has one pub, The Red Lion which is owned by Green King. The village has the only school (Breachwood Green JMI) in the parish which was built in 1859.[4] During the 1970s there was a separate Post Office and Village Stores located in different parts of the village. The Post Office was originally located in Chapel Road next to the Red Lion this moved a few hundred yards along the road to north near St Mary's rise, it then moved again in the mid-1970s to the village store on retirement of the village postmistress. The Village Store closed during the 1990s and has become part of a neighbouring car showroom which was formerly the village petrol station. To the north of the village is a partially restored windmill (without sails). Breachwood Green owes it existence to the farming community as the village was originally a collection of farms, Wheelwrights, Blackmiths and substantial stables. The village also has a large gothic Chapel.

Ley Green

Ley Green lies ½ mile north of the old village, and its population is 86.[3] The village has a post office and store, it had a small school which is now closed. There is a pub called The Plough.

Darleyhall

Darleyhall lies ½ mile west of Breachwood Green, and its population is 30.[3]

Lye Hill

Lye Hill lies ½ mile south of Breachwood Green, and its population is 33.[3]

Wandon End

Wandon End lies 1 mile west of Breachwood Green.

Wandon Green

Wandon Green lies 1 mile south of Breachwood Green and includes Diamond End.

Winch Hill

Winch Hill lies 1 mile south-west of Breachwood Green. It is a made up of several houses and a derelict farm adjacent to Eastern perimeter of London Luton Airport, much of the land here is owned by the Crown Estates.

References

  1. ↑ Ordnance Survey, OS Explorer Map 193, Edition A1, 2006, ISBN 0-319-23783-4.
  2. ↑ Royal Mail, Postal Address Book: Anglia 2, Edition H, 2003.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Population figures are taken from Hertfordshire County Council - Population and household counts for Hertfordshire settlements - 2001 census.
  4. ↑ http://www.breachwoodgreen.herts.sch.uk/school_history.htm

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