A village history was drawn up by the late Esme Nix for the Village Information Pack in 1989. The pack was distributed to all homes in Hertford Heath. All the information it contained has been included (and updated) on this site. Click to read the history.

The research into the old maps was prompted by the discovery of an abandoned well in London Road.

The 1898 maps show that the village had maybe dozens of wells. It might be worth checking to see if there is one in your back garden before you dig too deep. Other curiosities are the clearly marked 'Union Boundary'. It was obviously important then but what was the Union?

Also many of the older residents speak of the two pubs which used to be in Downfield Road (then known as The Street). Our four current locals are marked on all maps (with a few name changes obviously) but there is no sign of The Two Brewers and its neighbour. The 1899 map, which covers all of the village, seems to have The Crown (aka The Silver Fox) down as a shop (maybe the current Post Office) but the 1898 map of Hertford Heath has The Crown and no shop, but it does have the letters PO nearby. The Post Office was, for many years, in what is now the Londis shop, but was it originally in its present site?

If you know the answer to these questions or think of any more, please let me know either by e-mail clerk@hertfordheath.com or by phone – 01992 581994.

A belated thank you to Mark Gobell of Stanstead Abbots who wrote suggesting that the Union Boundaries were the actual boundaries of adjacent Poor Law Unions. Prior to 1834 workhouses were usually the responsibility of the local Parish but after the 1834 Poor Law Act, Poor Law Unions were formed grouping several Parishes into geographical Unions. Ware & Hertford Poor Law Unions were both formed in 1835. The links below provide a list of Parishes included in each Union.

Ware Poor Law Union
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/Ware/Ware.shtml

Hertford Poor Law Union
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/Hertford/Hertford.shtml

Click on the following to view the maps. Please note that these are reproduced by kind permission of the Ordnance Survey and can only be used for private purposes.

Little Amwell in 1898 Hertford Heath in 1898 The Village in 1899 Little Amwell in 1923

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The Classic Car Gathering round the Village Green on the first Sunday of each month has been happening without a single break since 1975. It is the largest unaffiliated regular event of its kind in the UK.

Clive Gillingham has produced a set of walks around the village, a number of which are suitable for pushchairs, etc. If you click on a link, you will be taken to a PDF file which you can download and take on your walk! It is hoped that a booklet of these walks will be produced soon.

Pushchair walk 4 - 2.75 miles starting at the Village Hall or the Jolly Pindar PH

A new website for walkers in Hertfordshire: www.walkinginherts.co.uk gives you all the information you need for the best walking in the County.

Guided walks: Eighty walks detailed every month. The website tells you how long the walk is, which group is running it, when and where it starts and a contact number in case of questions.

Books of walks: There are more than twenty books of walks for the County. All the details are here.

Leaflets of walks: More than eighty leaflets are produced around the County, many of them difficult to find. Not any more! www.walkinginherts.co.uk list them all.

Walking groups: Every walking group in the County is listed (more than 35 of them!).

There are also links so that you can check: the weather for your walk, links to other useful sites, how to get to your walk by public transport – and more is being added all the time.

The County Council's website (www.hertsdirect.org) contains a summary of the 2001 census data for all villages in Hertfordshire.

Member of Parliament	Mark Prisk	0207 2196358
Hertfordshire County County Council	Cllr Mike Tucker	01920 464826
East Herts District Council	Cllr William Ashley	01992 511313
Hertford Heath Parish Council	Carolyn Morgan (Clerk)	01992 581994
Police	Non-emergency	0845 33 00 222
Water Board	Thames Water	0845 920 0800
Gas - Emergency	Transco	0800 111 999
Electricity - Emergency	Eastern Electricity	00800 7 838 838
Childline		0800 1111
Samaritans		0845 7 909090
Brickendon Liberty Parish Council		01920 438280
Little Berkhamsted Parish Council		01992 511697

Allotments	Bob Akers	01992 420340
Badminton Club	Mrs Stubbs	01992 589662
Beavers	Mr T Johnson	01992 587395
Brownies	Mrs T Strike	01992 465948
Buggy Club	Lisa Phypers	01992 412024
Carpet Bowls	Doreen Bunyan (Secretary)	01992 500351
Conservative Party	Mark Prisk MP's office	01920 462182
Cubs	Mrs D Cox	01438 351566 (Mon only 5.15 - 6.30 pm)
Ducklings Playgroup	Tina Davis Christine Smith	01992 420440 01992 505670
Hertford Heath Football Club	Peter Shepherd	01992 550814
Horticultural Society	Mrs F Castle	01992 551398
Junior Football	Mrs Dawn Sleet	01992 554635
Ladies Circle	Mrs Kath Childs	01992 583779
Liberal Democrats	James Lucas		james.lucas@fsmail.net
Mission Room bookings	Mrs Lobacz Tue/Wed/Fri 6 pm - 8 pm, Sat 9 am - 10 am ONLY	01992 550191
Nature Reserve	Jackie Clark	01992 442816
Netball	Maureen Perez Jane Bilton	01992 589817 01992 534393	zerep@btinternet.com jane@skidmores.co.uk
Rainbow Guides	Temporarily suspended
School	Mrs J Smith	01992 583622
Trinity Club	Mrs J Bawcutt	01992 581334
Trinity Tots	Mrs C Johnson	01992 589140
Vicar	Rev Nick Sharp	01992 589147	nick.sharp@xalt.co.uk
Village Hall	Bookings 6.00pm - 9.00pm ONLY	01992 583214
Women's Institute	Mrs B Dymock	01992 582960