Puckeridge
| Puckeridge | |
| Hertfordshire | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL387236 |
| Location: | 51°53’39"N, -0°-0’52"E |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | SG11 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Hertfordshire |
Puckeridge is a village in Hertfordshire, on the A10, which is an ancient route if not in its current form. It seamlessly adjoins Standon
A Roman town stood just to the north of the existing village. The village is at the crossroads of two major Roman roads, Ermine Street (now he A10) and Stane Street.
The neighbouring villages of Standon and Braughing are recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, but Puckeridge is not, being too small to form a manorial estate on its own, though it was probably in existence.
The hamlet 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.
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.
The village shares its name with HMS Puckeridge, a Hunt class destroyer named after the Puckeridge Hunt (based in nearby Brent Pelham). The ship was lost to enemy action during the Second World War.
The village houses three schools, small convenience stores and a pub with a mixture of old and relatively new houses.
Near Puckeridge, there is Puckeridge DECCA tower, a free-standing tower radiator used for Decca Navigator System.
Trivia
Puckeridge is the name of a third-string theatre critic in Tom Stoppard's comic drama The Real Inspector Hound.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Puckeridge) |
- Village website
- Puckeridge Hunt website
- White Hart Pub
- Crown and Falcon
- Puckeridge on A Guide to Old Hertfordshire]