Redbourn, High Street c.1965
Photo ref:
R87036
More about this scene
It is a few years after No R87001 (above), and the High Street is still almost deserted - just a couple of cars but no pedestrians, despite the new-fangled zebra crossing. As every school child knows, the Romans built long straight roads; Redbourn High Street is no exception, for it forms part of the Roman Watling Street. It was along this road that the body of King Edward I's wife, Eleanor, was brought on its journey from Lincoln to London. In 1554, the sick and feeble Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth I) was dragged from her bed at Ashridge to be brought to the Tower of London. She was so weak that her first overnight stop was at Redbourn. A hundred and seventy years ago, a Dr Stephens lived in the High Street. His invention of blue-black ink made him world famous.
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