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Located in the county of Hertfordshire, and around 25 miles north, and slightly west, of central London, is the town of Harpenden. In 1060 King Edward the Confessor granted the area of Harpenden, and the neighbouring village of Wheathampstead, to Westminster Abbey. It was gradually cleared of woodland for farming and settlement. The earliest mention of a church in Harpenden dates from 1221, in reference to St Nicholas Church (seen at the end of the walk - see the timestamps for reference). The name 'Harpenden' is derived from 'herpe dene’, meaning ‘the military path through the valley'. The Roman settlement of Verulamium (now St Albans) lies a few miles away with a number of roads connected to it. One of them, which linked Cheshunt and Dunstable, passed through Harpenden and followed a route along the dry valley which is now used by the A1081 road. The dry valley is one of three valleys surrounding Harpenden, the other two being the valleys of the River Ver and River Lea respectively. For centuries, Harpenden was a small agricultural village. Around the 18th and 19th century a new industry emerged - the straw plait industry. Due to the abundance of wheat in the area, straw hat making became the main industry in Harpenden. The industry itself was centred around the nearby towns of Luton and Dunstable, with nearby villages selling their plait to the hat manufacturers. In 1860 the railway arrived in Harpenden. A second station opened in 1868 by the Midland Railway. The original station was later closed in the 1960s due to the Beeching cuts, whilst the second is in use to this day on the Midland Main Line. This provides direct access to London St Pancras station in well under an hour, making Harpenden a popular commuter town for those working in the capital. From the late Victorian era to the present day, Harpenden has grown tenfold from a village of around 3,000 people, to a moderately-sized town of around 30,000. This population expansion has occurred with minimal blighting from modern architecture. Many of its older buildings have survived. 👇 SUBSCRIBE TO 4K EXPLORER FOR NEW VIDEOS EVERY WEEK 👇 https://www.youtube.com/4KExplorer?su... Filmed: 22nd January 2022 Link to the walk on Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/pA3YDE6mHTKdL7EF9 Filmed on a Sony FDR-AX700 with a Zhiyun Crane 2 and a Sony ECM-XYST1M Stereo Microphone. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Station Road 2:19 High Street 9:12 Bower's Parade 14:12 Station Road 14:47 St Albans Road 15:45 Leyton Road 17:23 Amenbury Lane 17:58 Leyton Green 19:11 Leyton Road 20:12 Church Green 21:30 St Nicholas Church (oldest church in Harpenden, mentioned in 1221) 21:37 Church Green