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Dist:0.3km<br/>
©Colin Pyle
Dist:0.3km<br/>This broken milepost stands on the old Great North Rd. This is now the B197 Stevenage to Welwyn Garden City road. In fact most people making this journey use the A1 which runs parallel and about 50 yards to the left. This milepost is cast iron and has been broken at some stage. This is the road that Dick Turpin would have ridden from York to London on.
©Robin Hall
Dist:0.4km<br/>Taken from the very edge of the square facing the mill.
©Robin Hall
Dist:0.6km<br/>A peaceful village scene but, yards away in a cutting, is the A1(M)
©Richard Thomas
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©Julian Osley
Dist:0.8km<br/>Looking south from TL218139 to the gates of Brocket Hall - home of convicted fraudster and annoying D-list reality TV celeb Lord Brocket. Most of the rest of the grid square South of here is private, and judging by the spikes, CCTV and "STOP" notices I don't think he'll let you in.
©Rob Hinkley
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©Colin Pyle
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©Sebastian Ballard
Dist:1.0km south<br/>
©John Partridge
Dist:1.0km east<br/>Sherrardspark Wood consists of 200 acres of ancient woodland – with oak and hornbeam – and much wild life. It is close to the centre of Welwyn Garden City.
©Chris Reynolds
Dist:1.0km south<br/>
©Sebastian Ballard
Dist:1.1km south<br/>There are many theories regarding the origins of the name. The current pub sign shows a coach and four crossing a ford formed where the river Lea crossed the road in front of the pub. There is a signal board having two arms, one long and one short used to indicate the depth of water in the ford. It might be noted that the ford was bridged in 1775 and the beer house did not get its license until 100years later although the original building dates from 1734. An alternative theory is that the long and short refer to the lengths of the two roads out of the village. That which goes off to the right was a longer route compared with the shorter steeper route that once ran the left of the pub. Another theory is that an early sign was painted by one John Frederick Herring, an accomplished "whip" and artist who frequently came through the village on his way from London to York. His sign showed a coachman extending his arm to the publican who was holding a glass of ale back with a short arm. To make the meaning clear the inscription "pay before you sup" was incorporated into the design. One more suggestion is that a coach and four horses as depicted in the sign has to be driven by the coachman with the reins of one pair of horses in the left hand on a "long arm" and the other pair on a "short arm." However as it says in the Lemsford Local History Group, Publication No. 3,... "other suggestions have been put forward over the years and the reasons for the name remains a riddle to this day."
©John Partridge
Dist:1.1km east<br/>This disused line is at the back of Campus West and is now a footpath leading to Sherrardspark Wood. This was a branch line on the Great Northern Railway and was opened for traffic between Luton and Welwyn Junction in 1860.
©Chris Reynolds
Dist:1.1km southeast<br/>
©Jo Turner
Dist:1.1km south<br/>
©Robert Edwards

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