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Hertfordshire Leasing

Did You Know?

Hertfordshire is known for having a rich history! It was even mentioned in the Domesday Book, a survey of England completed in 1086 – meaning it’s been a part of England for a long time.

In 50 AD, St Albans in Hertfordshire was invaded by the Romans and was transformed into the grand settlement called Verulamium. It was subsequently torched to the ground by Boudica a decade later (thanks, Boudica) yet the beautiful city still has remnants of its bygone Roman era.

And of course, Hertfordshire proximity to London means it’s a hotspot for film location scouts. Harry Potter and Batman are just some of the blockbusters to have been filmed on our green and pleasant lands.

During the famous 2012 Olympics, canoe slalom events took place not in London but in the purpose-built Lee Valley White Water Centre in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire. The Olympic venue took 18 months and £31 million to be constructed. It held 12,000 seats during the Games.

So the story goes that a 14th century monk named Thomas Rocliffe, who resided in St Albans Abbey in Hertfordshire, developed a cake-like recipe that went down a treat with his fellow monks, which came to be known as the Alban Bun. Brother Thomas would distribute these buns to the poor on Good Friday because he was a nice man and he wanted people to try his buns.

Maybe you already know that the world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking hails from St Alban's Boys School. At eight years old, Stephen moved to Hertfordshire from London in 1950 after his father became Head of Parasitology at the National Institute for Medical Research.

Astronomers from the University of Hertfordshire have played a key role in discovering planets outside of our solar system. One such planet is the spookily Earth-like Proxima b, which was found in the ‘Habitable Zone’, meaning it could potentially support water on its surface. If you’d like to visit, it’s only 25.2 trillion miles away.

The iconic author, poet and playwright Michael Morpurgo who is famous for children’s books War Horse and Private Peaceful, to name but a few, was born in the Cathedral City.

Hertfordshire is reportedly a wonderful place to live! It has beautiful scenery, wonderful schools, a thriving economy, and plenty of outdoor and indoor activities to enjoy! It’s also well-linked to several counties and cities across the south of the country.

A Hertfordshire Hedgehog is a term which used to refer to people from the county. It was originally coined by Londoners, who claimed people from Herts made for prickly neighbours, but the phrase is more affectionate nowadays - hedgehogs are cute after all!

The first reference (as "Heoroford") in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is for 1011, but the county's true origins lie in the 10th century, when Edward the Elder established two burhs in Hertford in 912 and 913 respectively. Hertfordshire did not exist in any practical sense in the late 9th century.

The John Wick star turned pubgoers' heads last month after popping by The Robin Hood in Tring on February 4, where he also thanked staff and posed for photos. Speaking to NME about the stop-by, Reeves explained: “I was outside London doing a documentary, and it was just shepherd's pie weather