Sandridge
Sandridge | ||
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Village | ||
Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | ST ALBANS | |
Postcode district | AL4 | |
Police | Hertfordshire | |
Fire | Hertfordshire | |
Ambulance | East of England | |
UK Parliament | ||
Website | Sandridge Parish Council | |
Sandridge is a village and
History
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The original name was "Saundruage" meaning a place of sandy soil serviced by bond tenants.
The earliest recorded mention of Sandridge is in the year 796 the parish being part of the revenue of the
Part of the parish of Sandridge was added to the
Second Battle of St Albans
In February 1461 the final skirmishes of the
Information
The village has three pubs: the Green Man, the Rose and Crown and the Queen's Head.
The village church,
It also supports Sandridge Rovers F.C., who play in the Hertfordshire Senior County League.
Sandridge was one of the earlier homes of the great English general, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and his infamous wife, Sarah, a favourite of Queen Anne. The title Baron Sandridge was given to Churchill by James II in 1685, and was his first English peerage title (his earlier title, Baron Eyemouth, had been created in 1682 by James's predecessor, Charles II, in the Peerage of Scotland).
In 1939 the first
It is home to a small grass airfield to the north, named Coleman Green Airstrip which is used for general aviation.
In 2008 the Woodland Trust announced plans to create a new forest north of Sandridge.[3] The 858 acres (347 hectares) of woodland are to be called Heartwood Forest.[4] The forest surround the north and northwest of the parish.
References
- ^ "Local statistics - Office for National Statistics". Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ "Sandridge CP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit". Visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ Alexandra Barham (30 July 2008). "Huge forest planned". St Albans & Harpenden Review. Retrieved 2 April 2009.
- ^ "Mickey Mouse brings Disney magic to Sandridge forest". The Herts Advertiser. 19 March 2009. Retrieved 2 April 2009.
Some dates in the history of St Leonard's Church, Sandridge, A paper read at a meeting of the St Albans and Hertfordshire Architectural and Archeological Society, held at Sandridge, June 24, 1900 by the Rev J.A. Cruikshank M.A.
External links
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