Chipperfield parish was created in 1838, and included part of Abbots Langley. Another part of the parish was transferred to the new parish of Leverstock Green in 1849

This view of the High Street is from a postcard posted 1904 with the Kings Head public house on the right and the church on the left.  The Kings Head is first recorded in 1756 and the original building was demolished in 1965 and rebuilt. In early records it should not be confused with the Kings Head, Hunton Bridge, which is in the same parish. (Hertfordshire Inns and Public Houses)

The card was published by Thomas Carter, newsagent & stationer, Abbots Langley.  Mrs Mary Ann Pluck was listed as the landlord of the Kings Head. (Kelly's 1902).

The small picture shows a similar view a few years later. "The Lych Gate and Village, Abbots Langley". Note the young tree planted near the lych gate. This card is a Valentine Sepiatype Series JV 68613 which was photographed in 1911.

This card is looking along the road from the other end of the High Street to the previous picture. On the right one can see some tombstones behind the churchyard wall. The shops and houses are those that can be seen in the distance in the above card  The card was sent in January 1906 from 45 St Mary's Road, Watford, to the writer's sister, Miss Edie Randall, Coldstream Ranch, Vernon, British Columbia, Canada.  It was  published by Coles, Photographer, Watford.

Marina wrote: I was looking at your postcards and really enjoy looking at all the places in Hertfordshire and surrounding areas.  I found a postcard on the page titled Abbots Langley that had been addressed to  Miss Edie Randall who was my Great Aunt!  Reuben's sister.  She came to Canada and lived at Coldstream Ranch with her brother Reuben and their mother Emma (Thorn) Randall (who was from Hawridge).  Edie married and lived out her days in Canada. Her sister Gussie was probably the writer of the postcard.  [See Randall connections with Watford and Canada]

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ABBOTS LANGLEY, 1½ miles east [of Kings Langley], in Cashio Hundred, is so called from having been at an early period granted to the Abbey of St Alban's, to supply it with clothing. Nicholas Breakspeare, the only English pope, was born here. The living is a discharged vicarage, value £350, in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. Richard Gee, M.A. The manor now belongs to Sidney College, Cambridge, and Trinity College, Oxford. The area is 5,100 acres, and the population, in 1841, was 2,115. The assessment to the Income Tax was £10,780 in 1842. Here is a National School for boys and Girls.

HUNTON BRIDGE is a large hamlet in the parish of Abbots Langley, 1½ miles south-west, BEDMENTS is a large hamlet, 1 mile north; LEVESDEN GREEN is 1 mile south; KITTER'S GREEN is another hamlet.

[Public Houses and Beer Retailers:]

Post Office Directory, 1851

Kitters Green

Abbots Hill

Booksellers Retreat

The Fishmonger

Abbots Langley School

Hunton Bridge School

St Paul's & War Memorial