Woolmer Green

Woolmer Green

St Michael and All Angels, Woolmer Green, by Robert Weir Schultz
Woolmer Green is located in Hertfordshire
Woolmer Green
Woolmer Green
Location within Hertfordshire
Population661 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceTL253186
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKNEBWORTH
Postcode districtSG3
Dialling code01438
PoliceHertfordshire
FireHertfordshire
AmbulanceEast of England
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51°51′08″N 0°10′48″W / 51.85226°N 0.18005°W / 51.85226; -0.18005

Woolmer Green is a small village in Hertfordshire, England.

It is between the villages of Welwyn and Knebworth, Woolmer Green was first settled in the Iron Age. The Belgae colonised the area in the 1st century BC, and later it was settled by the Romans.

Many Roman artefacts have been found in the surrounding area. There was a Roman bath house at nearby Welwyn. The village was at the junction of two thoroughfares, the Great North Road and another road called Stane Street from St Albans. The route of this road runs across the parish along the path of Robbery Bottom Lane, continuing on as a public bridleway to Datchworth and then Braughing, on its way to another major Roman town, Colchester.

Thomas de Wolvesmere is recorded as having lived here in 1297, and his name may have led to the present name of the village.

  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.

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