Flamstead

Flamstead
Houses in Singlets Lane, Flamstead
Flamstead Location within Hertfordshire
Population	1,306 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid reference	TL078145
Civil parish	Flamstead
District	Dacorum
Shire county	Hertfordshire
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ST ALBANS
Postcode district	AL3
Dialling code	01582
Police	Hertfordshire
Fire	Hertfordshire
Ambulance	East of England
List of places UK England Hertfordshire 51°49′07″N 0°26′15″W / 51.81874°N 0.43744°W / 51.81874; -0.43744

Flamstead is a village and civil parish in north-west Hertfordshire, England, close to the junction of the A5 and the M1 motorway at junction 9. The name is thought by some historians to be a corruption of the original Verulamstead.

Flamstead stands on a ridge above the River Ver, which runs on its north side; to the south the village extends downhill to the adjoining hamlet of Trowley Bottom. The first documented record of the village was in 1006, and it was also recorded in the Domesday Book eighty years later. In the Middle Ages it was important enough for a market and fair to be held there, though it is now mainly a dormitory village for neighbouring towns, several of which can be reached by bus from the village. The current population is around 1,306.^[1]