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Aldbury history
The single manor was recorded as Aldeberie in the 1086 Domesday Book. The public house “The Valiant Trooper” has served as an ale house for centuries, the first traceable evidence dated to 1752. The wooded slope towards the Bridgewater Monument is one of the steepest ascents in Hertfordshire.
Etymology
The name ‘Aldbury’ is derived from the Old English ald (old) burh (fortification) The name is derived from the Old English ald ald burh, meaning “fortification”
Aldbury Manor
Aldbury Manor was held by Alwin, a thegn of the king and by 1086 was in the hands of Robert, Count of Mortain. Various lower nobles followed until it was held in the 1530s under a Dynham family trust by a wife of William Fitzwilliam (Sheriff of London)
Stocks House or Stocks Manor (anciently la Stok)
Landowner William de Mandeville held land at “la Stock’ in Aldbury around 1176–1177. In 1277–1278, the men of Stocks were ordered to come de Bohun’s view of frankpledge at Amersham (Agmondesham) in Buckinghamshire. The land at Stocks belonged to a John de la Stock, who died in 1270. Stocks House became a bustling literary salon, welcoming intellectuals and writers of the day.
Launcelene’s Manor
This consisting of 70 acres (28 ha) general land, 3 acres (1.2 ha) of meadow and 5s. rent and was held in 1361 of the heir of Roger Launcelene in free socage for the service of one pair of white gauntlets. From this time it appears to have descended with the manor of Pendley in Tring.
Cherrywicke Manor (reputed as a manor)
Robert Dogget bought land in Aldbury from Edward Verney in 1557. Edward Dogget sold the actual manor to Francis Bellingham, though parcels near the churchlands were held by John Dogget in 1638.
1954 Valetta accident
On 6 January 1954 a Royal Air Force Vickers Valetta twin-engined training aircraft crashed at Tom’s Hill. 16 of the 17 airmen on board were killed.
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