WALKING IN WHEATHAMPSTEAD PART FOUR

Wheathampstead is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, north of St Albans. The population of the ward at the 2021 census was 6,622. Included within the parish is the small hamlet of Amwell.

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Those fields near the Cory Wright Way by-pass used to be short green grass with cattle from Marford Farm grazing on them. I lived nearby. About 50 yrs ago my sister and I would call the cows in for milking for the farmer, rattle the chain on the gate, herd them out, over the ford and into the farm yard. They each went into their respective milking stalls, now part of the farmhouse. The fields have gone to seed, tall thistles, long grass and giant hog weeds. Those wire fences along the path weren't there, it's all changed. It's wild and beautiful, a habitat for wildlife.