Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
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Puckeridge, a village in Hertfordshire six and a half miles N.N.E, of Ware.
STANDON and PUCKERIDGE [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=538630&y=223376&z=0&ar=Y]
were once separate but are now one settlement at the centre of East Herts and near the Roman crossroads of Ermine Street and Stane Street……
The fact that Puckeridge was once an important coaching stop is evident still today in the arches in the High Street which used to lead to stable yards. Diarist Samuel Pepys took advantage of its many inns, including the Falcon in 1662. He wrote: ‘The way about Puckeridge very bad, and my wife, in the very last dirty place of all, got a fall, but no hurt, though some dirt.’
http://www.herts-essex-news.co.uk/people/localguide/p/puckeridge.lpf
http://www.city-visitor.com/puckeridge/
once famous for its Hunt, but foxes now can roam and steal the local chickens. http://www.huntinginquiry.gov.uk/evidence/bryeriv.htm
found this back to SP
http://www.techquila.com/pepysmap/html/puckridge.html
Some of the local village names be fun.
There be village of Nasty and one time had a women’s institute.
There be Braughing , Hadhams, Hare street, Wadesmill etc.