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Elstree
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A brief note about the area
A ghost with a beard and the sound of foosteps A phantom coach and horses |
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Elstree is a small town about one and a half kilometres west of Borehamwood. Even though Borehamwood has grown and practically swallowed Elstree the latter is the older of the two dating back to at least Roman times. The Roman road Watling Street passes through Elstree and the Roman settlement Sulloniacae is believed to have been located at Brockley Hill which lies a mile from Elstree village. The name derives from the Old English word treow meaning tree and a personal name giving ‘Tidwulf's tree’.
In the 1970s a ghostly figure of a bearded man was seen in the Hollybush public house. Footsteps were also heard around the building but there was never anyone there to have caused them.
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The Waggon and Horses was once a coaching inn and something seems to think that it still is. On no less than three occasions someone travelling on the Elstree to Radlett road has seen a coach and horses standing opposite the Waggon and Horses. The traveller has seen a man dressed in jacket, knee breeches and a tri-cornered hat help a lady in grey down from the coach and across the road where they disappeared into the pub.
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