he very oldest
dwellings in the county. The writer is assured by an expert that the
front door dates from 1450-80!

_Cromer_, a hamlet 5 miles S.W. from Buntingford, is prettily situated
in a valley, in a purely agricultural district.

_Cromer Hyde_ (11/2 mile S. from Ayot Station, G.N.R.) consists of a
farmhouse, the Chequer's Inn, and a few old and picturesque cottages.
The nearest church is 1/2 mile S.E. at the corner of Brocket Hall Park.

_Croxley Green_ (3/4 mile N.E. from Rickmansworth) is an ecclesiastical
parish near the river Chess. The church, built fifty years ago, is late
E.E. in style and has some good memorial windows.

_Cuffley_ is a small hamlet about midway between Cheshunt and Potter's
Bar (Middlesex) Stations, but a little N. from the straight line. The
Church of St. James at Goff's Oak (_q.v._) is 1 mile E.

_Cumberlow Green_ is 4 miles N.W. from Buntingford.

_Currants Bottom_, on the Bucks border, is close to Chorley Wood
Station, Met.R.

_Dane End_, or Munden Street, is 4 miles S.W. from Standon Station,
G.E.R. The nearest church (1/2 mile N.) is at Little Munden.

_Dane End_, 4 miles S. from Royston, is close to the Old North Road.
There are a few cottages and two farms.

_Dassells_ is a hamlet on the Old North Road, 1 mile E. from Westmill
Station, G.E.R. The little river Quin flows close by.

DATCHWORTH (11/2 mile S.E. from Knebworth Station, G.N.R.) has a church
with some Norman portions. Its spire is conspicuous for miles round. The
larger portion is, however, Dec. Note (1) some good stained glass
windows in chancel; (2) chalice dated 1630. The church was restored in
1869-70. The place is very ancient; we read that four hides of land at
_Decewyrth_ were granted by an early Saxon king to the Monastery of St.
Peter at Westminster, and that in the reign of Edward III. Thomas de la
Mere, Abbot of St. Albans, transferred the patronage of this church to
the king.

_Dean End_ (3/4 mile S. from Redbourn Station, M.R.) is a small hamlet.

_Delamore End_ is 1/2 mile E. from Flamstead, and near the high road to
Dunstable. The nearest railway station is Redbourn, 21/2 miles S.E.

_Digswell_, a village on the river Maran, is 1/2 mile S.W. from Welwyn
Station, G.N.R. Looking E. the visitor will notice the Great Northern
Viaduct over the Maran Valley--a truly magnificent structure of forty
arches. The church, beautifully situated on the hill, is[h] E.E. It
contains a large but much mutilated