IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Old Dean, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP3 0EX

Situated in Hyde Lane near Chesham Road, this TE, which has the code SMBD, replaced the now demolished former TE in High Street in the early 1970s. It provides telephone and broadband services to 2,325 residential and 134 non-residential premises in Bovingdon plus Flaunden and Whelpley Hill nearby. The blue areas round the windows could do with a lick of paint. The numbering range of this TE is (01442) 83xxxx, the (01442) referring to the Hemel Hempstead group of six TEs, and its postcode is HP3 0EF.

Bovingdon's Millennium Village Sign in the High Street features images of the Church of St Lawrence Image and the Old Well Image .

This village sign is in the High Street HP3 0HJ, and was erected to commemorate the Millennium. It comprises of St Lawrence Parish Church, while above it is the Ryder Memorial of a well cover for a hand pump.

This information board in located in High Street HP3 0HJ. It has the same wording and illustrations as the information board in Chipperfield Road, https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6587859 refers.

In April 2006 Hertfordshire County Council voted to close down the local fire station in Bovingdon, and there is a heated campaign to save it. The campaign's website is here http://www.save-bovingdon-firestation.co.uk/

The old part of a much-expanded village focuses on this staggered crossroads with a pond (in the greenery at the bottom left corner), well shelter and the hanging frame for a pub sign, sadly empty.

Bovingdon was once a centre of straw plaiting for hatmakers in Luton. Looking south eastwards down the High Street, The Bell is the near public house on the left, with The Bull the next building but one.

Bovingdon's most recognisable landmark is the five-sided Old Well at the junction of Green Lane with the High Street. An inscription around the arches reads "This house with the well is dedicated to ye beloved memory of Ye Honourable Granville D Ryder, late of Westbrook Hay of this Parish, who was born on November 26th 1799 and died on November 24th 1879, and was raised by his relatives for the use and comfort of his friends. The Village of Bovingdon April 1881". Needless to say the well is now sealed...

This photo shows the plaque outside the memorial hall in High Street. It has the following wording: IN COMMEMORATION Of members of the 3rd Air Division, 7531st Air Base Squadron and Support Units, 3rd U.S. Air Force who served from Bovingdon Airfield. The Units provided proficiency flying, operational flights and communications in support of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. The dedication to service and devotion to duty of the U.S. Air Force members contributed to the deterrence of tyranny and the preservation of peace and freedom. 1949 Image of U.S. Air Force plane 43-49774 1962 Dedicated September 20, 1998