Welcome To Puckeridge Village
Puckeridge nestles in an area of natural beauty, 27 miles north of London, between the villages of Standon and Braughing both recorded in the Domesday Book. The earliest known settlement was founded by the Catavellauni, Celts from north-eastern France. The Celts began to arrive around 250 BC.
By 200 AD, rich from the proceeds of agriculture, they built a town at the northern end of the village identified as Ad Fines. This was a regional capital, the starting point for three major Celtic roads to Colchester, St Albans and Baldock - all important Celtic centres before the Romans took over. Ad Fines had a large temple dedicated to Minerva, at least two bath houses on the banks of the River Rib and survived until the end of the 5th Century AD.
The departure of the Romans caused the collapse of the grain trade. Now commercially weak, the townspeople could not resist the Saxon invaders of 600 AD. The Saxons, typically, eschewed the ready-built township on the hill and built their rude settlements elsewhere, at Braughing and Standon. They referred to Ad Fines as the Devils Hill or in their tongue, "Puck's Rigg". Contributed by Tony Harris.
Latest News
Neighbourhood Watch
posted on 15th May 2008
A summerhouse was broken into in Gravelly Dell, Braughing between 1815 and 1900 hours on Friday 9th May. Offenders gained access to the rear garden by means unknown and forced entry to the summerhouse but nothing was stolen. ... [read more]
Deafness Awareness week.
posted on 29th April 2008
PCSO Amy Phelps, your local Police Link Officer for the Deaf community for East Herts will be in Bishop's Stortford on the 6th, 8th and 9th May. ... [read more]
A120 Petition
posted on 26th April 2008
Deadline to sign up by: 15 June 2008 – Signatures: 85 ... [read more]
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