Woolmer Green

Woolmer Green is a small village in Hertfordshire, England.

It is between the villages of Welwyn and Knebworth, Woolmer Green was first settled in the Iron Age. The Belgae colonised the area in the 1st century BC, and later it was settled by the Romans. 

Many Roman artefacts have been found in the surrounding area. There was a Roman bath house at nearby Welwyn. The village was at the junction of two thoroughfares, the Great North Road and another road called Stane Street from St Albans. The route of this road runs across the parish along the path of Robbery Bottom Lane, continuing on as a public bridleway to Datchworth and then Braughing, on its way to another major Roman town, Colchester.

Thomas de Wolvesmere is recorded as having lived here in 1297, and his name may have led to the present name of the village.

References

Other websites
 Woolmer Green website
 Population figures (PDF) 
 For some newsreel about Harry the Woodcarver 

Category:Villages in Hertfordshire
Category:Civil parishes in Hertfordshire