Aldbury, Hertfordshire [Explored #461 on Tuesday, June 7, 2022]

            Aldbury  is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, near the borders of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire in the Bulbourne valley close to Ashridge Park. The nearest town is Tring. Uphill from the narrow valley are the Bridgewater monument and the Ashridge estate. It is noted for its picturesque setting and has been referred to as a "chocolate-box" village due to its traditional appearance.

Aldbury is a village which retains several archetypical historical features. In the centre is a green pond; close by stand stocks and a whipping-post, in excellent preservation; a primary school; and the Church of Saint John the Baptist. The single manor was recorded as Aldeberie in the 1086 Domesday Book, and the public house "The Valiant Trooper" has served as an ale house for centuries, the first traceable evidence dated to 1752.

The wooded slope towards the Bridgewater Monument is one of the steepest ascents in Hertfordshire, crowned by a ridge at one of the five highest elevations in the county. Monuments in the church witness the importance of certain manorial families including the family of Sir Ralph Verney (1546), who have the northern chapel in the church, and the similarly landed family of Thomas Hyde, (1570), and his son George (1580).[3] Aldbury was the home of Sir Guy de Gravade, known as the Wizard of Aldbury, who was reputed to be able to turn base metals into gold.

Aldbury is a popular location for films and television. Among film and television series scenes filmed in the village are:

Film:

1947: Jassy (the last production by Gainsborough Pictures)
1967: The Dirty Dozen (the scene at the beginning of the training exercise)
1969: Crossplot (last scene)
1979: The Shillingbury Blowers (film) starring Trevor Howard, Diane Keen
1999: Parting Shots A movie directed by Michael Winner, starring Chris Rea and Felicity Kendal. Various scenes were shot opposite The Greyhound pub next to the village pond.
2004: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, the Greyhound pub (including a scene involving fox hunting cut from the cinema release but on DVD)

Television:

1967: The Avengers, two episodes of the sixties TV series, episode "Dead Man's Treasure" town renamed "Swingingdale" original air date 21 October 1967 (UK). And the complete episode "Murdersville" renamed "Little Storping In-The-Swuff" original air date 11 November 1967 (UK)
Inspector Morse, the TV detective series, the pub
Shillingbury Tales series, filmed in 1980. The church, churchyard/graveyard and path to the primary school as well as the Greyhound pub also featured in a Dave Allen sketch (the race to the graveyard between two funeral parties)
National Lottery, the initial advertisements (despite the fact that the shop was unable to sell tickets at the time)
Marchlands
Midsomer Murders episodes "Written in Blood" and "Murder of Innocence"
   

Taken in: UK / England / Dacorum District / Aldbury (show map)

Taken on: May 17, 2022

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