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Donate and become a Festival Friend!
The Festival weekend provides the Redbourn community with a weekend full of free family activities, music, entertainment and fun on the Common. We don't charge an entry fee and consequently rely upon our wonderful sponsors and the support of you to make everything happen.
You're invited to support our festival with a donation of any amount to add to the funds we need to make the weekend a really great success. In recognition, we'll happily add your name to our 'Wall of Friends' (see below). This takes the form of the Redbourn Priory Portico which can be found in the grounds of Redbourn Museum, linking us today to the history of our wonderful Village.
Your name or message can be added to sit alongside the names of the many famous, infamous and historic people associated with Redbourn through the ages.
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Via Verulam Cycling Club
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AMPHIBALUS (1)
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ABBOT SIMON (2)
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RICHARD D’ALBINI (3)
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SIR RICHARD READE (4)
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JOHN WOOLLAM (5)
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CHARLES WOOLLAM (6)
DUKE OF CUMBERLAND (7)
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RUSSELL HARBOROUGH (8)
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FREDERICK FEAUCLERK (9)
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LUKE BRICKLAND (10)
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HENRY STEPHENS (11)
HENRY CHARLES STEPHENS(12)
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ELIZABETH HOWARD (13)
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THOMAS WHITEHEAD (14)
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ROBERT CECIL PEAKE (15)
GERTRUDE PEAKE (16)
ANNE PEAKE (17)
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MARY LOFTY (18)
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C V H COOPER (19)
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GORDON BENINGFIELD (20)
JENNY APTHORPE (21)
MR BOUCHER (22)
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NICHOLAS FYNCHE (23)
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THOMAS SYMMS (24)
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REDBOURN HISTORICAL FIGURES THROUGH THE AGES
The history of Redbourn is colourful and many famous people have left their mark through the years. Below tells the story of Redbourn through the ages through the famous people associated with it.
- AMPHIBALUS 1178 (Robert Mercer (citizen) of St Albans had a visitation from St Alban telling him that Amphibalus’ bones could be found in Redbourn)
- ABBOT SIMON (12th Century Priory)
- RICHARD D’ALBINI (built St Marys Church)
- SIR RICHARD READE (formerly Lord Chancellor Ireland who bought the manor of Redbourn in the 16th century)
- JOHN WOLLAM (1857) (built a Silk Mill in Redbourn)
- CHARLES WOLLAM (1915) (land on which the Woollams Almhouses was left to Trustees in 1915)
- DUKE OF CUMBERLAND (1745 built Cumberland House)
- RUSSELL HARBOROUGH (1880 built a Jam Factory in Redbourn)
- FREDERICK FEAUCLERK (famous cricketer and Vicar of Redbourn 1827-1850)
- LUKE BRICKLAND (Master man of the workhouse in Church End)
- HENRY STEPHENS (1796-1864) (a doctor in Redbourn. He invented blue-black ink)
- HENRY CHARLES STEPHENS (son, who developed the ink business and became a Conservator party politician and philanthropist)
- ELIZABETH HOWARD (Duchess of Norfolk - lived in Redbourn)
- THOMAS WHITEHEAD (died 1611 - earliest known brewer in Redbourn)
- ROBERT CECIL PEAKE (owner of Cumberland House - installed a generator to supply electricity to his house – first electric lighting in Redbourn who died 1933)
- GERTRUDE PEAKE (1928 founded the WI in Redbourn)
- ANNE PEAKE (Gertrude Peak Place - sheltered accommodation named after the two sisters)
- MARY LOFTY (appointed by the Parish for “searcher of dead bodies” 1777)
- C V H COOPER (1930’s Headmaster of Redbourn Boy’s School built on land given by the Earl of Verulam)
- GORDON BENINGFIELD (1936-1998 wildlife artist)
- JENNY APTHORPE (Headmistress of Redbourn Girls School introduced the first Mapole celebration)
- MR BOUCHER (1903) (the local dentist owned the first private car in the village)
- NICHOLAS FYNCHE (owner of the White Hart in 1582 - now India Gates restaurant)
- THOMAS SYMMS (Innkeeper in 1530 of The Saracens Head, 19 High Street)
To make a donation please complete the form below and click proceed to PayPal (if you do not have a PayPal account you can pay as a guest with a card without signing up).
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