Wikipedia:WikiProject Hertfordshire

Revival

I am sorry to read of the demise of this group. I for one would be interested in reviving it.--Thoughtfortheday (talk) 15:14, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

WikiProject Hertfordshire
Welcome to WikiProject Hertfordshire, a collaboration area and group of editors aimed at helping to maintain and improve articles related to the county of Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom.
Goals & Scope Maintain and improve all articles and pages related to Hertfordshire Guidelines Main page: WP:UKCITIES To-do Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Update Hertfordshire and History of Hertfordshire pages and bring them up to GA and eventually FA. Create primary school pages for the remaining districts (Broxbourne, East Herts, North Herts, St Albans, Stevenage, Welwyn Hatfield) along the lines of Primary schools in Watford. Add coordinates to Herts articles listed at Category:Hertfordshire articles missing geocoordinate data. Add infoboxes to Herts articles listed at Category:Hertfordshire articles needing infoboxes. Add maps to Herts articles listed at Category:Hertfordshire articles needing maps. Add references to Herts articles listed at Category:Unreferenced Hertfordshire articles. Assess unassessed articles Expand : this project. Add tasks to this to-do list Stubs : Hertfordshire's highest profile stubs (based on the number of page views) can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Hertfordshire/Popular pages Other : Place {{WikiProject Hertfordshire|class= |importance= }} banners on all related Herts pages including schools pages from Template:Schools in Hertfordshire and stations from Category:Railway stations in Hertfordshire. Assessment now available. Walkern village name origin Walkern name origin is wrong There is no evidence of fulling at the time of the foundation of the village. Historically the name was believed to have been a reference to "wal-cera" a strangers(welsh) dwelling possibly a celtic hermit monk? . It might also be named from "well-crowen" Well of crows as this is where the River Beane would have emerged from the crow mire.. after which the settlement of Cromer is named. Hereward The wiki (talk) 01:46, 2 April 2024 (UTC) I suggest that you mention these possible etymologies in the Walkern article. It would be useful to provide a reference.--Thoughtfortheday (talk) 20:45, 28 April 2024 (UTC) Dear contributor. Thanks for your help regarding proposed changes to the Wikipedia entry for Walkern I have located the original reference to "Strangers Lonely Dwelling" (Wal-Cera) HERTFORDSHIRE A Reading Book of the County by H R Wilton Hall published in London by Blackie and Sons 50 Old Bailey EC1 1903 It references The Lecture : " Place Names in Hertfordshire , Read Before THE St Albans Architectural and Archaeological Society in 1858 by Rev. H Hall. MA. Reference : "There is not much water to seen till WALKERN is reached which is said to mean "the servants lonely dwelling " There owing to the water it receives from springs the Beane becomes a much larger stream" H R Wilton Hall 195.11.111.60 (talk) 16:14, 2 May 2024 (UTC) The etymology For Walkern proposed " Well of Crows " is based on local wildlife habitat, topology, adjacent place names and local folklore (which should not be dismissed) The local Council School and History Society were not consulted before the current article was input THIS IS A DEPLORABLE OVERSIGHT . 195.11.111.60 (talk) 16:21, 2 May 2024 (UTC) (to edit this, go to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Hertfordshire/to do) Cleanup Listing A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects. Participants Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest. Simply south (talk · contribs) - General Herts and London articles. Lumos3 (talk · contribs) I live in west Herts so articles connected to that area. I watch / contribute regualrly to Hemel Hempstead, St Albans, and other local places. Soopa hoops77 18:32, 22 March 2007 (UTC)  DDStretch  (talk) 18:37, 10 April 2007 (UTC) (but probably not be a contributing member) Govvy (talk · contribs) 10:27, 28 May 2007 (UTC) Folks at 137 (talk · contribs) mainly west Herts PeterSymonds (talk · contribs), historical expansion MikeHobday (talk) 18:52, 24 December 2007 (UTC) Bastin (talk · contribs) Andrew (My talk) greebowarrior (talk · contribs) Trap The Drum Wonder (talk · contribs) S Marshall (talk · contribs) (mainly for History of Hertfordshire) WFCforLife (talk · contribs) Mainly Watford F.C., but also the Watford area in general and Herts related lists. AnemoneProjectors (talk · contribs) Stevenage and surrounding areas - may be able to help with providing images Marshall46 (talk · contribs) St Albans and district, Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield Kirachinmoku (talk · contribs) Bishop's Stortford and related articles Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk · contribs) Roads, railways, history, villages and countryside HahaLolXD (talk · contribs) St Albans, Radlett, people and schools, but I've lived all over the area so know a bit about everything. Jack1956 (talk · contribs) Mostly North Herts - I have written or expanded articles on Hitchin, Letchworth, Baldock and Weston, among others. Blythwood (talk · contribs) Fbpark (talk · contribs) SSSB (talk · contribs) ForayHistory (talk · contribs) Templates Templates Alerts Good article nominees 05 Jul 2026 – River Ivel (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by TheAnomynousEditor (t · c); start discussion 18 May 2026 – Michael C. Burgess (editor) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Filmforme (t · c); start discussion 09 Sep 2025 – Broadhall Way (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by SBFCEdit (t · c); start discussion 25 Aug 2025 – Dino Maamria (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by SBFCEdit (t · c); start discussion Requests for comments 26 Jul 2026 – Stanley Kubrick (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Shogeneral (t · c); see discussion Articles to be split 26 Jun 2026 – Watford DC line (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Pretzel Quetzal (t · c); see discussion 29 Jun 2024 – London Country North East (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Hullian111 (t · c); see discussion	Articles Herts pages ranked by readership Featured articles 1999 Football League First Division play-off final 2006 Football League Championship play-off final 2019 FA Cup final Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Michael Hordern The Importance of Being Earnest George Bernard Shaw Mortimer Wheeler Former featured articles Arthur Percival Featured lists Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust List of London Underground stations List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire List of Watford F.C. players List of Watford F.C. seasons List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the East of England List of local nature reserves in Hertfordshire Watford F.C. Player of the Season Good articles M25 motorway 2001: A Space Odyssey 2011 Football League Two play-off final 2013 Football League Championship play-off final Ælfric of Abingdon Alien: Covenant Berkhamsted Berkhamsted Castle Ernie Cooksey The Devil of Christmas Digswell Viaduct Alesha Dixon Barry Fuller Nigel Gibbs Alexander Goehr Rupert Grint Lewis Hamilton Hatfield rail crash History of Hertfordshire Hitchin Flyover Chris Holroyd Alan Julian Stanley Kubrick Adam Lallana Letchworth London Country North East Clive Mantle Gavin Massey Craig McAllister Middlesex Adam Miller (footballer, born 1982) Nabisco Shredded Wheat Factory John Nutter Guy Ritchie Séance Time Augustus Smith (politician) Tommy Smith (footballer, born 1980) Josh Walker (footballer, born 1989) Former good articles Victoria Beckham Sarah Brightman Buncefield fire Alex Pettyfer Sleepy Hollow (film) Watford F.C. Good article nominees Broadhall Way Michael C. Burgess (editor) Dino Maamria Eddie Odhiambo River Ivel New articles Please feel free to list your new Hertfordshire-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Page. St Albans Market Danais (hundred) St Albans F.C. Church of St Katherine, Ickleford Letchworth Cemetery St Mary's Church, Letchworth Reginald Hine Waytemore Castle Leavesden, Hertfordshire Gilston Sandon, Hertfordshire Great Munden Clothall Collaboration and review Article Collaboration and Improvement Drive Peer review Assessment Resources Parent projects WikiProject UK geography. WikiProject England Related projects WikiProject Bedfordshire WikiProject Buckinghamshire WikiProject London