On this day in south west Hertfordshire
In your leading article, you express the opinion that it is doubtful whether the derivation of the name Watford will ever be solved.
Surely Watford speaks for itself – the ford where the Wat, ancient name for a hare, crosses.
Such a ford would have to be fairly narrow and the adjoining land dry and one visualises such a ford at the bottom of High Street and the high open hillside of Oxhey would be a favourite ground for hares as similar ground is today away from the towns.
[Letter to the Watford Observer of October 1, 1937]
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