History
In AD 793 the town of Watford is thought to have been part of the Manor of Cashio, belonging to the Monastery and Abbey of St Albans. Cayshobury Grove and Wheppinddon (Whippendell) Grove are mentioned in the Domesday Book (1069).
"The abbey of St Albans holds Caissou. It answers for 20 hides: of these the abbot holds 19. There is land for 22 ploughs."
Pasture and pannage for a thousand hogs are also mentioned.
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