Digswell is a village and former parish in the English county of Hertfordshire which is recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book.

In the early 20th century an area called "High Welwyn" began to develop around the railway station.

[6][7] On 30 May 1919 part of the estate once belonging to Lord Cowper of Panshanger was bought at auction by a group of pioneers of the Garden city movement including Ebenezer Howard.

Notable past residents here include Kenneth Allsop, Alan Brazil, Ron Pickering, Graham Richard James, the police reformer Sir Arthur Young, H. G. Wells and American actor Barry Chapman.

When first developed, this residential area was known as "High Welwyn"[14] before later taking on the name of the old parish on the south side of the nearby Hertford Road.