[3][4] Elstree & Borehamwood railway station is on the Midland Main Line between London St Pancras and Bedford.

[5] The area of Borehamwood to the west of the railway line, formally Deacon's Hill, is colloquially called Elstree even though it is not contiguous with the village.

Elstree South Underground station was due to be an extension of the Northern line, planned in the 1930s, but never completed.

[8] After World War II the airfield was initially used to fly in converted Halifaxes stacked with food supplies to supplement the depleted British stocks; however, after an overloaded plane damaged the runway it was no longer used for this purpose.

[9] On 29 November 1975, retired Formula One race car driver and Embassy Hill car owner Graham Hill and his racing driver Tony Brise were piloting a twin-engine six-seat Piper PA-23-250 Aztec (N6645Y) from France to London with four additional team members aboard.

All six were killed when it crashed and burned in heavy fog on Arkley Golf Course, 3 miles (5 km) short of the runway.

[21] The Tudor-style building dates back to 1540, was converted into a hotel in the 1960s, and has featured in many TV and film productions, such as the 1968 Hammer Horror classic, The Devil Rides Out.

Notable guests have included Peter Sellers, Tom Cruise, John Cleese and Stanley Kubrick.

St Nicholas Parish Church was designed by English architect Philip Charles Hardwick.

Now, Yavneh College is headed up by Mr Spencer Lewis, ex-head teacher of King Solomon High School.

[37] Tykes Water Bridge features in the open credits to the Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee film, Dracula A.D. 1972,[38] and used in several episodes of the Diana Rigg and Linda Thorson seasons of The Avengers, including the final Thorson opening titles.

[40] English watercolour landscape painter John Hassell writes: In 1886, the Photographic Society of Great Britain featured an exhibition of photos of Elstree Reservoir by Edgar Clifton.

[44] The name "Elstree" derives from the Anglo-Saxon phrase for "Tidwulf's Tree", which is mentioned as "Tidulfres treow" in an 11–12th-century manuscript of an A.D. 786 charter.

[48] In 1723, topographer John Norden noted in his book Speculum Britanniae, that in the county of Hartfordshire [sic] was one "Elstre or Eglestre".

Robinson Crusoe author, Daniel Defoe wrote in his 1748 travel guide that: In 1811, topographer Daniel Lysons writes: In the 5th century, British warlord Vortigern and his two sons, Vortimer and Catigern, took part in the Battle of Elstree, then called the Battle of Ailestreu,[53] where the Saxon Horsa was killed.

[55] In 1776, the House of Lords granted: In 1796 topographer Daniel Lysons writes: In 1779, Martha Ray (c. 1742–1779), singer and mistress of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, was buried in the parish church (illustrated, right) after she had been shot dead by the Rev.

[62] An inquest of the deceased was held on 31 October by county coroner Benjamin Rooke at the local Artichoke public house.

On 17 August 1882, Eliza Ebborn of Watford was murdered by 24-year-old shoemaker George Stratton, who was subsequently sentenced to death.

[67] From 1941 to 1974, Elstree Rural District was the local government area, before being abolished and merged with Hertsmere.