To the south-west of the village, just beyond the motorway, is the site of an Iron Age hill fort called the Aubreys.

[4] Some fifty years later, a small priory was founded half a mile away on Redbourn Common, after the abbot of St Albans Abbey decided to consecrate the ground.

For a long time, Redbourn was the centre of a farming community; it had a successful watercress business on the water meadows of the River Ver.

[citation needed] Silk throwing was carried out at the steam-driven Woollam's Mill, near Redbourn Common.

Whilst it was still open, a young man in the village fell into a vat of jam and died.

[citation needed] Local grocer Russell Harborough also set up a jam-making factory; in 1956, it was bought by Thomas Mercer Ltd, a marine chronometer manufacturer.

[citation needed] In 1903, Mr Boucher, the local dentist, owned the first private car in the village, a 6 hp Gladiator.

Routes connect the village with Borehamwood, Dunstable, Hemel Hempstead, Harpenden, Luton and St Albans.

[14] The Hertfordshire County Show takes place annually in late May at a 70-acre showground site, one mile north of the village.