Interesting Facts About Bushey
Historic Info
The first written record of Bushey is an account in the Domesday Book, which describes a small agricultural village named ‘Bissei’. However, chance archaeological findings of Stone Age tools provide evidence that the area was inhabited as far back as the Palaeolithic period.
Bushey Heath’s story begins in the Napoleonic Wars during a large food shortage. To help solve the problem, the government awarded the wasteland to the east of Bushey to Bushey landowners to be used as farming; the land was more generally known as Bushey Common. Whilst the original aim was to produce food, being close to a railway and up to 500 ft above sea level with beautiful and broad views made the area attractive for housing developers.
General Info
Bushey is a town in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire in the East of England. It has a population of over 25,000 inhabitants. Bushey Heath is a large neighbourhood southeast of Bushey on the boundary with the London Borough of Harrow reaching elevations of 165 meters above sea level.