Getting Around In Chipperfield In Early Victorian Times
If the newly crowned Queen Victoria had wanted to visit Chipperfield in 1837, she could have travelled on the train with open carriages to the newly opened station at Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead.
From there she would have gone by horse and carriage to Chipperfield.
Of course the roads would have been very rough and surfaced with compacted flints.
Having come up Vicarage Lane and along Langley Road and Chapel Croft, she would have turned left at the Royal Oak and driven up THE STREET, which was the main street of Chipperfield.
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Remember that all these roads were very narrow and only wide enough for one carriage. It would have been most unusual for two carriages to meet. The majority of people walked or rode a horse if they could afford one.
At the crossroads, the Queen would have had to drive straight on because there was only a very rough track in front of the Two Brewers. Perhaps she could have gone to stay at Pingelsgate House, which did not become the Manor House until 1850