Dane End, 4 miles S. from Royston, is close to the Old North Road.  There are a few cottages and two farms.

Dassells is a hamlet on the Old North Road, 1 mile E. from Westmill Station, G.E.R.  The little river Quin flows close by.

DATCHWORTH (11/2 mile S.E. from Knebworth Station, G.N.R.) has a church with some Norman portions.  Its spire is conspicuous for miles round.  The larger portion is, however, Dec.  Note (1) some good stained glass windows in chancel; (2) chalice dated 1630.  The church was restored in 1869-70.  The place is very ancient; we read that four hides of land at Decewyrth were granted by an early Saxon king to the Monastery of St. Peter at Westminster, and that in the reign of Edward III.  Thomas de la Mere, Abbot of St. Albans, transferred the patronage of this church to the king.

Dean End (3/4 mile S. from Redbourn Station, M.R.) is a small hamlet.

Delamore End is 1/2 mile E. from Flamstead, and near the high road to Dunstable.  The nearest railway station is Redbourn, 21/2 miles S.E.

Digswell, a village on the river Maran, is 1/2 mile S.W. from Welwyn Station, G.N.R.  Looking E. the visitor will notice the Great Northern Viaduct over the Maran Valley—­a truly magnificent structure of forty arches.  The church, beautifully situated on the hill, is[h] E.E.  It contains a large but much mutilated brass to John Perient, Master of the Horse to Joan of Navarre and Esquire to Richard II., Henry IV. and Henry V. This interesting inscription being much defaced I will transcribe from Chauncy:  “Hic jacet Johannes Perient, Armiger pro corpore Regis Richardi Secundi, et Penerarius ejusdem Regis, et Armiger.  Regis Henrici Quarti, et Armiger etiam Regis Henrici Quinti et Magister Equitum Johannae, filiae Regis Navarr, et Regiae Angliae qui obiit—­et Johanna uxor ejus quondam capitalis Domicilla—­quae obiit 24 Aprilis Anno Dom. 1415.”  Note also brasses (1) to John Perient, son of the above (d. 1442); (2) William Robert, auditor of the diocese of Winchester (d. 1484); (3) to a civilian, his wife, and ten children (circa 1530); (4) to Thomas Hoore, a mercer of London, his wife, and twelve children.  The church was restored in 1872.

Digswell Water is a hamlet 1/2 mile E. from Digswell Church, and close to Welwyn Station.

Down Green is 1/2 mile W. from Wheathampstead Station, G.N.R.

Driver’s End, a hamlet 2 miles W. from Knebworth Station, G.N.R., is on the S.W. confines of Knebworth Park.  One mile S. is the village of Codicote.  The neighbourhood is very pleasant.

Dudswell, a few cottages on the Grand Junction Canal, is 1/2 mile N.W. from Northchurch village, and 2 miles N.W. from Berkhampstead Station, L.&N.W.R.

East End (1 mile S.E. from Cole Green Station, G.N.R.) is between Panshanger Park and the River Lea.  There is also a hamlet of the same name on the Essex border, about 5 miles N.E. from Braughing Station, G.E.R.