Potters Crouch

---

title: "Potters Crouch" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hamlets-in-hertfordshire", "city-of-st-albans"] description: "Hamlet in Hertfordshire, England" topic_path: "general/hamlets-in-hertfordshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potters_Crouch" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Hamlet in Hertfordshire, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
official_name	Potters Crouch
civil_parish	St Michael
country	England
region	East of England
os_grid_reference	TL114052
coordinates
post_town	ST ALBANS
postcode_area	AL
postcode_district	AL2
dial_code	01727
shire_county	Hertfordshire
shire_district	St Albans
constituency_westminster	Hitchin and Harpenden
static_image_name	The 'Holly Bush' at Potters Crouch - geograph.org.uk - 798.jpg
static_image_caption	The 'Holly Bush' at Potters Crouch
::

| official_name = Potters Crouch | civil_parish = St Michael | country = England | region = East of England | os_grid_reference = TL114052 | coordinates = | post_town = ST ALBANS | postcode_area = AL | postcode_district = AL2 | dial_code = 01727 | shire_county = Hertfordshire | shire_district = St Albans | constituency_westminster = Hitchin and Harpenden | population = | population_ref = |static_image_name = The 'Holly Bush' at Potters Crouch - geograph.org.uk - 798.jpg |static_image_caption = The 'Holly Bush' at Potters Crouch Potters Crouch is a small hamlet in Hertfordshire, England, south-west of St Albans near Chiswell Green. It is in the civil parish of St Michael.

History

It is believed by historians that the area around Potters Crouch was originally a part of the Roman Britain town of Verulamium following evidence of 1st century AD Roman debris being found in the area. The village was originally owned by the Earls of Verulam until 1931 when it was handed over to The Crown and managed as part of The Crown Estates.

Since 1977, Potters Crouch and its surrounding area was formally designated a conservation area by St Albans City and District council. In 2012, it was revealed that Potters Crouch had a problem with water pressure following a fire in the same year whereby the Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service required use of the local water supply, which led to a lower quality of water services provided to local houses.

Pub

Potters Crouch has a pub, the Holly Bush, which was constructed in the 17th century. It became a grade II listed building in 1981. The pub has been featured in the Good Pub Guide several times

References

References

1. "Plan of an Estate at Potters Crouch in the Parish of St Michaels, Herts 1818". Hertfordshire County Council.
2. "Potters Crouch character statement". St Albans City and District Council.
3. "Potters Crouch fire water problems 'to continue'". BBC News.
4. "Good Pubs Guide 2020". Hertfordshire Mercury.
5. "HOLLY BUSH PUBLIC HOUSE, St. Michael - 1102892". Historic England.
6. Middleton, Christopher. (2009-07-17). "Hertfordshire pub guide: The Holly Bush, Potters Crouch, near St Albans". Telegraph.

::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::