Hunton Bridge

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Hunton Bridge is a small settlement near Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England. Its population, in the 1991 census, was 327^[1].

Hunton Bridge is a historic place that used to have five pubs and a now only has three.

Its period of greatest prosperity was 1810-1826 when the Sparrows Herne turnpike ran through the village. Prior to that date the turnpike had run along Gypsy Lane and Upper Highway. In 1810 it was rerouted along Old Mill Lane to the village, and up the hill to reconnect with Upper Highway. By 1826 the presence of the canal and the works associated with it, had dried out the bottom land sufficiently for the turnpike to be rerouted along what is now the A41 avoiding the climb up Hunton Bridge Hill.