Standon Green End is a hamlet situated just off the
A10 road
This is a list of roads designated A10. Roads entries are sorted in the countries alphabetical order.
* A010 road (Argentina), a road in the northeast of Chubut Province
* ''A10 road (Australia)'' may refer to :
** ''A10 highway (South Australia ...
between
Ware
Ware may refer to:
People
* Ware (surname)
* William of Ware (), English Franciscan theologian
Places Canada
*Fort Ware, British Columbia
United Kingdom
*Ware, Devon
*Ware, Hertfordshire
*Ware, Kent
United States
* Ware, Elmore County, Al ...
and
Puckeridge
Puckeridge is a village in East Hertfordshire, England with a population of 3,561 ( 2011 Census). It is in the civil parish of Standon.
History
The earliest known settlement was founded by the Catuvellauni, Celts from northeastern France. The ...
in Hertfordshire. At the 2011 Census the population of the hamlet is included in the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
of
Standon.
Standon Green End is most notable for being at the final landing point of
Vincenzo Lunardi's historic first
hot air balloon flight in 1784.

There is a boulder near to the settlement, with a plaque attached, the text reading:
Let posterity know and knowing be astonished that on the 15th day of September 1784 Vincent Lunardi, of Lucca in Tuscany
Tuscany ( ; it, Toscana ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence (''Firenze'').
Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, art ...
, the first aerial traveller in Britain mounting from the artillery ground in London and traversing the regions of the air for two hours and fifteen minutes. In this spot revisited the Earth on this rude monument that wondrous enterprise, successfully achieved by the power of chemistry and the fortitude of man that improvements in science which the great author of all knowledge patronising by his providence the invention of mankind, hath graciously permitted to their benefit and his own eternal glory.
References
Hamlets in Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire District
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