John Holloway of Garden Close, Watford, wrote in response to a question on how Tommy Deacon's Hill got its name.
I HAVE just come across mention of Tommy Deacon's Hill in the 1931 edition History of Watford by W R Saunders and he says that there are a number of legends about Tommy Deacon.
One is that for a wager, he rode down the hill and broke his neck and was buried at the bottom of the hill.
Another is that he is buried at the top of the hill and another legend is that Tommy Deacon hanged himself in one of the parlours of Wiggen Hall.
The Deacon family lived at Wiggen Hall and Saunders points out that for eight generations the eldest son was named Tommy so that there was a choice of Tommy Deacons to fit the legends.
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