REDBORN, (Hertfordshire) on the Roman Watling-Street road, now the Dunstable road, 3 m. N.W. of St. Albans, bel. before
the conquest to its abbey, as it did some time after it; and was in great fame for the pretended reliques of Amphibalus,
who converted Alban to christianity. There is a brook near it, called Wenmer or Womer, which, when it swells high, the
vulgar think always portends dearth, or troubles. Upon the Diss. it is said this manor was granted to Sir Ralph Rowlet;
but it has been lately in the Ld. Grimston's family, having been purchased by their ancestor, Sir Harbottle Grimston, of
Sir Fr. Bacon. Its Ch. was rebuilt in the R. of Hen. VI. by John of Whethamsted, the abbot.