Dane End
{{Short description|Hamlet in Hertfordshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Dane End
| static_image_name = Dane End, Munden Road - geograph.org.uk - 194783.jpg
| static_image_caption = Munden Road, Dane End
| country = England
| region = East of England
| shire_county = Hertfordshire
| shire_district = East Hertfordshire
| civil_parish = Little Munden
| population = 700
| os_grid_reference= TL333213
| coordinates = {{coord|51.875|-0.065|display=inline,title}}
| post_town = Ware
| postcode_area = SG
| postcode_district = SG12
| dial_code = 01920 }}
Dane End is a hamlet to the north of Ware in Hertfordshire, England situated between the A602 and A10. It is within Little Munden civil parish and East Hertfordshire District Council. It has a population of around 700.[http://www.hertfordshire.com/pages/towns/show-data.asp?id=184 "Dane End"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070515171259/http://www.hertfordshire.com/pages/towns/show-data.asp?id=184 |date=15 May 2007 }}, Hertfordshire.com Dane End means the 'valley ends' and is located where a tributary of the River Lea comes off the surrounding chalk.[http://www.eastherts.gov.uk/index.jsp?articleid=2060&detailid=2005 "Dane End"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928001312/http://www.eastherts.gov.uk/index.jsp?articleid=2060&detailid=2005 |date=2007-09-28 }}, East Herts Council Little Munden church and school are sited on the hill on the north side of Dane End.
Little Munden Primary School
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Little Munden School is a Church of England voluntary controlled primary school.[http://www.opsi.gov.uk/SI/si1999/99243213.htm "Statutory Instruments 1999 No. 2432 The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (England) Order 1999"], Office of Public Sector Information It was founded in 1819 at All Saints Church by the Reverend J P Reynolds, who served as rector from 1819 to 1831.[http://www.littlemunden.herts.sch.uk/history.htm History of Little Munden School] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927084132/http://www.littlemunden.herts.sch.uk/history.htm |date=2007-09-27 }} retrieved 18 July 2007 The school was designated as a Grade II listed building by English Heritage in 1984 as an early example of a parish school.[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1102261 Picture and description], Images of England, English Heritage retrieved 18 July 2007
Sport
Football club Dane End United plays in the East Hertfordshire Corinthians League, a local Sunday football league, as well as Ware and District five-a-side league. The club plays its home games in Horses Meadow.[http://www.mundens.net/deunited/index.htm "Dane End United"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702152830/http://www.mundens.net/deunited/index.htm |date=2007-07-02 }}, Mundens.net The Little Munden Cricket Club plays at nearby Green End and is currently in the Herts & Essex Cricket League, Division 3.
Local Business
Convenience store Dane End Stores is located in Dane End. The Dane End Christmas Tree Farm sells a range of Christmas trees and Christmas-themed goods all time of year, providing trees for events other than Christmas. The hamlet's only pub is The Boot, a gastropub.
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