down shortly afterwards, while still over Hertfordshire, by Lieutenant Leefe Robinson, killing the entire crew. Robinson received the Victoria Cross for his action. Essendon, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, is named after the village. Richard Green (1808-1878), whose father Isaac Green was either owner or tenant of Essendon watermill on the River Lea, arrived in Victoria in the 1850s and gave the name to the district. Notable people Simon Pegg, actor Thomas Pearce (1847–1898), first-class cricketer References External links Essendon at Hertfordshire Genealogy Villages in Hertfordshire Civil parishes in Hertfordshire Welwyn Hatfield