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Berkhamsted () is a historic town in England which is situated in the west of Hertfordshire, between the towns of Tring and Hemel Hempstead.
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Berkhamsted today is most well known for its castle, now in ruins but once a popular country retreat of the Norman and Plantagenet kings.
Berkhamsted is also the home of the British Film Institute's BFI National Archive at King's Hill, one of the largest film and television archives in the world, which was generously endowed by John Paul Getty.
He died having reformed working class education in the Scilly Isles and today is commemorated by the award of the Augustus Smith scholarship for state school students in Berkhamsted.
Berkhamsted is located in the Chiltern Hills, Hertfordshire, in the wide valley of the River Bulbourne, to the west of Hemel Hempstead.
Berkhamsted Castle is a ruined Norman castle, beside the railway station.
Simon Schama refers to Berkhamsted as being to the Plantagenets what Windsor is to today's Royal Family.
It is still known as the Port of Berkhamsted.
It is thought to be that of Henry of Berkhamsted, one of the Black Prince's lieutenants at the Battle of Crecy.
The shop, at 173 High Street, until recently Figg's the Chemists, is currently ( 2006 ) in use as an estate agent which has proved controversial as some residents of Berkhamsted think the site should be preserved.
BBC Radio 4 character Ed Reardon is a Berkhamsted resident, and many of the stories in the show are set there.
Berkhamsted is twinned with Beaune, France and as part of Dacorum with Neu Isenburg, Germany.
Berkhamsted is served by rail services from Berkhamsted railway station which is on the West Coast Mainline.
The Aylesbury-London 773 commuter express service, calling at Berkhamsted, runs directly to Baker Street, Marble Arch, Embankment and Finsbury Square, although this service is due to be withdrawn in February 2011.
The town is located at the junction of the A355 road from Slough and Beaconsfield, the A404 road that links Maidenhead, High Wycombe and Harrow, the A416 road from Chesham and Berkhamsted and the A413 road, which runs from Aylesbury to Uxbridge.
They live in an £ 800, 000 grace-and-favour house in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire provided by Unite for the duration of Simpson's entire lifetime or that of his most recent partner, whichever is longer.
In Old English, "- stead " or "- stede " simply meant a place, such as the site of a building or pasture, as in clearing in the woods, and this suffix is used in the names of other English places such as Hamstead and Berkhamsted.
Dacorum Borough Swimming Squad is an elite Swimming Squad made up of members from the swimming clubs in Dacorum including Hemel Hempstead Swimming Club, FIFOLITS Swimming Club, Berkhamsted Barracudas Swimming Club, Berkhamsted Sports Centre Swimming Club, Kings Langley Swimming Club and Tring Swimming Club.
Paddick retired from the police force on 31 May 2007, and is currently a Visiting Fellow of Ashridge Business School near Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire, where he lectures on leadership, change management and diversity.
Berkhamsted School is an independent school in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England.
Berkhamsted and town
The entry for the town in the Domesday Book in 1086 describes Berkhamsted as being in the Tring Hundred and includes descriptions of vineyards, 26 plough teams and 1 priest.
Much of the stonework was plundered for building materials for the town and nearby manor house Berkhamsted Place ( demolished in 1967 ) but the impressive earthworks and two of the original three moats remain.
As well as Berkhamsted Place, the town had another Elizabethan mansion, the smaller Egerton House, which stood at the east end of the High Street.
One of Greene's novels, The Human Factor, set there and mentions several places in the town, including Kings Road and Berkhamsted Common.
A number of local bus routes pass through Berkhamsted town centre, providing links to Hemel Hempstead, Luton, Watford and Whipsnade Zoo.
Expansion in housing has occurred in several phases mainly to the east of the old town where artisan's housing sprung up along Berkhamsted Road and subsequently along the many steep valley sides.
There are two of the ' big five ' supermarkets present which have impacted on the town's independent stores and all retail outlets have also to compete with other nearby town centres, at Amersham, Berkhamsted and Tring as well as the large shopping centres in High Wycombe, Watford and Milton Keynes.
In 1974, the government abolished the Borough of Hemel Hempstead and the town was incorporated into Dacorum District Council along with Tring and Berkhamsted.
The Hertfordshire town of Berkhamsted unveiled a set of 32 blue plaques in 2000 on some of the town's most significant buildings, including Berkhamsted Castle, the birthplace of writer Graham Greene and buildings associated with the poet William Cowper, John Incent ( a Dean of St Paul's Cathedral ) and Clementine Churchill.
He was brought home to England when he was two and grew up in the Hertfordshire town of Berkhamsted.
Berkhamsted railway station is in the town of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England.
The Rex is a cinema in the town of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England.
The High Wycombe campus is located in the village of Flackwell Heath, while the Chesham campus is situated just northwards of the town centre, near the road towards Berkhamsted.
She currently resides in a village just outside the Home Counties dormitory town of Berkhamsted, in the county of Hertfordshire.
Berkhamsted and England
During World War I the dachshunds ' popularity in the United States plummeted because of this association and there are even anecdotes such as a Dachshund being stoned to death on the high street of Berkhamsted, England at this time because of its association with the enemy.
When in England, Edward's chief residence was at Wallingford Castle in Berkshire ( now Oxfordshire ) or Berkhamsted Castle in Hertfordshire.
Barkhamsted was named after Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England.
During the Norman conquest of England in 1066, the Saxon lord Wigod allowed William the Conqueror's invading armies to cross the Thames unopposed from west to east in order that his army might march on Berkhamsted, where he received the English surrender before marching on London.
He was offered the crown there but instead said he would accept the keys to London in Berkhamsted but would accept the crown of England in London.
A traditional local legend refers to Berkhamsted as the real capital of England ( if only for a few minutes ).
In Berkhamsted they swore loyalty to William and offered him the crown of England.
He was born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England where his father John Cowper was rector of the Church of St Peter.
Thomas Stevens ( born 24 December 1854, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, died London, 24 January 1935, aged 80 ) was the first person to circle the globe by bicycle.
He rode, wearing a white military helmet through England, passing through Berkhamsted, where he had been born.
In 1988 he took part in a Youth Exchange programme between the United Methodist Church of Macedonia and the Berkhamsted and Hemel Hempstead Methodist Circuit in England.
It is around the manor that the present village developed as a linear village lying on the old road from London to Berkhamsted and the Midlands of England.
Rantzen was born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, to Katherine Flora ( née Leverson, 1911 – 2005 ) and Henry Barnato Rantzen ( 1902 – 1992 ).
He was sent to Berkhamsted Collegiate School, and on leaving, went to work for the Bank of England.
* Rothesay School, in Berkhamsted, England
Ashridge Business School is an independent, non-profit making organisation, near Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire, England.
Born in Watford, Hertfordshire, England in 1888, the oldest child of Louise and George Pearkes, he attended Berkhamsted School.
* The Rex, Berkhamsted, England, 1938
The armies of navvies, bricklayers and miners brought in from the English Midlands, Ireland, London and the North of England led to overcrowding in Berkhamsted and the rowdy behaviour of the labourers was said to have offended the genteel townsfolk.
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