Berkhamsted Castle, where Isabella was initially held after Mortimer and her fall from power in 1330.

After the coup, Isabella was initially transferred to Berkhamsted Castle, and then held under house arrest at Windsor Castle until 1332, when she then moved back to her own Castle Rising in Norfolk.

When in England, Edward's chief residence was at Wallingford Castle in Berkshire ( now Oxfordshire ) or Berkhamsted Castle in Hertfordshire.

While negotiating a peace accord, he was at first held in the Savoy Palace, then at a variety of locations, including Windsor, Hertford, Somerton Castle in Lincolnshire, Berkhamsted Castle in Hertfordshire and briefly at King John's Lodge, formerly known as Shortridges, in East Sussex.

On 2 April 1272, Richard died at Berkhamsted Castle in Hertfordshire.

: Nicholas of Cornwall ( b. & d. 17 January 1240 Berkhamsted Castle ), died shortly after birth, buried at Beaulieu Abbey with his mother

Following his coronation William granted Berkhamsted to his half-brother, Robert, Count of Mortain, who rebuilt the castle which became a Royal Castle and became the favourite country retreat for the Norman and Plantagenet dynasties.

The walls of Berkhamsted Castle

However, according to Percy Birtchnell, one of the reasons for Beckett's fall from grace and assassination was his overspend on Berkhamsted Castle which stretched the kings finances.

For the sake of honour Piers married Margaret de Clare, the grand daughter of King Edward I in Berkhamsted Castle.

During the Second World War much of London's statuary including the statue of Charles I now found at the top of Whitehall on Trafalgar Square, were relocated to the grounds of Berkhamsted Castle.

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* Remfry, Paul, Berkhamsted Castle, Dacorum Heritage Trust, 1998, ISBN 0-9510944-1-6

After the Norman conquest the land thereabouts was given to Robert, Count of Mortain, the elder half-brother of William the Conqueror, as part of the lands associated with Berkhamsted Castle.

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.

Stevens, known as Tom, was born in Castle Street, Berkhamsted, the son of William and Ann Stevens.

Berkhamsted () is a historic town in England which is situated in the west of Hertfordshire, between the towns of Tring and Hemel Hempstead.

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.

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.

Led by chief engineer Robert Stephenson, works commenced in 1834 to build a high railway embankment on top of the ruined barbican and moat of Berkhamsted Castle.

After the Norman conquest, Hertfordshire was used for some of the new Norman castles at Bishop's Stortford and at the royal residence of Berkhamsted and at King's Langley, a staging post between London and the royal residence of Berkhamsted.

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.

Berkhamsted was the terminating point of the Norman invasion of 1066.

Having defeated Harold II and the English at Hastings, William of Normandy led the Norman invading army to circle London crossing the River Thames at Wallingford making for the Anglo Saxon castle at Berkhamsted.

After the Norman Invasion, Edgar the Ætheling ( the successor to Harold Godwinson ) surrendered to William the Conqueror at Berkhamsted.