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Berkhamsted is located in the Chiltern Hills, Hertfordshire, in the wide valley of the River Bulbourne, to the west of Hemel Hempstead.
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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.
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 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runs directly to Baker Street, Marble Arch, Embankment and Finsbury Square, although this service is due to be withdrawn in February 2011.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 located
It is located in the Chiltern Hills, about two miles north of Berkhamsted, to which it belongs.
It is located just beside Berkhamsted Castle, overlooking the Grand Junction Canal.
The present Berkhamsted station dates from 1875, and is located on the Lower King's road on the junction with Brownlow Road.
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.
Berkhamsted and Chiltern
It is situated in the Chiltern Hills, about east of Wendover, north of Chesham and from Berkhamsted.
It is situated in the Chiltern Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, about two miles ( 3 km ) north of Berkhamsted and twenty miles ( 32 km ) north west of London.
It is situated on the ancient Roman Akeman Street between Berkhamsted and Hemel Hempstead, on the former A41 London-Liverpool Trunk Route, on the Grand Union Canal that runs between London and Birmingham and at the confluence of the Chiltern chalk stream, the Bourne Gutter and the River Bulbourne.
Berkhamsted and Hertfordshire
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.
They played their first gig at Berkhamsted Civic Centre, Hertfordshire, on 1 March 1980.
When in England, Edward's chief residence was at Wallingford Castle in Berkshire ( now Oxfordshire ) or Berkhamsted Castle in Hertfordshire.
Having failed to muster an effective military response, Edgar's leading supporters lost their nerve, and the English leaders surrendered to William at Berkhamsted, 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.
* Church of St Peter, Great Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire: restoration, 1870 – 71
Barkhamsted was named after Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England.
* Berkhamsted ( A Guide to Old Hertfordshire )
He was born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England where his father John Cowper was rector of the Church of St Peter.
The Poplars, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, birthplace of Sir Michael Hordern.
Hordern was born in The Poplars, an 18th century townhouse in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, the son of Margaret Emily ( Murray ) and Capt.
* Church of St Peter, Great Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
* Chief Steward and Keeper of the Courts of the Honour of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Northampton ( part of the Duchy of Cornwall ).
* The Thomas Coram Middle School, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
The children were moved to Redhill, Surrey, where an old convent was used to lodge them, and then in 1935 to the new purpose-built Foundling Hospital in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.
The Berkhamsted buildings were sold to Hertfordshire County Council for use as a school and the Foundling Hospital changed its name to the Thomas Coram Foundation for Children and currently uses the working name Coram.
* The Thomas Coram Middle School, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
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.
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