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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 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.
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runs directly to Baker Street, Marble Arch, Embankment and Finsbury Square, although this service is due to be withdrawn in February 2011.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.

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One product, now largely defunct, was water-cress, based in Hemel Hempstead and Berkhamsted supported by reliable, clean chalk rivers.
In Berkhamsted he was met by a delegation of the English establishment.
In 1866 Lord Brownlow of Ashridge House attempted to enclose and privatise Berkhamsted Common with 5 ' steel fences built by Woods of Berkhamsted and thereby, claim it as part of his estate.
The site now occupied by the Pennyfarthing Hotel dates from the 16th Century, having been a monastic building that offered accommodation to religious guests passing through Berkhamsted or going to the monastery at Ashridge.
Berkhamsted School, a minor public school was founded in 1541 by Dean Incent and attended by the celebrated author Graham Greene, whose father was headmaster there.
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.
The present school was formed in 1997 by the amalgamation of the original Berkhamsted School, founded in 1541 by John Incent, Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, Berkhamsted School for Girls, established in 1888, and Berkhamsted Preparatory School.
Dean Incent's House as it stands today on the Berkhamsted High StreetHigh Clergy of the 16th century frequently distinguished themselves by their furthering of the educational establishment and, in this respect, Berkhamsted owes much to John Incent.
By 1544, Berkhamsted School's first building, now known as ' Old Hall ' was complete, later to be described by William Camden as " the only structure in Berkhamsted worth a second glance.
This done he did give possession by his deed bearing date the 23 of The original motto of Berkhamsted School was virtus laudata crescit, Latin for " greatness increases with praise ", establishing the ideology on which the school is based.
In 1354 ( in which year the Prince was at Berkhamsted ) a piece of land in the Park was enclosed by the Prince and the Reeve ( William Onyot ) paid 18 shillings for it.

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Regular bus services operated by Arriva Shires & Essex connect Holmer Green to High Wycombe, Amersham, Chesham, Berkhamsted, and Hemel Hempstead ; Carousel Buses also serve the village.
As of 2010, the college also operates free buses in an around Amersham and High Wycombe to college students, as well as additional services to neighbouring towns such as Princes Risborough, Berkhamsted, Chesham and Hemel Hempstead.

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Berkhamsted Castle, where Isabella was initially held after Mortimer and her fall from power in 1330.
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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.
Local hero Augustus Smith MP ( 1804 ) led gangs of local and hired men from London's East End brought out on the new railway on a specially chartered train to break the fences and protect Berkhamsted Common for the people of Berkhamsted.
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.
The section from the River Thames at Brentford to Berkhamsted was completed in 1798 and the extension to Birmingham in 1805.
During World War II Charles de Gaulle, living exiled from Vichy France, resided near Berkhamsted with his family, from October 1941 to September 1942 at a house called Rodinghead.
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There are no navigable rivers ( apart from the River Thames ), though the Grand Union Canal passes through the Chilterns between Berkhamsted and Marsworth following the course of the Colne, Gade, Bulbourne and ( after crossing a watershed ) the Ouzel, with branches to Wendover and Aylesbury.
Formed from past and present pupils from Berkhamsted School – perform regularly at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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The nearest place where he lived for any length of time was Berkhamsted Castle, where he stayed after his marriage to Joan Countess of Kent from November 1361 to January 1362 and occasionally at other times.

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