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Gadebridge
Gadebridge is a district of Hemel Hempstead Hemel Hempstead () is a town in the Dacorum district in Hertfordshire, England, northwest of London, which is part of the Greater London Urban Area. The population at the 2011 census was 97,500. Developed after the Second World War as a new ... in Hertfordshire, UK, located north west of Hemel Hempstead old town. It was developed from land that once formed part of Gadebridge House in the 1960s and centres on the Rossgate shopping parade. Gadebridge Park is the largest green space in Hemel Hempstead. A major Roman villa was discovered here at the time of its development ( Gadebridge Park Roman Villa). The population of the Dacorum ward (including Piccotts End) at the 2011 Census was 5,655. See also Gadebridge Park References Gadebridge Park AttractionsDacorum Borough Council Areas of Hemel Hempstead {{Hertfordshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemel Hempstead
Hemel Hempstead () is a town in the Dacorum district in Hertfordshire, England, northwest of London, which is part of the Greater London Urban Area. The population at the 2011 census was 97,500. Developed after the Second World War as a new town, it has existed since the 8th century and was granted its town charter by Henry VIII in 1539. Nearby towns are Watford, St Albans and Berkhamsted. History Origin of the name The settlement was called by the name Henamsted or Hean-Hempsted in Anglo-Saxon times and in William the Conqueror's time by the name of Hemel-Amstede. The name is referred to in the Domesday Book as Hamelamestede, but in later centuries it became Hamelhamsted, and, possibly, Hemlamstede. In Old English, ''-stead'' or ''-stede'' simply meant "place" (reflected in German ''Stadt'' and Dutch ''stede'' or ''stad'', meaning "city" or "town"), 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 E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gadebridge Park Roman Villa
Gadebridge Roman Villa, alternatively known as Gadebridge Park Roman Villa, is a ruined Roman villa in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Excavation A chance discovery in 1962, it was excavated in 1963-68 under the direction of David S. Neal. A second excavation took place in 2000, also under the direction of Dr Neal. History The site may have begun as a pre Roman farm, but after the Roman invasion of AD 43 its proximity to the Roman city of Verulamium seems to have precipitated its development into a sort of spa and resort. From the Antonine Period, c. 138 AD, stone buildings were added, and around 300 AD a large swimming pool, the biggest in Roman Britain after the one at Bath were built. The site may have been leveled around AD 350 possibly because of its owner's support for the usurper emperor Magnentius. It returned to agricultural use and was used for cattle pens. Conservation The villa is situated in Gadebridge Park. Since the excavations the site has been sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gadebridge Park
Gadebridge Park is an urban park in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. History The first reference to a building on the land is in 1289 when there was a house called Burymilne. Before 1539 the land was the home of the Waterhouse family. Richard Combes inherited the land and built another house which remained in place until 1790. One big children's play area, a skate park, cycling and walking paths, and an outdoor gym. The area covered is around 32 hectares. Gadebridge parkrun, a free weekly timed 5k event takes place in the park each Saturday morning at 9am. Landmarks The park contains a Roman villa which is a listed ancient monument. There is also a bridge over the River Gade which is Grade II listed with Historic England Historic England (officially the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. It is tasked wit .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gadebridge House
Gadebridge House was a country house at Gadebridge in Hertfordshire. History The house was built for Astley Cooper, Sir Astley Paston Cooper, a surgeon, who moved there in 1811. In around 1840 Cooper commissioned an iron bridge as part of the approach to the site. The house was inherited by Lionel Hervey-Bathurst in 1905, following the death of the Sir Astley Paston Paston-Cooper, 3rd Baronet, 3rd Baronet. The house passed down the Paston-Cooper family until it became Westbrook Hay School, Gadebridge Park School in 1914. Although the site accommodated a temporary army camp during World War I, the house remained a school until 1963 when the school was forced out of its premises by the English Partnerships, Commission for New Towns as part of its development of the new town. The house was demolished and Eastman Kodak, Kodak built a Marketing Education Centre on the site: the centre was itself demolished in 1995 and the site is now used for housing. References {{coord, 51.7625, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For government statistical purposes, it forms part of the East of England region. Hertfordshire covers . It derives its name – via the name of the county town of Hertford – from a hart (stag) and a ford, as represented on the county's coat of arms and on the flag. Hertfordshire County Council is based in Hertford, once the main market town and the current county town. The largest settlement is Watford. Since 1903 Letchworth has served as the prototype garden city; Stevenage became the first town to expand under post-war Britain's New Towns Act of 1946. In 2013 Hertfordshire had a population of about 1,140,700, with Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage, Watford and St Albans (the county's only ''city'') each having between 50,000 and 100,000 r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
