Bedmond is a village in the Three Rivers district of the

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. It is located around north of the larger village of

Abbots Langley Abbots Langley is a large village and civil parish in the English county of Hertfordshire. It is an old settlement and is mentioned (under the name of Langelai) in the Domesday Book. Economically the village is closely linked to Watford and was ...

. Bedmond belongs to the

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of Abbots Langley and at the time of the 2011 Census, its population was included in Abbots Langley's population figures. Bedmond is the birthplace of Nicholas Breakspear, later

Pope Adrian IV Pope Adrian IV ( la, Adrianus IV; born Nicholas Breakspear (or Brekespear); 1 September 1159, also Hadrian IV), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 4 December 1154 to his death in 1159. He is the only Englishman t ...

, the only

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to ever be

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, who is believed to have been born at Breakspear Farm . The site where his home stood is marked by a plaque. Church of The Ascension, Bedmond

The

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Church of The Ascension in Bedmond is a rare example of a surviving "

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", a pre-fabricated church building made from

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and one of only a few remaining in use for worship in the country. It was built in 1880 for the cost of £80, which was donated by the wife of the

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. It became a Grade II

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in 1978.

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External links

The Parish of Abbots Langley
Villages in Hertfordshire Three Rivers District {{Hertfordshire-geo-stub