Loudwater is a private housing estate in the

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Chorleywood Chorleywood is a village and civil parish in the Three Rivers District, Hertfordshire, on the border with Buckinghamshire, approximately northwest of Charing Cross. The village is adjacent to the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Be ...

, separated from the latter by the

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, north of

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and just to the east of Junction 18 of the

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. Loudwater is an old name for the River Chess. The 2001 population was 1,242.

History

Archaeological finds of pottery, tiles and coins at Loudwater Farm indicate that it may be the site of a villa and water mill occupied by Germanic settlers in the 4th and 5th centuries AD. In the mid-19th century a paper mill was established in Loudwater using new technology developed by George Tidcombe. The mill was still standing in 2008. The present estate was built over approximately 20 years from 1939 on plots from the grounds of Loudwater House (see below) and now is a conservation area. There are approximately 450 dwellings, and there is no pub, shop or community focus, but there is a residents' association. In 2002, nearly a quarter of the residents were millionaires, the highest concentration of any community in the United Kingdom. The average house price in April 2020 was £1,620,296. the Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire is Robert Voss CBE, a resident of Loudwater with his wife Celia.

Loudwater House

Loudwater House in Loudwater, which had a park of , contained a pioneering central heating system in 1837. It was later occupied by Joseph d'Aguilar Samuda, MP. The house was converted into eleven flats in the mid-20th century.

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{{authority control Three Rivers District Villages in Hertfordshire Housing estates in England