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Nomansland, Hertfordshire

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Nomansland Common (sometimes simply called No Man's Land) is an area of common land in Hertfordshire, England to the south of Harpenden and the south-west of Wheathampstead Geologically, the common is part of the Harpenden Dry Valley. [1]

24 relations: Bernards Heath, Cockfight, Common land, Dry valley, Dunstable, Grand National, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, Highwayman, House of York, Katherine Ferrers, Manslaughter, Markyate, Murder of Jeffrey Howe, Pub, Sandridge, Second Battle of St Albans, Simon Byrne, St Albans Cathedral, Steeplechase (horse racing), The Wicked Lady, Westminster Abbey, Wheathampstead, World War II.

Bernards Heath

Bernards Heath is a heathland in St Albans, Hertfordshire, the site of the Second Battle of St Albans in 1461 during the Wars of the Roses.

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Cockfight

A cockfight is a blood sport between two cocks, or gamecocks, held in a ring called a cockpit.

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Common land

Common land is land owned collectively by a number of persons, or by one person, but over which other people have certain traditional rights, such as to allow their livestock to graze upon it, to collect wood, or to cut turf for fuel.

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Dry valley

A dry valley may develop on many kinds of permeable rock, such as limestone and chalk, or sandy terrains that do not regularly sustain surface water flow.

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Dunstable

Dunstable is a market town and civil parish located in Bedfordshire, England.

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Grand National

The Grand National is a National Hunt horse race held annually at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, England.

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Harpenden

Harpenden is a town in the St Albans City district in the county of Hertfordshire, England.

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Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire (often abbreviated Herts) is a county in southern England, bordered by Bedfordshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Essex to the east, Buckinghamshire to the west and Greater London to the south.

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Highwayman

A highwayman was a robber who stole from travellers.

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House of York

The House of York was a cadet branch of the English royal House of Plantagenet.

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Katherine Ferrers

Katherine Ferrers (4 May 1634 – c. 13 June 1660) was an English gentlewoman and heiress.

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Manslaughter

Manslaughter is a common law legal term for homicide considered by law as less culpable than murder.

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Markyate

Markyate is a village and civil parish in northwest Hertfordshire close to the border with Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

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Murder of Jeffrey Howe

Jeffrey Howe (1960 – March 8, 2009) was a British businessman who was murdered by Stephen Marshall.

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Pub

A pub, or public house, is an establishment licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, which traditionally include beer (such as ale) and cider.

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Sandridge

Sandridge is a village and civil parish between St Albans and Wheathampstead in Hertfordshire, England.

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Second Battle of St Albans

The Second Battle of St Albans was a battle of the English Wars of the Roses, fought on 17 February 1461, at St Albans in Hertfordshire.

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Simon Byrne

Simon Byrne (1806 – 2 June 1833), nicknamed "The Emerald Gem", was an Irish bare-knuckle prize fighter.

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St Albans Cathedral

St Albans Cathedral, sometimes called the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, and referred to locally as "the Abbey", is a Church of England cathedral in St Albans, England.

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Steeplechase (horse racing)

A steeplechase is a distance horse race in which competitors are required to jump diverse fence and ditch obstacles.

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The Wicked Lady

The Wicked Lady is a 1945 film directed by Leslie Arliss and starring Margaret Lockwood in the title role as a nobleman's wife who secretly becomes a highwayman for the excitement.

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Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, is a large, mainly Gothic abbey church in the City of Westminster, London, England, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster.

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Wheathampstead

Wheathampstead is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, north of St Albans.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomansland,_Hertfordshire

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