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Redbourn is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, lying on Watling Street, three miles (4.8 km) from Harpenden, four miles (6.4 km) from St Albans and five miles (8 km) from Hemel Hempstead. [1]

53 relations: Amphibalus, Anglo-Saxons, Atlanta Falcons, Brooke Bond, Calor Village of the Year, Channel 4, Civil parish, Cricket, Domesday Book, Elizabeth Stafford, Duchess of Norfolk, Emma Tatham, England, Gladiator Cycle Company, Gordon Beningfield, Harpenden, Hemel Hempstead, Henry Stephens (Conservative politician), Henry Stephens (doctor), Hertfordshire, Hillfort, Hitchin and Harpenden (UK Parliament constituency), Inn, Iron Age, List of monastic houses in England, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Marine chronometer, Memorial bench, Mick Luckhurst, Nickey line, Priory, Pub, Rallying, Redbournbury Mill, Richard Reade, River Ver, Ron Henry, Saint Alban, St Albans, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans City and District, St Mary's Church, Redbourn, Stagecoach, Straw hat, Straw plaiting, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Village, Watercress, Watermill, Watling Street, ..., Winchester College, World War II, Zena Skinner. Expand index (3 more) »

Amphibalus

Saint Amphibalus is a venerated early Christian priest said to have converted Saint Alban to Christianity.

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Anglo-Saxons

The Anglo-Saxons were a people who inhabited Great Britain from the 5th century.

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Atlanta Falcons

The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta.

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Brooke Bond

Brooke Bond is a brand-name of tea owned by Unilever, formerly an independent manufacturer in the United Kingdom, known for its PG Tips brand and its Brooke Bond tea cards.

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Calor Village of the Year

The Calor Village of the Year comprised 4 annual competitions organised by gas provider Calor to identify the villages that best met the following criteria: "a well-balanced, pro-active, caring community which has made the best of local opportunities to maintain and enhance the quality of life for all residents".

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Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster that began transmission on 2 November 1982.

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Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular pitch with a target at each end called the wicket (a set of three wooden stumps upon which two bails sit).

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Domesday Book

Domesday Book (or; Latin: Liber de Wintonia "Book of Winchester") is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William the Conqueror.

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Elizabeth Stafford, Duchess of Norfolk

Lady Elizabeth Stafford (later Duchess of Norfolk) (c.1497 – 30 November 1558) was the eldest daughter of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Lady Eleanor Percy.

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Emma Tatham

Emma Tatham (31 October 1829 – 4 September 1855) was a 19th-century English poet.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Gladiator Cycle Company

The Gladiator Cycle Company, Clément-Gladiator (from 1896), was a French manufacturer of bicycles, motorcycles and cars based in Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, Seine.

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Gordon Beningfield

Gordon George Beningfield (31 October 1936, Bermondsey – 4 May 1998, London) was a wildlife artist, broadcaster and naturalist known for his watercolour artworks, most notably of butterflies.

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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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Hemel Hempstead

Hemel Hempstead is a new town in Hertfordshire, England.

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Henry Stephens (Conservative politician)

Henry Charles "Inky" Stephens (2 February 1841 – July 1918) was an English businessman and Conservative PartyLloyd's Weekly Newspaper, Sunday, 3 July 1887 "Election Intelligence" politician.

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Henry Stephens (doctor)

Henry Stephens, MRCS (March 1796 – 15 September 1864) was a doctor, surgeon, chemist, writer, poet, inventor and entrepreneur.

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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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Hillfort

A hillfort is a type of earthworks used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage.

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Hitchin and Harpenden (UK Parliament constituency)

Hitchin and Harpenden is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Bim Afolami, a Conservative.

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Inn

Inns are generally establishments or buildings where travelers can seek lodging and, usually, food and drink.

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Iron Age

The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age system, preceded by the Stone Age (Neolithic) and the Bronze Age.

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List of monastic houses in England

Monastic houses in England include abbeys, priories and friaries, among other monastic religious houses.

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Lord Chancellor of Ireland

The office of Lord High Chancellor of Ireland (commonly known as Lord Chancellor of Ireland) was the highest judicial office in Ireland until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922.

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Marine chronometer

A marine chronometer is a timepiece that is precise and accurate enough to be used as a portable time standard; it can therefore be used to determine longitude by means of celestial navigation.

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Memorial bench

Kirsty MacColl memorial bench in Soho Square, London; a close-up of the engraved lyrics A memorial bench or memorial seat is a piece of furniture which commemorates a person who has died.

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Mick Luckhurst

Michael Christopher "Mick" Luckhurst (born March 31, 1958) is a retired American football placekicker.

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Nickey line

The Nickey line (also known as the Harpenden to Hemel Hempstead branch railway) is a disused railway that once linked the towns of Hemel Hempstead and, initially, Luton but later Harpenden via Redbourn, in Hertfordshire, England.

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Priory

A priory is a monastery of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress.

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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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Rallying

Rally is a form of motorsport that takes place on public or private roads with modified production or specially built road-legal cars.

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Redbournbury Mill

Redbournbury Mill, is a Grade II* listed flour mill in Redbournbury, Hertfordshire, England, which is thought to have been first built in the early 11th Century.

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Richard Reade

Sir Richard Reade (1511 – 1575) was an English-born judge in sixteenth-century Ireland: he held the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland.

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River Ver

The Ver is a river in Hertfordshire, England.

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Ron Henry

Ronald Patrick Henry (17 August 1934 – 27 December 2014) was a footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur, and won one cap for England.

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Saint Alban

Saint Alban (Albanus) is venerated as the first-recorded British Christian martyr, and he is considered to be the British protomartyr.

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St Albans

St Albans is a city in Hertfordshire, England, and the major urban area in the City and District of St Albans.

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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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St Albans City and District

St Albans City and District is a local authority district in Hertfordshire in the East of England region.

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St Mary's Church, Redbourn

St Mary’s Church, Redbourn is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Redbourn, Hertfordshire.

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Stagecoach

A stagecoach is a four-wheeled public coach used to carry paying passengers and light packages on journeys long enough to need a change of horses.

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Straw hat

A straw hat is a brimmed hat that is woven out of straw or straw-like materials from different plants or synthetics.

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Straw plaiting

Straw plaiting is a method of manufacturing textiles by braiding straw and the industry that surrounds the craft of producing these straw manufactures.

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Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk

Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (1473 – 25 August 1554) (Earl of Surrey from 1514), was a prominent Tudor politician.

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Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Tottenham or Spurs, is an English football club in Tottenham, London, England, that competes in the Premier League.

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Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand.

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Watercress

Watercress is an aquatic plant species with the botanical name Nasturtium officinale. This should not be confused with the profoundly different and unrelated group of plants with the common name of nasturtium, within the genus Tropaeolum.

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Watermill

A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower.

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Watling Street

Watling Street is a route in England and Wales that began as an ancient trackway first used by the Britons, mainly between the areas of modern Canterbury and using a natural ford near Westminster.

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Winchester College

Winchester College is an independent boarding school for boys in the British public school tradition, situated in Winchester, Hampshire.

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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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Zena Skinner

Zena Skinner (27 February 1927 – 6 March 2018) was a British chef, writer, and cookery expert on television and radio.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redbourn

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