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El castillo de Berkhamsted. Berkhamsted (pronunciado /ˈbɜrkəmstɛd/ ) es una parroquia civil y un pueblo histórico del distrito de Dacorum , en el condado de Hertfordshire ( Inglaterra ). Tiene una población estimada, a mediados de 2019, de 18.996 habitantes.
Berkhamsted (/ ˈ b ɜːr k əm s t ɛ d / BUR-kəm-sted) is a historic market town in Hertfordshire, England, in the Bulbourne valley, 26 miles (42 km) north-west of London. The town is a civil parish with a town council within the borough of Dacorum which is based in the neighbouring large new town of Hemel Hempstead.
- 18,500 (mid-2016 est.)
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Berkhamsted, town (parish), Dacorum borough, administrative and historic county of Hertfordshire, southeastern England, 28 miles (45 km) northwest of London. It lies on an old coaching route along the valley of the River Bulbourne of the Chiltern Hills, which now contains modern road, rail, and canal routes.
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Henry Atkins (1554/5–1635), President of the College of Physicians, 1606–1635Christopher Edmund Broome (24 July 1812 – 15 November 1886), mycologistPoet and hymn writer William Cowper(1731–1800), one of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of eighteenth century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of...Novelist Graham Greene (1904–1991), whose father was headmaster of Berkhamsted School, which Greene attended. One of Greene's novels, The Human Factor, set there and mentions several places in the...Percy Birtchnell(1910–1986), local historian. His publications include "A History of Berkhamsted" and "Bygone Berkhamsted" both published by Clunberry.
Sir Hugh Greene(1910–1987), Director-General of the BBC from 1960 to 1969 (brother of Graham Greene)Michael Hordern (1911–1995), actor, born in The Poplars, an eighteenth-century townhouseon the high streetColonel Daniel Axtell (1622 – 19 October 1660) grocery apprentice, baptist and soldier who rose through the ranks to play a prominent part in the English Civil War; who after the English Restoratio...World War I General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien (1858–1930) and his heroic naval officer brother Henry Theophilus Smith-Dorrien (1850–1935) who was “more or less responsible for the commencement of th...Lawrence Ward, former Serjeant at Arms of the British House of Commons, attended St Thomas More junior school (1977 to 1978) and later lived at Billet Lane from 1999 until 2001.[citation needed]Thomas Stevens (24 December 1854–?) was the first person to circle the globe by bicycle. He rode a large-wheeled Ordinary, also known as a penny-farthing, from April 1884 to December 1886.Moved to Berkhamsted 1. Richard Scott, early settler of Providence in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 2. Edmund Rice, early settler of Massachusetts Bay Colony 3. Peter the Wild Boy (c. 1713 – 22 February 1785), feral boy with learning difficulties and possible Pitt–Hopkins syndromefrom Germany, who was original brought to Eng...
Berkhamsted School is a public school in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England. The present school was formed in 1997 by the amalgamation of the original Berkhamsted School, founded in 1541 by John Incent, Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, Berkhamsted School for Girls, established in 1888, and Berkhamsted Preparatory School.
- 1997 (as presently constituted), 1541 (original foundation)
- Richard Backhouse
- Virtus laudata crescit ("greatness increases with praise"), Festina lente ("hurry slowly")
- John Incent
Scheduled Ancient Monument. Berkhamsted Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. The castle was built to obtain control of a key route between London and the Midlands during the Norman conquest of England in the 11th century.
Berkhamsted played a crucial part in England's history late in 1066 when, following the Battle of Hastings, the Norman Duke William sought to complete his conquest. The death of King Harold had not been sufficient for him to claim the throne and he set about a campaign of attrition in the countryside to the south of the river Thames.
