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HEMEL HEMPSTEAD

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 257 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HEMEL HEMPSTEAD , a See also:

market-See also:town and municipal See also:borough in the See also:Watford See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Hertfordshire, See also:England, 25 M. N.W. from See also:London, with a station on a See also:branch of the Midland railway from See also:Harpenden, and near Boxmoor station on the London. and See also:North Western See also:main See also:line. Pop. (1891) 9678; (1901) 11,264. It is pleasantly situated in the steep-sided valley of the See also:river See also:Gade, immediately above its junction with the Bulbourne, near the See also:Grand Junction See also:canal. The See also:church of St See also:Mary is a very See also:fine See also:Norman See also:building with Decorated additions. See also:Industries include the manufacture of See also:paper, See also:iron See also:founding, See also:brewing and tanning. Boxmoor, within the See also:parish, is a considerable township of See also:modern growth. Hemel Hempstead is governed by a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. See also:Area, 7184 acres. Settlements in the neighbourhood of Hemel Hempstead (Hamalamstede, Hemel Hampsted) date from pre-See also:Roman times, and a Roman See also:villa has been discovered at Boxmoor. The See also:manor, royal See also:demesne in so86, was granted by See also:Edmund See also:Plantagenet in 1285 to the See also:house of Ashridge, and the town See also:developed under monastic See also:protection.

In 1539 a See also:

charter incorporated the See also:bailiff and inhabitants. A mayor, aldermen and councillors received governing See also:power by a charter of 1898. The town has never had parliamentary See also:representation. A market on See also:Thursday and a See also:fair on the feast of Corpus Christi were conferred in 1539. A See also:statute fair, for See also:long a See also:hiring fair, originated in 1803.

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