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Hemel Hempstead (England)

LC control no.n 81092193
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Geographic headingHemel Hempstead (England)
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Geographic subdivision usageEngland--Hemel Hempstead
Variant(s)Hemel Hempstead, Eng.
Hēmœ̄n Hǣmsatēt (England)
Hemel Hempstead (Hertfordshire)
Associated countryGreat Britain England
Associated placeHertfordshire (England) Dacorum (England)
Grand Union Canal (England)
Found inHemel Hempstead Development Corporation. The development of Hemel Hempstead, 1952.
Barth. gaz. places Brit., 1986 (Hemel Hempstead, Herts., tn.)
Wisālō. Kop kin nō̜n, 1992: p. 6 2nd group (Hēmœ̄n Hǣmsatēt, 50 km. northof London)
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 51°45ʹ00ʺN 000°28ʹ00ʺW)
Maylands voice, February 1975: t.p. (Hemel Hempstead Communist Party)
Wikipedia, viewed 7 June 2017 (Hemel Hempstead; a large new town in Hertfordshire in the East of England, 24 miles (39 km) northwest of London; developed after the Second World War as a new town, it has existed as a settlement since the 8th century and was granted its town charter by King Henry VIII in 1539; it is part of the district (and borough since 1984) of Dacorum)
Collins Britain atlas and gazetteer, 1999 (Hemel Hempstead, Herts.; town, old market and commuter town on River Gade and Grand Union Canal, 7m/11km NW of Watford; new town, designated 1947, to E of old; Old town has fine Norman church)
Geographic area codee-uk-en