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Broxbourne, the Glossary

Broxbourne is a town in the Borough of Broxbourne in Hertfordshire, England, with a population of 15,303 at the 2011 Census.^[1]

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Former civil parishes in Hertfordshire
Hoddesdon
Towns in Hertfordshire

A10 road (England)

The A10 is a major road in England which runs between The City of London and King's Lynn in Norfolk.

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Archbishop of Canterbury

The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury.

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The Argentina national football team (Selección de fútbol de Argentina), nicknamed La Albiceleste ('The White and Sky Blue'), represents Argentina in men's international football and is administered by the Argentine Football Association, the governing body for football in Argentina.

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Arsenal F.C.

The Arsenal Football Club, commonly known as simply Arsenal, is a professional football club based in Holloway, North London, England.

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Baptismal font

A baptismal font is an ecclesiastical architectural element, which serves as a receptacle for baptismal water used for baptism, as a part of Christian initiation for both rites of infant and adult baptism.

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BBC London

BBC London is the BBC English Region producing local radio, television, teletext and online services in London and parts of the surrounding area.

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BBC Three Counties Radio

BBC Three Counties Radio is the BBC's local radio station serving the counties of Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

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Borough of Broxbourne

The Borough of Broxbourne is a local government district with borough status in Hertfordshire, England.

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Brickendon

Brickendon is a village in the civil parish of Brickendon Liberty in the district of East Hertfordshire about south of the county town Hertford, and is served by Bayford railway station. Broxbourne and Brickendon are former civil parishes in Hertfordshire.

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Broxbourne (UK Parliament constituency)

Broxbourne is a constituency in Hertfordshire currently represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Lewis Cocking of the Conservative Party since 2024.

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Broxbourne Mill

Broxbourne Mill is located at the Old Mill and Meadows Site Lee Valley Park, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire.

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Broxbourne railway station

Broxbourne railway station is on the West Anglia Main Line serving the towns of Broxbourne and Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire, England.

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Broxbourne Woods

Broxbourne Woods are a 239.1 hectare National Nature Reserve west of Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

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Broxbournebury Manor

Broxbournebury Manor is a country club in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England.

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Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace is a royal residence in London, and the administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom.

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Cannix

Cannix otherwise Canwykes or Broxbournes, is an area near Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England.

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Charles Walker (British politician)

Sir Charles Ashley Rupert Walker (born 11 September 1967) is a British politician who served as chair of the House of Commons Procedure Committee from 2012 to 2019.

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Charles Wells (gambler)

Charles De Ville Wells (20 April 1841 - July 1922) was an English gambler and fraudster.

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Cheshunt

Cheshunt is a town in the Borough of Broxbourne in Hertfordshire, England, north of Central London on the River Lea and Lee Navigation and directly south of Broxbourne. Broxbourne and Cheshunt are towns in Hertfordshire.

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Christina Chong

Christina Chong is a British actress and singer.

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Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government.

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Crystal Palace transmitting station

The Crystal Palace transmitting station, officially known as Arqiva Crystal Palace, is a broadcasting and telecommunications site in the Crystal Palace area of the London Borough of Bromley, England.

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Dina St Johnston

Dina St Johnston (née Aldrina Nia Vaughan, 20 September 1930 – 30 June/1 July 2007) was a British computer programmer credited with founding the UK's first software house in 1959.

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Dissolution of the monasteries

The dissolution of the monasteries, occasionally referred to as the suppression of the monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541, by which Henry VIII disbanded Catholic monasteries, priories, convents, and friaries in England, Wales, and Ireland; seized their wealth; disposed of their assets; and provided for their former personnel and functions.

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Domesday Book

Domesday Book (the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of King William the Conqueror.

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Edward Thackeray

Colonel Sir Edward Talbot Thackeray (19 October 1836 – 3 September 1927) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Edward the Confessor

Edward the Confessor (1003 – 5 January 1066) was an Anglo-Saxon English king and saint. Usually considered the last king of the House of Wessex, he ruled from 1042 until his death in 1066. Edward was the son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy. He succeeded Cnut the Great's son – and his own half-brother – Harthacnut.

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Elizabeth Maconchy

Dame Elizabeth Violet Maconchy LeFanu (19 March 1907 – 11 November 1994) was an Irish-English composer.

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The England national football team have represented England in international football since the first international match in 1872.

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Essex

Essex is a ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties.

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F.C. Broxbourne Borough

Football Club Broxbourne Borough was a football club based in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England.

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Francis Thackeray

Francis Thackeray (1793–1842) was a Church of England clergyman and author.

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Gillian Taylforth

Gillian Taylforth (born 14 August 1955) is an English actress.

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The goalkeeper (sometimes written as goal-keeper, abbreviated as GK, keeper, keeps, or goalie) is a position in association football.

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Great Britain Historical GIS

The Great Britain Historical GIS (or GBHGIS) is a spatially enabled database that documents and visualises the changing human geography of the British Isles, although is primarily focussed on the subdivisions of the United Kingdom mainly over the 200 years since the first census in 1801.

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Heart Hertfordshire

Heart Hertfordshire (previously known as Hertfordshire's Mercury 96.6) is an Independent Local Radio station owned by Communicorp UK and operated by Global as part of the Heart network.

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Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire (or; often abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and one of the home counties.

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Hertfordshire Mercury

The Hertfordshire Mercury is a weekly newspaper covering east and north Hertfordshire and parts of west Essex.

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Hoddesdon

Hoddesdon is a town in the Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, lying entirely within the London Metropolitan Area and Greater London Urban Area. Broxbourne and Hoddesdon are towns in Hertfordshire.

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ITV London

ITV London is the on-air brand name used by ITV Broadcasting Limited for two broadcast franchises of ITV, Carlton Television (weekdays) and London Weekend Television (weekends) in the London ITV region.

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James Pulham and Son

James Pulham and Son was a firm of Victorian landscape gardeners and terracotta manufacturers which exhibited and won medals at London's Great Exhibition of 1851 and 1862 International Exhibition.

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John, King of England

John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216) was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216.

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Knights Hospitaller

The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani), commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller, is a Catholic military order.

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Lee Valley Park

Lee Valley Regional Park is a long linear park, much of it green spaces, running through the northeast of Greater London, Essex and Hertfordshire.

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Lee Valley White Water Centre

Lee Valley White Water Centre (previously known as Broxbourne White Water Canoe Centre) is a white-water slalom centre in the Middle Lea Valley, in the Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire.

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Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club based in Liverpool, England.

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Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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M25 motorway

The M25 or London Orbital Motorway is a major road encircling most of Greater London.

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Men who broke the bank at Monte Carlo

The Monte Carlo Casino was inaugurated in 1863.

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Midfielder

In the sport of association football, a midfielder is an outfield position which plays primarily in the middle of the pitch.

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Monumental brass

A monumental brass is a type of engraved sepulchral memorial once found through Western Europe, which in the 13th century began to partially take the place of three-dimensional monuments and effigies carved in stone or wood.

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National nature reserves in England

National nature reserves in England are designated by Natural England as key places for wildlife and natural features in England.

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New River (London)

The New River is an artificial waterway in England, opened in 1613 to supply London with fresh drinking water taken from Chadwell and Amwell Springs near Ware in Hertfordshire, and later the River Lea and other sources.

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Non-League football describes football leagues played outside the top leagues of a country.

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Norman Conquest

The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, French, Flemish, and Breton troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.

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The Northern Ireland national football team (Foireann peile náisiúnta Thuaisceart Éireann) represents Northern Ireland in men's international association football.

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The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) was a non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, responsible for ensuring the delivery of venues, infrastructure and legacy for the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in London.

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References

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

Also known as Broxborne.

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Former civil parishes in Hertfordshire

Hoddesdon

Towns in Hertfordshire

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