Welwyn, the Glossary
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104 relations: A1 road (Great Britain), Alan Stewart Orr, Anthony Wood (antiquary), Arriva Herts & Essex, Arthur Davidson (equerry), B movie, Basil Sanderson, 1st Baron Sanderson of Ayot, Belgae, British Iron Age, Bronze Age, Bus, Bypass (road), Cambridge railway station, Catalauni, Catuvellauni, Centrebus, Champagne-sur-Oise, Chancel, Church of England, Civil parish, Coaching inn, Codicote, Corbel, Court of Appeal judge (England and Wales), Digswell, Edward Young, Eileen Soper, Eric Miles, Fernery, Gabriel Towerson, Govia Thameslink Railway, Great Northern Railway (Great Britain), Green Line Coaches, GSK plc, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Heligan estate, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire County Council, High Sheriff of Hertfordshire, Hitchin, Hitchin railway station, Home counties, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, James Pulham and Son, John Mitford (priest), Knebworth, Knebworth railway station, Letchworth Garden City railway station, London King's Cross railway station, ... Expand index (54 more) »
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A1 road (Great Britain)
The A1, also known as the Great North Road, is the longest numbered road in the United Kingdom, at.
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Alan Stewart Orr
Sir Alan Stewart Orr, (21 February 1911 – 3 April 1991) was a British barrister specialising in taxation who rose to be a High Court judge and a Lord Justice of Appeal.
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Anthony Wood (antiquary)
Anthony Wood (17 December 1632 – 28 November 1695), who styled himself Anthony à Wood in his later writings, was an English antiquary.
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Arriva Herts & Essex
Arriva Herts & Essex is a bus operator providing services in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire, with services extending to Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Greater London.
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Arthur Davidson (equerry)
Colonel Sir Arthur Davidson, (12 November 1856 – 16 October 1922) was a British soldier and courtier.
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B movie
A B movie (American English), or B film (British English), is a type of low-budget commercial motion picture.
Basil Sanderson, 1st Baron Sanderson of Ayot
Basil Sanderson, 1st Baron Sanderson of Ayot, MC (19 June 1894 – 15 August 1971), was a British businessman and public servant.
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Belgae
The Belgae were a large confederation of tribes living in northern Gaul, between the English Channel, the west bank of the Rhine, and the northern bank of the river Seine, from at least the third century BC.
British Iron Age
The British Iron Age is a conventional name used in the archaeology of Great Britain, referring to the prehistoric and protohistoric phases of the Iron Age culture of the main island and the smaller islands, typically excluding prehistoric Ireland, which had an independent Iron Age culture of its own.
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Bronze Age
The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.
Bus
A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but less than the average rail transport.
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Bypass (road)
A bypass is a road or highway that avoids or "bypasses" a built-up area, town, or village, to let through traffic flow without interference from local traffic, to reduce congestion in the built-up area, to improve road safety and as replacement for obsolete roads that no longer in use because devastating natural disasters (earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, volcanic eruptions).
Cambridge railway station
Cambridge railway station is the principal station serving the city of Cambridge in the east of England.
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Catalauni
The Catalauni (Gaulish: *Catu-uellaunoi 'war-chiefs') were a Belgic tribe dwelling in the modern Champagne region during the Roman period.
Catuvellauni
The Catuvellauni (Common Brittonic: *Catu-wellaunī, "war-chiefs") were a Celtic tribe or state of southeastern Britain before the Roman conquest, attested by inscriptions into the 4th century.
Centrebus
Centrebus Limited, trading as Centrebus, is a bus company based in Leicester operating services in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland.
Champagne-sur-Oise
Champagne-sur-Oise (literally Champagne on Oise) is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France.
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Chancel
In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building.
Church of England
The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies.
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Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government.
Coaching inn
The coaching inn (also coaching house or staging inn) was a vital part of Europe's inland transport infrastructure until the development of the railway, providing a resting point (layover) for people and horses.
Codicote
Codicote is a large village, and civil parish about south of Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England. Welwyn and Codicote are civil parishes in Hertfordshire and villages in Hertfordshire.
Corbel
In architecture, a corbel is a structural piece of stone, wood or metal jutting from a wall to carry a superincumbent weight, a type of bracket.
Court of Appeal judge (England and Wales)
A Lord Justice of Appeal or Lady Justice of Appeal is a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, the court that hears appeals from the High Court of Justice, the Crown Court and other courts and tribunals.
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Digswell
Digswell is an ancient village and former parish in the English county of Hertfordshire which is recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book. Welwyn and Digswell are villages in Hertfordshire.
Edward Young
Edward Young (1683 – 5 April 1765) was an English poet, best remembered for Night-Thoughts, a series of philosophical writings in blank verse, reflecting his state of mind following several bereavements.
Eileen Soper
Eileen Alice Soper (26 March 1905 – 18 March 1990) was an English etcher and illustrator of children's and wildlife books.
Eric Miles
Major-General Eric Grant Miles CB DSO MC (11 August 1891 – 3 November 1977) was a senior British Army officer who saw active service during both World War I and World War II, where he commanded the 126th Infantry Brigade in the Battle of France and the 56th (London) Infantry Division in the final stages of the campaign in Tunisia.
Fernery
A fernery is a specialized garden for the cultivation and display of ferns.
Gabriel Towerson
Gabriel Towerson (1635?–1697) was an English clergyman and theological writer.
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Govia Thameslink Railway
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is a British train operating company that operates the TSGN rail franchise.
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Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)
The Great Northern Railway (GNR) was a British railway company incorporated in 1846 with the object of building a line from London to York.
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Green Line Coaches
Green Line is a long standing commuter coach brand in the Home counties of England.
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GSK plc
GSK plc (an acronym from its former name GlaxoSmithKline plc) is a British multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company with global headquarters in London.
Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Hatfield is a town and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, in the borough of Welwyn Hatfield. Welwyn and Hatfield, Hertfordshire are civil parishes in Hertfordshire.
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Heligan estate
The Heligan estate (Helygen, meaning willow tree) was the ancestral home of the Tremayne family near Mevagissey in Cornwall, England.
Hemel Hempstead
Hemel Hempstead is a town in the Dacorum district in Hertfordshire, England.
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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.
Hertfordshire County Council
Hertfordshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Hertfordshire, in England.
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High Sheriff of Hertfordshire
The High Sheriff of Hertfordshire was an ancient Sheriff title originating in the time of the Angles, not long after the foundation of the Kingdom of England, which was in existence for around a thousand years.
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Hitchin
Hitchin is a market town in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England.
Hitchin railway station
Hitchin railway station serves the market town of Hitchin in Hertfordshire.
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Home counties
The home counties are the counties of England that surround London.
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales
The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales is a substantial topographical dictionary first published between 1870 and 1872, edited by the Reverend John Marius Wilson.
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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 Mitford (priest)
John Mitford (1781–1859) was an English clergyman and man of letters.
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Knebworth
Knebworth is a village and civil parish in the north of Hertfordshire, England, immediately south of Stevenage. Welwyn and Knebworth are civil parishes in Hertfordshire and villages in Hertfordshire.
Knebworth railway station
Knebworth railway station serves the village of Knebworth in Hertfordshire, England.
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Letchworth Garden City railway station
Letchworth Garden City station serves the town of Letchworth in Hertfordshire, England.
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London King's Cross railway station
King's Cross railway station, also known as London King's Cross, is a passenger railway terminus in the London Borough of Camden, on the edge of Central London.
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Marne (river)
The Marne is a river in France, an eastern tributary of the Seine in the area east and southeast of Paris.
Martin Gilliat
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Martin John Gilliat (8 February 1913 – 27 May 1993) was a British soldier and courtier who served as Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother for 37 years.
Matthew Marsh (racing driver)
Matthew Marsh (born 24 September 1968 in Welwyn, England) is a British racing driver who now resides in Hong Kong.
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Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
Minster (church)
Minster is an honorific title given to particular churches in England, most notably York Minster in Yorkshire, Westminster Abbey in London and Southwell Minster in Nottinghamshire.
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Nave
The nave is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel.
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Night-Thoughts
The Complaint: or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, better known simply as Night-Thoughts, is a long poem by Edward Young published in nine parts (or "nights") between 1742 and 1745.
Norman architecture
The term Norman architecture is used to categorise styles of Romanesque architecture developed by the Normans in the various lands under their dominion or influence in the 11th and 12th centuries.
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North London
North London is the northern part of London, England, north of the River Thames.
Oaklands, Hertfordshire
Oaklands is a hamlet in the civil parish of Welwyn, in Hertfordshire, England.
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Paleolithic
The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic, also called the Old Stone Age, is a period in human prehistory that is distinguished by the original development of stone tools, and which represents almost the entire period of human prehistoric technology.
Peterborough railway station
Peterborough railway station serves the cathedral city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England.
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Pub
A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises.
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Rebecca Llewellyn
Rebecca Llewellyn (born 5 October 1985) is a retired tennis player from Wales.
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River Mimram
The River Mimram is a chalk stream in Hertfordshire, England.
Roman Britain
Roman Britain was the territory that became the Roman province of Britannia after the Roman conquest of Britain, consisting of a large part of the island of Great Britain.
Roman roads
Roman roads (viae Romanae; singular: via Romana; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, and were built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.
Round barrow
A round barrow is a type of tumulus and is one of the most common types of archaeological monuments.
Sherrardswood School
Sherrardswood School is an independent, coeducational school for students aged two to eighteen, located in Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England.
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Simon Pearce
Simon Pearce (born 1946 in London) is an Irish-American entrepreneur in glassblowing and pottery, who learned his trade in Italy and Kilkenny, Ireland.
Smith, Kline & French
Smith, Kline & French (SKF) was an American pharmaceutical company.
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Special Operations Executive
Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a British organisation formed in 1940 to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in German-occupied Europe and to aid local resistance movements during World War II.
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St Albans
St Albans is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, England, east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, north-west of London, south-west of Welwyn Garden City and south-east of Luton.
St Brice's Day massacre
The St.
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St Mary's Church, Welwyn
St.
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Stage station
A stage station or relay station, also known as a staging post, a posting station, or a stage stop, is a facility along a main road or trade route where a traveller can rest and/or replace exhausted working animals (mostly riding horses) for fresh ones, since long journeys are much faster with fewer delays when using well fed and rested mounts.
Stanborough Park
Stanborough Park, also referred to as Stanborough Lakes is a park in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England.
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Station IX
Station IX (formerly known as the Inter-Services Research Bureau) was a secret British Special Operations Executive factory making special weapons and equipment during World War II.
Stevenage
Stevenage is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, about north of London. Stevenage is east of junctions 7 and 8 of the A1(M), between Letchworth Garden City to the north and Welwyn Garden City to the south. In 1946, Stevenage was designated the United Kingdom's first New Town under the New Towns Act.
Stevenage railway station
Stevenage railway station serves the town of Stevenage in Hertfordshire, England.
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Tewingas
The Tewingas were a tribe or clan of Anglo-Saxon England, whose territory was centred on the settlement of Welwyn in modern-day Hertfordshire, the site of an early Minster church, and the nearby settlement of Tewin.
The Frythe
The Frythe is a country house set in its own grounds in rural Hertfordshire, just south of the village of Welwyn, about 30 miles north of London.
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London.
Thermae
In ancient Rome, (from Greek, "hot") and (from Greek) were facilities for bathing.
Tumulus
A tumulus (tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
Val-d'Oise
Val-d'Oise ("Vale of the Oise") is a department in the Île-de-France region, Northern France.
Verulamium
Verulamium was a town in Roman Britain.
Victoria County History
The Victoria History of the Counties of England, commonly known as the Victoria County History or the VCH, is an English history project which began in 1899 with the aim of creating an encyclopaedic history of each of the historic counties of England, and was dedicated to Queen Victoria.
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Vincent van Gogh
Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art.
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Welwyn Garden City
Welwyn Garden City is a town in Hertfordshire, England, north of London. Welwyn and Welwyn Garden City are Welwyn Hatfield.
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Welwyn Garden City railway station
Welwyn Garden City railway station serves the town of Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire, England.
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Welwyn Hatfield
Welwyn Hatfield is a local government district with borough status in the county of Hertfordshire, England.
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Welwyn Hatfield (UK Parliament constituency)
Welwyn Hatfield is a constituency in Hertfordshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Andrew Lewin, a member of the Labour Party.
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Welwyn North railway station
Welwyn North railway station serves the villages of Digswell and Welwyn in Hertfordshire, England.
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Welwyn Roman Baths
The Welwyn Roman Baths are a Roman ruin preserved under the A1(M) just north of modern-day Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England.
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Welwyn Studios
Welwyn Studios was a British film studio located at Broadwater Road, Welwyn Garden City, in Hertfordshire.
West End of London
The West End of London (commonly referred to as the West End) is a district of Central London, London, England, west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, in which many of the city's major tourist attractions, shops, businesses, government buildings and entertainment venues, including West End theatres, are concentrated.
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William Blake (economist)
William Blake (31 January 1774 – 1852) was an English classical economist who contributed to the early theory of purchasing power parity.
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William Wilshere
William Wilshere (1806 – 10 November 1867) was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1837 to 1847.
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Willian, Hertfordshire
Willian is a village and former civil parish, adjoining the town of Letchworth, in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. Welwyn and Willian, Hertfordshire are villages in Hertfordshire.
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Woolmer Green
Woolmer Green is a small village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. Welwyn and Woolmer Green are civil parishes in Hertfordshire and villages in Hertfordshire.
World war
A world war is an international conflict that involves most or all of the world's major powers.
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
56th (London) Infantry Division
The 56th (London) Infantry Division was a Territorial Army infantry division of the British Army, which served under several different titles and designations.
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See also
Welwyn Hatfield
- AL postcode area
- Ayot Green
- Ayot St Lawrence
- Bakers, Food and Allied Workers' Union
- Bell Bar
- Brookmans Park
- Cuffley
- EN postcode area
- Engineering Development Trust
- Engineering Education Scheme
- Essendon, Hertfordshire
- Gobions Wood
- Lemsford Springs
- North Mymms
- Northaw
- Northaw Great Wood
- Northaw and Cuffley
- Redwell Wood
- SG postcode area
- Stocking Springs Wood
- Water End Swallow Holes
- Welwyn
- Welwyn Garden City
- Welwyn Hatfield
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welwyn
Also known as Old Welwyn, Welwyn East, Welwyn West, Welwyn, Hertfordshire.
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