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Baldock is a town in Hertfordshire, England where the River Ivel rises. It is in the local government district of North Hertfordshire. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x800, 11 KB) Summary Description: A blank map of the United Kingdom, with country outline and coastline; contact the author for help with modifications or add-ons Source: Reference map provided by Demis Mapper 6 Date: 2006-21-06 Author: User...
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North Hertfordshire is a local government district in Hertfordshire, England. ...
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Hertfordshire (pronounced Hartfordshire and abbreviated as Herts) is an inland county in the United Kingdom and part of the East of England Government Office region. ...
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The SG postcode area, also known as the Stevenage postcode area[2], is a group of postal districts around Arlesey, Baldock, Biggleswade, Buntingford, Henlow, Hertford, Hitchin, Knebworth, Letchworth, Much Hadham, Royston, Sandy, Shefford, Stevenage and Ware in England. ...
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Hertfordshire Constabulary is the Home Office police force responsible for policing the county of Hertfordshire in England. ...
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The (Hertfordshire) fire and rescue service with 29 stations across the county they are : * Baldock and Letchworth Fire Station * Berkhamsted Fire Station * (Bishops Stortford Fire Station) * Borehamwood Fire Station * Buntingford Fire Station * Bushey Fire Station * Cheshunt Fire Station * Garston Fire Station * Harpenden Fire Station * Hatfield Fire Station * Hemel Hempstead Fire...
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North East Hertfordshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
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Hertfordshire (pronounced Hartfordshire and abbreviated as Herts) is an inland county in the United Kingdom and part of the East of England Government Office region. ...
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The River Ivel is a river in the east of England. ...
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North Hertfordshire is a local government district in Hertfordshire, England. ...
Baldock was founded by the Knights Templar (also the name of the town's secondary school) in the twelfth century, indeed the word Baldock is believed to be a corruption of Baghdad, which the Templars would have visited during the crusades (However, some have suggested that the name is more likely to be derived from "Bald Oak", meaning a dead oak, and that Baldock was not, in fact, visited by the Crusaders.) The modern layout of the town, and many buildings in the centre, date from the sixteenth century. The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon (Latin: Pauperes commilitones Christi Templique Solomonici), popularly known as the Knights Templar or the Order of the Temple, were the first and among the most famous of the Christian military orders. ...
Knights Templar School is located in the market town of Baldock in North Hertfordshire. ...
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The town grew up where the old Great North Road and the Icknield Way crossed. Despite the construction of the A1(M) motorway in 1970 which bypassed the town, it was still a major traffic bottleneck until March of 2006 when a new bypass removed the A505 road (old Icknield Way) from the town. Due to its location, the town was a major staging post between London and the north, with many old coaching inns still operating as pubs and hotels, and has a surprising number of pubs considering its size. Sign at Junction 1 of the A1(M) at South Mimms in Hertfordshire The A1, at 409 miles (658 km) long, is the longest numbered British road. ...
The Icknield Way is one of the oldest roads in Britain, being one of the few long-distance trackways to have existed before the Romans occupied the country. ...
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The A505 is an A-class trunk road in the United Kingdom. ...
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The number of pubs becomes less surprising once the adjacent, much larger town of Letchworth Garden City is visited. Letchworth Garden City had no alcohol prior to 1958, and only two pubs plus a hotel bar were present up until the mid 1990s. Its larger population has for many years instead visited Baldock for refreshment. Letchworth Garden City, more commonly Letchworth, is a town in Hertfordshire, England. ...
Letchworth Garden City, more commonly Letchworth, is a town in Hertfordshire, England. ...
There has been human activity on the site well before the modern town was founded. Many Roman remains have been discovered during building work in and around the town, and the site of the Roman settlement is located near the Hartsfield Primary School in the town. Earlier Iron Age remains have also been uncovered, as well as a medieval leper colony, located on Clothall Road (formerly Pesthouse Lane). Principal sites in Roman Britain Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between 43 and 410. ...
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From 1808 to 1814 Baldock hosted a station in the shutter telegraph chain which connected the Admiralty in London to its naval ships in the port of Great Yarmouth. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
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An authoritative history of "Baldock's Middle Ages" (ISBN 0-905858-97-2) was complied by Vivian Crellin, a former headmaster of the Knights Templar School. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ...
Knights Templar School is located in the market town of Baldock in North Hertfordshire. ...
The character of Baldock will no doubt change considerably now that the bypass has opened, removing traffic which has passed from the A1 motorway to the A505 towards Royston and Cambridge. The bypass was opened on 16 March 2006. The A505 is an A-class trunk road in the United Kingdom. ...
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Baldock was formerly the location of a Kayser Bondor ladies stocking factory (which temporarily produced parachutes during World War II), the Art Deco facade of which still stands — converted to a Tesco supermarket in the late 1980s. Another notable building in the town is the thirteenth century Baldock Parish Church of St. Mary. Malting and brewing were formerly major industries in the town, but apart from some light industry, today it is mostly a commuter town. Asheville City Hall. ...
1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
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Gabriel delivering the Annunciation to Mary. ...
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The town has excellent (and free) parking facilities, and the number of lorries passing through the town has now been cut down due to the new bypass. In the past few years, many businesses have shut down in Baldock.
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Ashwell is a village situated about four miles north of Baldock in Hertfordshire. ...
Bygrave is a village and civil parish in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England, about 2 miles north-east of Letchworth. ...
Hinxworth is a village in North Hertfordshire, England. ...
Newnham is a tiny village near Ashwell. ...
Map sources for Weston, Hertfordshire at grid reference TL260303 Weston is a village in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. ...
See also Simpsons Brewery, shortly before the disaster The Baldock Beer Disaster occurred on the 14th of March 1904 when an unstable storage room floor collapsed at the Simpson Brewery, in what is now The Twitchell, in the North Hertfordshire town of Baldock. ...
Baldock Town F.C. was an English football (soccer) club based in Baldock, Hertfordshire. ...
Jack OLegs is the name of a character from folk legend in Hertfordshire, UK. Jack is said to have been a renowned archer who was famed for robbing the rich to give to the poor. ...
External links - Information about the town
- Photographs of Baldock
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