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Places to see in ( Harpenden - UK )
Places to see in ( Harpenden - UK )
Harpenden is a town in the St Albans City district in the county of Hertfordshire, England. Harpenden is a commuter town, with a direct rail connection through Central London and property prices well over double the national average.
Geographically Harpenden is located between (and a short distance from) two much larger neighbours: Luton town (to the north) and the city of St Albans (to the south). Harpenden is flanked by the villages of Redbourn (to the west) and Wheathampstead (to the east).
A widespread but now little-known industry of Harpenden was straw-weaving, a trade mainly carried out by women in the nineteenth century. A good straw weaver could make as much as a field labourer. The straw plaits were taken to the specialist markets in St Albans or Luton and bought by dealers to be converted into straw items such as boaters and other hats or bonnets.
The arrival of the railway system from 1860 and the sale of farms for residential development after 1880 radically changed Harpenden's surroundings. First the Dunstable Branch of the Great Northern Railway passed through the Batford area with a station later named Harpenden East railway station (this line is now closed and forms a cycle track).
There are two civil parishes: Harpenden and Harpenden Rural. As Harpenden is located in Hertfordshire just outside London, Harpenden is an area of extremely high property costs. This is common in the region. Harpenden has a large number of its streets named after English literary figures on the East side of the town (an area known, unsurprisingly, as the Poets' Corner), including Byron Road, Cowper Road, Kipling Way, Milton Road, Shakespeare Road, Spenser Road, Shelley Court, Tennyson Road, Townsend Road, Masefield Road and Wordsworth Road.
Harpenden railway station is served by Thameslink on a frequent and fast rail link through central London. Suburban services stop at all stations on the route, while express services stop at St Albans City before continuing non-stop to London St Pancras International, (Harpenden to St Pancras International – 25 minutes). Trains run north to Luton, Luton Airport Parkway and on to Bedford.
The A6 used to run through Harpenden, although the road numbering was changed to avoid congestion. The M1 runs nearby. The closest access to the M1 is Junction 9 at Redbourn & Dunstable or alternatively Junction 10 for Luton & Airport. A number of bus services pass through Harpenden. There are 4 main frequent and reliable routes.
A notable feature of Harpenden is its abundant parks and commons. The central area of Harpenden, known locally as the village is characterised by Church Green, Leyton Green and the High Street Greens, which give the town its provincial feel.
Just to the south of the town centre is Harpenden Common, stretching from the shops in the town centre for more than a mile to the south, encompassing a total of 238 acres (96 ha). Today Harpenden Common hosts two cricket clubs, Harpenden Cricket Club, a Hertfordshire Premier League club that celebrated its 150 anniversary in 2013 and Bamville Cricket Club who play on Sundays on the golf course, a football club, bridle ways for horse riding, ramblers' paths and Harpenden Common Golf Club
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Hampton Court Palace CCTV ghost Skeletor
On three consecutive days in winter 2003, Hampton Court Palace security staff were called to close one particular fire door near the palace's Clock Court (now in the Baroque Story exhibition).
On the first day, CCTV footage showed the doors flying wide open with great force but there was nothing to reveal why. On the second day, the same thing happened but this time a ghostly-looking figure in period dress suddenly appeared on the screen and closed the doors. The doors opened again on the third day but there was no further sign of the ghostly doorkeeper.
It wasn't just security staff who thought they were seeing things. A visitor wrote in the palace's visitor book on the second day that she too thought she had seen a ghost in that area.
This CCTV footage of the figure caught the attention of the world's media, with reports in newspapers and on TV and radio as far a field as India, Australia and Peru. This is where the nickname Skeletor came from.
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Bank Holiday Variety at Retford.
Some of the rail services through Retford on Monday August 27th 2018.
The first train is a Leeds to Kings Cross service propelled by 90 036, after which is a normal north-bound express hauled by a class 91.
Grand Central trains are then represented by a south-bound class 180 which passes another class 91-hauled north-bound service.
Next comes the main purpose of the visit. Railway Operations Group class 37, 37884 'Cepheus' passes through on the 07:15 Stapleford & S C C E Sdg to Holbeck Loco Sidings service which had taken a rather roundabout route via Peterborough.
I then visited Thrumpton level crossing to see 66777 on the 6F71 08:45 Immingham H.I.T. (Gbrf) to Cottam Power Station services just after it passed under the East Coast Main Line.
Leter on that day DB Cargo 66094 heads north through the station with the 08:09 Dollands Moor Sdgs to Scunthorpe Redbourn Sdg.
A Grand Central class 180, still in First Great Western livery rushes south through the station and then a LNER York-bound service pulls into platform 2.
This was closely followed by a class 800 IEP Azuma set on a crew train ing run, which after a short stop headed north.
There then followed a rare treat. As a Hull Trains class 180 heads north, the ROG class 37, 37884 pulls into platform 1 on the 1351 Holbeck Loco Sidings to Stapleford & S C C E Sdg. Although at first it appears to be the same service as had headed north in the morning, it had taken one crane north in the morning, and then brought a different one back.
The video finishes with the same loco that started the video, class 90 90 036 returning north with a Kings Cross to Leeds service.
Walk Through Gadebridge Park and St Mary's Church Yard - Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
Walk Through Gadebridge Park and St Mary's Church Yard - Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
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Hexham Abbey, Northumberland
This impressive 12th century abbey is located in the heart of the picturesque market town of Hexham in Northumberland.
Filled with many architectural treasures dating from as far back as the Roman and Saxon times, the Abbey is today a fully functioning parish church, attracting not only tourists but also the residents of the locality who contribute to parish life.
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Our Lady of Lourdes Church. Mount Ave, New Milton Hampshire. 4th August 2012 ( 18 )
Our Lady of Lourdes Church. Mount Ave, New Milton Hampshire
Priests who have served New Milton
Father Frances Pinkman 1927 - 1959. He was the first parish priest of New Milton.
Father Thomas Lynch 1959 - 1962.
Father Leo Power 1962 - 1977.
Mgr Canon Patrick O'Mahoney 1977 - 1988.
Father Frank Reynolds 1988 - 1997
Father Gerrit Vervenne 1997 - 2012
The Church was opened on the 10th July 1927 the cost of building the church , amounted to something in the region of £3000.00 which by the time the church was built had been received in donations.
The new organ was dedicated on Friday 16th May 1986. It was built by Peter Collins of Redbourn.
Many fine carved wooden statues adorn the Sanctuary. The figure on the crucifix and the statue of the good shepherd were both carved by an artist known as the Forest Carver. His studio was situated near Hinchelsea House between Brockenhurst and Wootton and he specialised in carvings of hunt scenes and forest animals.
In the grounds of this church is a huge tree which covers most of the left hand side of the garden.