Chorleywood

Settlement at Chorleywood dates to the Paleolithic era, when the plentiful flint supply led to swift development of tools by early man. The Romans built a small village on the ancient site, complete with a mill and brewery. Ruins of a Roman villa are thought to be found under the M25, which passes through the outskirts of Chorleywood. A large influx of Saxon settlers in Chorleywood led to it being an important town. The Saxons called it 'Cerola Leah', meaning a meadow in a clearing. Through Chorleywood runs the line that once divided ...

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Main article: History of Hertfordshire. Hertfordshire was originally the area assigned to a fortress constructed at Hertford under the rule of Edward the Elder in 913. The name Hertfordshire appears in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in 1011. The Domesday Book recorded the county as having nine hundreds. Tring and Danais became one, Dacorum. The other seven were Broadwater, Cashio, Edwinstree, Hertford, Hitchin and Odsey. Hertfordshire is the starting point of the New River: a man made waterway, opened in 1613 to ...

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The origins of the Metropolitan Line lie with the incorporation, in 1853, of the North Metropolitan Railway, the original name of the Metropolitan Railway, which railway had been empowered, with the Metropolitan District Railway to complete an Inner Circle of railways in London. The first section was opened from near Paddington to Farringdon Street (now Farringdon station) in January 1863; work on the railway had begun in February 1860 using the "cut-and-cover" method of construction. This caused massive traffic disrupti ...

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There are eighteen boroughs and districts that have a border with Greater London and in some cases form part of the urban sprawl. These are (listed in order as they surround London clockwise from the Thames at Dartford): South East Kent - Dartford, Sevenoaks Surrey - Tandridge, Reigate and Banstead, Epsom and Ewell, Mole Valley, Elmbridge, Spelthorne Berkshire - Windsor and Maidenhead, Slough Buckinghamshire - South Bucks East Hertfordshire - Three Rivers, Hertsmere, Welwyn Hatfield, BroxbourneSee also:

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Main article: Geology of Hertfordshire. The rocks of Hertfordshire belong to the great shallow syncline known as the London basin. The beds dip in a south-easterly direction towards the syncline's lowest point roughly under the River Thames. The most important formations are the Cretaceous Chalk, which is exposed as the high ground in the north and west of the county and the younger Palaeocene, Reading Beds and Eocene, London Clay which occupy the remaining southern part. The eastern half of the county was covered by glaciers during the Ice Age and has a su ...

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Much of the undeveloped part of this area lies within a designated Metropolitan Green Belt so further significant urban development is generally resisted by District Councils backed by the Planning Inspectorate. It was expected that had this policy not been adopted during the 1940s and 1950s the area now perceived as the commuter belt would have been fully urbanized by about 1980, and the administrative boundaries of Greater London might well have been more extensive. The Green Belt currently covers nearly all of Surrey, eastern Berkshire, southern Buckinghamshire, southern and mid Hertfordshire, souther ...

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in order from east to west Metropolitan Line - Shared Circle Line track and main branch. Terminus: Aldgate Liverpool Street Moorgate Barbican Farringdon King's Cross St. Pancras Euston Square Great Portland Street (after this station no longer shares track with Circle Line) Baker Street Finchley Road Wembley Park Preston Road Northwick Park Harrow-on-the-Hill The line splits here into two branches — ...

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The current rolling stock in use on the Metropolitan Line is the sub-surface gauge A Stock built by Cravens in Sheffield, which is shared between the Metropolitan and East London lines. While it ran in service with unpainted aluminium bodywork for many years, since refurbishment the stock has received the now standard white and blue Underground livery, with red ends. Metropolitan Line services are usually formed of two four-car units coupled together for a total of eight cars, although the Chesham shuttle service and the East London Line are both served by four-ca ...

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According to the 2001 census, Chorleywood has a resident population of 9,215, of whom: 19.8% are under 16 years of age (cf. 20.2% for England & Wales) 10.0% are over 75 years of age (cf. 7.6%) 64.5% are married (cf. 50.9%) 4.5% are divorced (cf. 8.2%) 1.8% are unemployed (cf. 3.4%) 4.8% are full-time students over 16 years of age (cf. 5.1%) Chorleywood - Ethnicity. 92.3% are White (cf. 92.3%) 1.4% are ...

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The Hertfordshire County Council is controlled by the Conservatives. At the County Council, Chorleywood is represented by Leonard Spencer, of the Conservatives. The local council, Three Rivers District Council, is controlled by the Liberal Democrats. At the District Council, Chorleywood is represented by three Liberal Democrats (Harry Davies, Chris Brearley, and Martin Trevett) and two Conservatives (Chris Hayward and Leonard Spencer). Chorleywood is a part of the parliamentary constituency of Hertfordshire South West. The major perennial political issues in Chorleywood are conservation of the Common, planning and the preser ...

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