Flaunden

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Flaunden


St Mary Magdalene Church, Flaunden

Flaunden (Hertfordshire)
Flaunden

Flaunden shown within Hertfordshire
OS grid reference TL017009
District Dacorum
Shire county Hertfordshire
Region East
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Postcode district HP3
Police Hertfordshire
Fire Hertfordshire
Ambulance East of England
European Parliament East of England
UK Parliament South West Hertfordshire
List of places: UKEnglandHertfordshire

Coordinates: 51°41′51″N 0°31′39″W / 51.697602, -0.527577

Flaunden is a village in Hertfordshire, England on the Bucks/Herts border. Old Flaunden was on the banks of the River Chess in Buckinghamshire but owing to constant flooding was moved up the hill into Hertfordshire in the early 19th century.[1] The new church at the top of the hill was built in 1838 and was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott.[2]

Flaunden boasts two pubs, The Bricklayers Arms and The Green Dragon.

[edit] References

  1. ^ A tourist pamphlet of the Chess Valley
  2. ^ History of Flaunden Church