Bedmond

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Coordinates: 51°43′13″N 0°24′38″W / 51.720249°N 00.410571°W / 51.720249; -00.410571
Bedmond
Bedmond

 Bedmond shown within Hertfordshire
OS grid reference TL0903
District Three Rivers
Shire county Hertfordshire
Region East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Postcode district WD5
Dialling code 01923
Police Hertfordshire
Fire Hertfordshire
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
UK Parliament St. Albans
List of places
UK
England
Hertfordshire

Bedmond is a village in Hertfordshire, England.

Bedmond is the birthplace of Nicholas Breakspear, the only Englishman to ever be Pope. Nicholas Breakspear was born at Bedmond Farm around 1100 AD,[1] and the site where his home stood is marked by a plaque.[2]

References

  1. BBC Online-"An audience with the Pope"
  2. The plaque to Nicholas Breakspear sits at the south end of a roadside island on Bedmond Road approximately 100m south of its junction with East Lane.51°43′07″N 0°24′40″W / 51.718596°N 0.411067°W / 51.718596; -0.411067 (Breakspear plaque)

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