Loudwater, Hertfordshire

Loudwater
Loudwater
 Loudwater shown within Hertfordshire
Population 1,242 (2001 census)
OS grid referenceTQ050965
Civil parishChorleywood
DistrictThree Rivers
Shire countyHertfordshire
RegionEast
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Rickmansworth
Postcode district WD3
Dialling code 01923
Police Hertfordshire
Fire Hertfordshire
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
UK ParliamentSouth West Hertfordshire
List of places
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Coordinates: 51°39′27″N 0°28′52″W / 51.657442°N 0.481164°W

Loudwater is a village in Hertfordshire, England, near the border of the county with Buckinghamshire. It is on the north bank of the River Chess just to the east of Junction 18 of the M25 motorway, north of Rickmansworth. The name Loudwater is an old name for the River Chess.[1] The 2001 population was 1,242,[2] with, in 2002, nearly a quarter being millionaires, the highest concentration of any community in the United Kingdom.[3]

Archaeological finds at Loudwater Farm of pottery, tiles and coins indicate that Loudwater was probably the site of a villa and water mill occupied by Germanic settlers in the 4th and 5th centuries CE.[4]

Loudwater House in Loudwater, which had a park of 150 acres (60 ha),[5] contained a pioneering central heating system in 1837.[6] It was later occupied by Joseph d'Aguilar Samuda, MP.[5] The house was converted into eleven flats in the mid-20th century.[7]

In the mid-19th century a paper mill was established in Loudwater using new technology developed by George Tidcombe.[8] The mill was still standing in 2008.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Gover, John Eric Bruce (1938). The place-names of Hertfordshire. Cambridge University Press. p. 73. OCLC 1124069.
  2. ↑ "Usual resident population" (PDF). 2001 Census, Key Statistics for HCC Settlements. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2009-03-21.
  3. ↑ "Papers assess Blair's diplomatic tour". BBC News. 6 January 2002. Retrieved 2009-03-21.
  4. ↑ Baker, John T. (2007). Cultural transition in the Chilterns and Essex region, 350 AD to 650 AD. University of Hertfordshire Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-1-902806-53-2.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Prince, Hugh (2008). Parks in Hertfordshire Since 1500. University of Hertfordshire Press. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-9542189-9-7.
  6. ↑ Richardson, Charles James (1837). A Popular Treatise on the Warming and Ventilation of Buildings. J. Weale. p. 47. OCLC 248113895.
  7. ↑ "Loudwater House". The Estates Gazette 161. 1953. p. 414.
  8. ↑ "The Workshops of England". The People's Illustrated Journal. 1 May 1852. p. 14.
  9. ↑ Tompkins, Herbert Winckworth (2008). Hertfordshire. BiblioBazaar. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-4375-3233-3.

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