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|county 2=Buckingham | |||
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|post town=Hemel Hempsted | |||
|postcode=HP1 | |postcode=HP1 | ||
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'''Frithsden''' is a small hamlet | '''Frithsden''' is a small hamlet on the border of [[Hertfordshire]] and [[Buckinghamshire]], lying amongst the [[Chiltern Hills]], about two miles north of [[Berkhamsted]], which is the closest town. The village of [[Potten End]] is to the south in Hertfordshire and the hamlet of [[Nettleden]] over and round the hill to the north in Buckinghamshire. | ||
The village name is derived from the wood ''le Fryth''.<ref>Allen Mawer, F.M. Stenton: ''The place-names of Hertfordshire''; Cambridge University Press 1938</ref> It is first mentioned 1291 as ''Frithesdene'' ("valley of the wood"). It is pronounced locally as 'Frizden' | The village name is derived from the wood ''le Fryth''.<ref>Allen Mawer, F.M. Stenton: ''The place-names of Hertfordshire''; Cambridge University Press 1938</ref> It is first mentioned 1291 as ''Frithesdene'' ("valley of the wood"). It is pronounced locally as 'Frizden' | ||
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[[File:Frithsden Beeches - geograph.org.uk - 268169.jpg| | [[File:Frithsden Beeches - geograph.org.uk - 268169.jpg|thumb|200px|Frithsden Beeches]] | ||
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*[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/links/frithsden.htm ''A Guide to Old Hertfordshire'' webpage for Frithsden] | *[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/links/frithsden.htm ''A Guide to Old Hertfordshire'' webpage for Frithsden] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:30, 15 June 2018
| Frithsden | |
| Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire | |
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 Frithsden Woods | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL020096 |
| Location: | 51°46’35"N, -0°31’22"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Hemel Hempsted |
| Postcode: | HP1 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Dacorum |
Frithsden is a small hamlet on the border of Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire, lying amongst the Chiltern Hills, about two miles north of Berkhamsted, which is the closest town. The village of Potten End is to the south in Hertfordshire and the hamlet of Nettleden over and round the hill to the north in Buckinghamshire.
The village name is derived from the wood le Fryth.[1] It is first mentioned 1291 as Frithesdene ("valley of the wood"). It is pronounced locally as 'Frizden'
West of the hamlet bordering to Ashridge Park are the Frithsden Beeches, a wood left to nature, with large beeches. Scenes for Sleepy Hollow, Jonathan Creek and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire have been filmed in this wood.[2]
Frithsden, together with the neighbouring hamlets Nettleden and Potten End, is famous for its black cherries and the villagers held in July their annual cherry fair. They also claim to have originated the Cherry Bounce and the Cherry Turnover.[3] The village has also a winery, the Frithsden Vineyard.[4]
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Frithsden) |
References
- ↑ Allen Mawer, F.M. Stenton: The place-names of Hertfordshire; Cambridge University Press 1938
- ↑ "Special trees and woods - Frithsden Beeches". Chilterns Conservation Board. http://www.chilternsaonb.org/caring/stwp_site_details.asp?siteID=414. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
- ↑ Doris Jones-Baker: The Folklore of Hertfordshire; 1977. ISBN 0-87471-925-9
- ↑ http://www.ukvines.co.uk/vineyards/frithsden.htm Frithsden Vinyard]