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|text='''Letchworth''', also known as 'Letchworth Garden City', is a town of some 33,600 folk in northern Hertfordshire. | |text='''Letchworth''', also known as 'Letchworth Garden City', is a town of some 33,600 folk in northern [[Hertfordshire]]. | ||
The town was founded only at the opening of the twentieth century, its name taken from one of the three villages which were engulfed by the new town. Here in 1903 Ebenezer Howard created a new town based on the ideas of the Garden City Movement, incorporating elements of the country alongside city life. Mocked in the press at the time, the design was supported by the Arts and Crafts movement. As the first 'Garden City', Letchworth had great influence on future town planning.}}<noinclude>{{FP data}} | The town was founded only at the opening of the twentieth century, its name taken from one of the three villages which were engulfed by the new town. Here in 1903 Ebenezer Howard created a new town based on the ideas of the Garden City Movement, incorporating elements of the country alongside city life. Mocked in the press at the time, the design was supported by the Arts and Crafts movement. As the first 'Garden City', Letchworth had great influence on future town planning.}}<noinclude>{{FP data}} |
Latest revision as of 18:36, 20 December 2018
LetchworthLetchworth, also known as 'Letchworth Garden City', is a town of some 33,600 folk in northern Hertfordshire. The town was founded only at the opening of the twentieth century, its name taken from one of the three villages which were engulfed by the new town. Here in 1903 Ebenezer Howard created a new town based on the ideas of the Garden City Movement, incorporating elements of the country alongside city life. Mocked in the press at the time, the design was supported by the Arts and Crafts movement. As the first 'Garden City', Letchworth had great influence on future town planning. (Read more) |