Aspenden

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Aspenden
Hertfordshire
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St Mary, Aspenden
Location
Grid reference: TL361282
Location: 51°56’8"N, 0°1’9"W
Data
Population: 222  (2001)
Post town: Buntingford
Postcode: SG9
Dialling code: 01763
Local Government
Council: East Hertfordshire
Parliamentary
constituency:
North East Hertfordshire

Aspenden is a village in Hertfordshire, just to the south of Buntingford. The place-name is first attested in 1212 and means 'valley of aspen trees'.

The Greenwich Meridian passes just to the east of Aspenden.

The parish church is St Mary's, which is of the 13th to 16th centuries and has some fine stained glass.

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