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Redbourn, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Herts, on river Ver, 4½ miles NW. of St Albans by road and 4½ miles NE. of Hemel Hempstead by rail, 4563 ac., pop. 2177; P.O., T.O.; has silk mills; near vil. is Redbourn House, seat; a cell to St Alban's Abbey was founded here in the 12th century.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "parish and village with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Redbourn CP/AP Hertfordshire AncC |
Place: | Redbourn |
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