Watford
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English: Watford is a town in Hertfordshire, southern England, in the United Kingdom
Views of Watford
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The Intu Centre
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High Street
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High Street
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Market Street and High Street
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View over the town centre
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View over the Watford ring road
History
[edit]Main category: History of Watford
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1610 Map of Hertfordshire
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Cassiobury Park (Johannes Kip and Leonard Knyff, 1707)
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Cassiobury House (James Wyatt, demolished in 1927)
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Tombs in St Mary's Church (Nicholas Stone, 1628)
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St Mary's graveyard
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Metro-Land (1924)
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The old railway station (1837)
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Watford Junction railway station in 1948
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Benskins Brewery (now Watford Museum)
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Hille furniture (1964)
Architecture & landmarks
[edit]Main category: Buildings in Watford
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Cassiobury House stables
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Little Cassiobury
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Grand staircase, Cassiobury House (now in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
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Beechen Grove Baptist Church (J W Chapman, 1877)
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St Mary's Parish Church
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Holy Rood RC Church (J F Bentley, 1889-1900)
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Christ Church
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Odhams Press building
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Watford Town Hall (Charles Cowles-Voysey, 1937-39)
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A Victorian town house, Clarendon Road
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Palace Theatre
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Watford Free School (1705)
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Watford Grammar School
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London Orphan Asylum
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One Bell pub, High Street
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The Pyramid, High Street
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Intu Centre (formerly the Harlequin Centre)
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War Memorial
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West Herts College
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1930s "Metro-Land" Mock Tudor houses
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Hille House (Ernő Goldfinger, 1959)
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Watford Museum & Art Gallery
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Harry Potter Warner Bros. Studio Tour, Leavesden
People
[edit]Main category: People of Watford
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Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex (1631-1683)
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Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex (1654-1710)
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William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex (1697-1743)
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George Capel-Coningsby, 5th Earl of Essex(1757–1839)
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Jane Alexander, actress
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Robert Clutterbuck, antiquarian
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Will Fraser, rugby union player
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Geri Halliwell, singer
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Geoffrey de Havilland, aviator
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Vinnie Jones, actor
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Anthony Joshua, boxer
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Bradley Walsh, actor
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Elton John, singer and Watford FC chairman
Transport
[edit]Main category: Transport in Watford
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Railways in Watford
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London Underground Metropolitan line
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Watford Junction railway station
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Watford Junction railway station
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Watford High Street Overground station
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Watford North railway station
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Watford tube station
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London Overground Watford DC Line
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Arriva London bus at Watford Junction
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Croxley rail link (abandoned plan)
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LNWR Watford and Rickmansworth Railway (closed 1952-96)
Parks, gardens and waterways
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Cassiobury Park
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Cassiobury Park
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Bricket Wood Common
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Albans Wood
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Whippendell Wood
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Colne Valley
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Grand Junction (Grand Union) Canal
Sports
[edit]Main category: Sports in Watford
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Watford FC
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Vicarage Road Stadium