Borehamwood
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Borehamwood (, historically also Boreham Wood) is a town in southern Hertfordshire, England, from Charing Cross. Borehamwood has a population of 36,322, and is within the London commuter belt. The town's film and TV studios are commonly known as Elstree Studios.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Borehamwood
- UK place.civil_parish
- Elstree and Borehamwood
- UK place.population
- 36,322
- UK place.shire_district
- Hertsmere
- UK place.shire_county
- Hertfordshire
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Hertsmere
- UK place.post_town
- BOREHAMWOOD
- UK place.postcode_district
- WD6
- UK place.postcode_area
- WD
- UK place.dial_code
- 020
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ195975
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Borehamwood (, historically also Boreham Wood) is a town in southern Hertfordshire, England, from Charing Cross. Borehamwood has a population of 36,322, and is within the London commuter belt. The town's film and TV studios are commonly known as Elstree Studios.
==History== One of the earliest mentions of Bosci de Boreham (Wood of Boreham), is in 1188: "In 1188 Pope Clement granted to the kitchen of the monastery the whole land of Elstree. He also gave to the Abbey the wood of Boreham for the feeding of the swine."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Borehamwood” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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