Flamstead
Sign in to saveFlamstead is a village and civil parish in north-west Hertfordshire, England, close to the junction of the A5 and the M1 motorway at junction 9. The name is thought by some historians to be a corruption of the original Verulamstead.
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Place details
- Locality
- Dacorum
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 990
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Flamstead
- UK place.population
- 1,306
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Flamstead
- UK place.shire_district
- Dacorum
- UK place.shire_county
- Hertfordshire
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted
- UK place.post_town
- ST ALBANS
- UK place.postcode_district
- AL3
- UK place.postcode_area
- AL
- UK place.dial_code
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Dacorum
- Population
- +1359
- Official website
- www.flamsteadpc.org.uk
- Image
- Three Blackbirds Pub Flamstead - geograph.org.uk - 41315.jpg
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Flamstead is a village and civil parish in north-west Hertfordshire, England, close to the junction of the A5 and the M1 motorway at junction 9. The name is thought by some historians to be a corruption of the original Verulamstead.
Flamstead stands on a ridge above the River Ver, which runs on its north side; to the south the village extends downhill to the adjoining hamlet of Trowley Bottom. The first documented record of the village was in 1006, and it was also recorded in the Domesday Book eighty years later. In the Middle Ages it was important enough for a market and fair to be held there, though it is now mainly a dormitory village for neighbouring towns, several of which can be reached by bus from the village. The current population is around 1,306.