Therfield
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Therfield is a village and civil parish in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. The village stands on a broad chalk ridge, about south-west of Royston. At its northern end, the parish includes the common land of Therfield Heath, which adjoins the edge of Royston.
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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 3 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Civil parishes in Hertfordshire and Villages in Hertfordshire.
Vinony links it to 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Therfield
- UK place.population
- 588
- UK place.population_ref
- (Parish, 2021)
- UK place.shire_district
- North Hertfordshire
- UK place.shire_county
- Hertfordshire
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North East Hertfordshire
- UK place.post_town
- ROYSTON
- UK place.postcode_district
- SG8
- UK place.postcode_area
- SG
- UK place.dial_code
- 01763
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TL334371
- UK place.static_image_name
- Village Green, Therfield.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Village green by the Fox and Duck
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- North Hertfordshire
- Population
- 556
- Image
- St Mary, Therfield, Herts - geograph.org.uk - 370506.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01763
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- Commons category
- Therfield
- OS grid reference
- TL334371
- postal code
- SG8
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Therfield Chapel
- Geography
- Governance
- Administrative history
- Population
- References
- External links
Therfield is a village and civil parish in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. The village stands on a broad chalk ridge, about south-west of Royston. At its northern end, the parish includes the common land of Therfield Heath, which adjoins the edge of Royston.
==Toponymy== There are several possible origins for the name Therfield. It may derive from "þyrre field", meaning "dry open land" in Old English. Alternatively, the "Ther" element may have derived from "furrow" or could be a theophoric reference to Thor.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Therfield” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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3 mapped locations