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Interesting & Historical Facts about Welwyn Garden City

Sir Ebernezer Howard (1850-1928) was the English founder of the garden city movement, and known for his publication To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform (1898). He created the first garden city - Letchworth Garden City, and then in 1920 Welwyn Garden City.

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Hatfield (21 Pictures) in the county of Hertfordshire

(2.8 miles, 4.5 km, direction S of Welwyn Garden City)

Hatfield is a town with two histories. There is the history of the ancient market town whose roots are firmly embedded in Saxon times, and the modern-day history of a town that grew to meet the demands of the housing population...

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Wheathampstead (5 Pictures) in the county of Hertfordshire

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St Albans (54 Pictures) in the county of Hertfordshire

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Hoddesdon (3 Pictures) in the county of Hertfordshire

(8.8 miles, 14.2 km, direction E of Welwyn Garden City)

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Hatfield House

Hatfield House (53 Pictures)

(2.7 miles, 4.4 km, direction S)

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St Albans Cathedral and Abbey Church (17 Pictures)

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