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Willian, Hertfordshire

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OS grid reference
  
TL225308

Country
  
Post town
  
LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY

Local time
  
Monday 5:24 PM

Dialling code
  
01462

Region
  
Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Police
  
Shire county
  
Postcode district
  
SG6

UK parliament constituency
  
North East Hertfordshire

Willian, Hertfordshire

Weather
  
16°C, Wind SW at 21 km/h, 50% Humidity

Willian is a small village in North Hertfordshire, with a population of approximately 326. Along with Norton and Old Letchworth, it is one of the original villages which the garden city of Letchworth Garden City grew up around. Despite this, it retains a distinctive character. The village was referred to in the Domesday Book as "Wilie", and the name probably derives from a word meaning "willows".

Map of Willian, Letchworth Garden City, UK

The village has two pubs, the Fox, which used to boast a bar with 16th century beams and low ceilings, now replaced by modern decor, and the Three Horseshoes, a Village Stores and Post Office and a large pond. The original parish church, All Saints', has a tower with clocks on two sides; two sides are blank, supposedly so that farm labourers would not be able to tell when to leave work. This continues to be an active parish church in the village. Its daughter church of St Paul's, Letchworth became a separate parish church in 1963.

The solicitor and historian Reginald Hine lived in the village from 1929 until his death in 1949.

References

Willian, Hertfordshire Wikipedia


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