Berkhamsted

Berkhamsted is a town and civil parish near the A41 road in Dacorum, Hertfordshire, England. In 2001 there were 16,498 people living in Berkhamsted.^[1]

Berkhamsted Media

Joan Blaeu map of Hertfordshire from 1659 showing Barkhamsted [sic], one of the many archaic spellings of the town's name
An Early Middle Bronze Age (c. 1500 to 1300 BC) copper chisel found in Berkhamsted
View across the Inner moat towards the bailey walls of Berkhamsted Castle
A view of the castle motte, moat, middle bank and outer earthworks
The castle's bailey viewed from the Norman motte (Enlarged: A train can be seen passing close to the castle, with the town to the south beyond.)
Tomb of Henry of Berkhamsted (who served under Edward the Black Prince at the battles of Crécy and Poitiers) and his Lady
Berkhamsted Place, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, UK, painted around 1832
Former buildings of Cooper & Nephews on Ravens Lane, Berkhamsted
The 19th century soup kitchen built inside Berkhamsted Castle (part now used as the castle visitor centre) at the entrance next to the cottage within the castle's bailey.
The Queen Beech or Harry Potter tree (now fallen) This pollarded tree in Frithsden Beeches on Berkhamsted Common was at least 350 years old. In 1866, it was at the centre of the battle of Berkhamsted Common.

References

↑ "Local statistics - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk.

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[1] "Local statistics - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk.

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