Felden : Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

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Felden - Felden is a partly rural area south west of Hemel Hempstead that has many wealthy detached houses.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felden
Felden is a semi-rural neighbourhood of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, situated to the south west of the town, close to the railway station.

It is separated from the main urban area by main roads, the rail line and Boxmoor. Felden is uncharacteristic of Hemel Hempstead in that it almost entirely upmarket privately owned housing.

The ancient Box Lane runs uphill from Boxmoor to Bovingdon and passes through the west of Felden. On this lane stands Box Lane Chapel , a non-conformist chapel dating from the early 1600s. The chapel was officially founded in 1668, was re-built in 1690 and then altered in 1856 and again in 1876. Tradition has it that Oliver Cromwell once worshipped here. It is now a private house after being sold in 1969.





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The settlement was called by the name Henamsted or Hean-Hempsted, i.e. High Hempstead, in Anglo-Saxon times and in William the Conqueror's time by the name of Hemel-Amstede.[1] The name is referred to in the Domesday Book as "Hamelamesede", but in later centuries it became Hamelhamsted.
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