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Top Left:
Berkhamsted's mediæval High Street, which is part of the Roman Akeman
Street linking Veralum (St. Albans) with Akemancester (Bath). Centre: Remains of the once important castle built by Robert de Mortain, brother of William the Conqueror. It was here that William the Conqueror was offered the crown of England following the battle of Hastings in 1066. Top Right: a view of the Grand Junction, now Grand Union canal. Berkhamsted is the home of the 'Canal Duke', regarded as the Father of England's inland waterways. Web site
designed and managed by Peter Such. |
