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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 315 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RICKMANSWORTH , an See also:

urban See also:district in the See also:Watford See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Hertfordshire, See also:England; 171 m. W.N.W. of See also:London by the See also:Metropolitan & See also:Great Central See also:joint railway; served also by a See also:branch of the London & See also:North Western railway from Watford. Pop. (Igor) 5627. It lies in a pleasant valley at the junction of the See also:Chess with the See also:Colne, and on the See also:Grand Junction See also:canal. The See also:church of St See also:Mary, with the exception of the See also:tower a See also:modern reconstruction, contains some See also:French stained See also:glass of the 16th See also:century. The See also:chief See also:industries are See also:brewing and See also:art-See also:printing. The Colne here holds large See also:trout, which are carefully preserved. The grounds of See also:Moor See also:Park to the See also:south-See also:east are finely wooded, and the See also:mansion, belonging to See also:Lord Ebury, is a See also:good example of the See also:period of See also:George I. The See also:estate See also:counts among its former owners such famous names as the Botelers; George See also:Neville, See also:archbishop of See also:York; See also:John de See also:Vere, See also:earl of See also:Oxford in See also:Henry VII.'s See also:time; See also:Wolsey in the next reign; See also:Robert See also:Carey, earl of See also:Monmouth, and the See also:duke of Monmouth.

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