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In 2007 Rightmove bought 67% of Holiday Lettings Limited. [6] In May 2008, HBOS, one of the founding investors, sold its stake in Rightmove. [7] According to Forbes, Rightmove operates on a two-sided model which serves a vast "audience" for property listings on one side and 20,000 advertisers of available properties on the other side. [8]
Berkhamsted (/ ˈ b ɜːr k əm s t ɛ d / BUR-kəm-sted) is a historic market town in Hertfordshire, England, in the Bulbourne valley, 26 miles (42 km) north-west of London. [2] [3] The town is a civil parish with a town council within the borough of Dacorum which is based in the neighbouring large new town of Hemel Hempstead. [4]
Dean Incent's House is a 15th-century timber-framed house in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England. It is reputed to be the birthplace of John Incent (c. 1480 – 1545), a dean in the Church of England who held office at St Paul's Cathedral from 1540 to 1545. The two-storey house is situated on Berkhamsted High Street.
The house was designed by George Hubbard and built by H and J Matthews between 1906 and 1908 for Sir John Evans. [1] [2] Evans was a well known archaeologist and geologist who became President of the Geological Society of London. [3]
Ashlyns Hall in the estate grounds. Ashlyns Hall, is a modestly sized villa from the early Regency.It has two storeys and the exterior is covered in stucco.On the south-western side, the house features a semi-circular bowed front with a first-floor verandah of wrought iron overlooking ornamental gardens.
The almshouses, or Church House, are two-storey half-timbered houses dating from the 15th and 16th centuries. From 1936 until 1972 Northchurch and Berkhamsted were united under Berkhamsted Urban District Council. Northchurch today, however, is recognised as a separate village with its own Parish Council.
Youngsbury House, by Henry George Oldfield. Youngsbury House is a Grade II listed house near Wadesmill, Hertfordshire, England. [1] The stable block is Grade II* listed. [2] The house was built in about 1745 by David Poole. [3]
The borough also includes the towns of Berkhamsted and Tring and surrounding villages. The borough had a population of 155,081 in 2021. [2] Dacorum was created in 1974 and is named after the ancient hundred of Dacorum which had covered a similar area. The borough of Dacorum is the westernmost of Hertfordshire's ten districts.