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The Rex is a cinema in the town of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England. Designed in the art deco style by David Evelyn Nye in 1936, the cinema opened to the public in 1938. After 50 years of service, the cinema closed in 1988 and became derelict.
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.
Berkhamsted (/ ˈ b ɜːr k əm s t ɛ d / BUR-kəm-sted) is an 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]
This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted December 6, 2024. [1 Current listings. 2] ... Rex Mill: March 7, 1979
The houses were all in close proximity to a major coaching route along Akeman Street, offering convenient access to London. [4] James Smith's first wife died, and his second marriage was to Mary Isablella Pechell of Berkhamsted Place. They had five children, the second of whom, Augustus, was born at Ashlyns Hall in 1804. [3]
Berkhamsted Place was an English country house which was erected sometime around 1580 in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England.It was built by Sir Edward Carey, the keeper of the Jewels to Queen Elizabeth I from stones removed from Berkhamsted Castle.
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]
A wooden sign bearing the coat of arms of the town was presented by the Berkhamsted Citizens Association and erected on the pavement outside the civic centre in 1983. [17] The garaging behind the civic centre, previously used by the fire service, was converted into a museum store for Dacorum Heritage in 1994. [18]