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The Web site hosts obituaries and memorials for more than 70 percent of all U.S. deaths. [4] Legacy.com hosts obituaries for more than three-quarters of the 100 largest newspapers in the U.S., by circulation. [5] The site attracts more than 30 million unique visitors per month and is among the top 40 trafficked websites in the world. [4]
Constructed in 1973, the "Magic Roundabout" in Hemel Hempstead was voted the UK's second-worst roundabout in a 2005 poll held by an insurance company (the winner being its Swindon counterpart). [1] In 2011 the roundabout was voted the best in Britain by motorists in a competition organised by a car leasing service. [2]
Detail of the arcading on the ground floor of the corn exchange. A market place was established in the old town under a charter awarded by Henry VIII in 1539. [2] By the early 19th century the market hall took the form of a long range of corn lofts, which stood on pillars, so that markets could be held underneath. [3]
Tops Friendly Markets was co-founded by Armand Castellani, who was born in 1917 in a village outside of Rome, Italy, and Thomas Buscaglia.Castellani's family came to the United States in 1920, and eventually settled in Niagara Falls, where his father, Ferrante, opened a small neighborhood grocery store.
Hemel Hempstead (/ ˌ h ɛ m əl ˈ h ɛ m p s t ɪ d /) is a town in the Dacorum district in Hertfordshire, England.It is located 24 miles (39 km) north-west of London; nearby towns include Watford, St Albans and Berkhamsted.
Bovingdon is a village in Hertfordshire, England, 4 miles (6.4 km) south-west of Hemel Hempstead, and a civil parish within the local authority area of Dacorum.Situated close to the Buckinghamshire border, it forms the largest part of the ward of Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield, which had a population of 4,600 at the 2001 census, [2] increasing to 9,000 at the 2011 Census.
Thanks for drawing attention to the superseded name for the old town: couple of points regarding "Hemel Hempstead (known locally as "Hemel"), lies in a shallow chalkland valley" – isn't it known locally as 'Emel? Also, from memory, the new town is largely on hilly ground around the valley rather than in the valley itself. ...
Royal Air Force Bovingdon or more simply RAF Bovingdon is a former Royal Air Force station located near the village of Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England, about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south-west of Hemel Hempstead and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south-east of Berkhamsted.