Aspenden is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in the
East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire is a local government district in Hertfordshire, England. Its council is based in Hertford, the county town of Hertfordshire. The largest town in the district is Bishop's Stortford, and the other main towns are Ware, Bunti ...
district of
Hertfordshire, England. It is just to the south of
Buntingford. The
Prime Meridian
A prime meridian is an arbitrary meridian (a line of longitude) in a geographic coordinate system at which longitude is defined to be 0°. Together, a prime meridian and its anti-meridian (the 180th meridian in a 360°-system) form a great ...
passes just to the east of it. Its name, which means 'valley of aspen trees', was first attested in 1212.
See also
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The Hundred Parishes
References
External links
*
Aspenden (''A Guide to Old Hertfordshire'')*
Villages in Hertfordshire
Civil parishes in Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire District
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