Potters Bar: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
←Blanked the page |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{distinguish|Potter's Bar, California}} |
|||
{{Infobox UK place |
|||
|country = England |
|||
|official_name= Potters Bar |
|||
|latitude= 51.698 |
|||
|longitude=-0.183 |
|||
|founder= Luke Georgiou |
|||
| population = 21,618 |
|||
| population_ref = <ref name=pop>[http://www.hertsdirect.org/infobase/docs/pdfstore/tabKS01sett.pdf Hertfordshire County Council] - Office for National Statistics, 2001 Census, Usual resident population (numbers)</ref> |
|||
|shire_district= [[Hertsmere]] |
|||
|shire_county = [[Hertfordshire]] |
|||
|region= East of England |
|||
|constituency_westminster= [[Hertsmere (UK Parliament constituency)|Hertsmere]] |
|||
|post_town= POTTERS BAR |
|||
|postcode_district= EN6 |
|||
|postcode_area= EN |
|||
|dial_code= 01707 |
|||
|os_grid_reference= TL255015 |
|||
}} |
|||
'''Potters Bar''' is a town in the [[Hertsmere]] borough of [[Hertfordshire]], [[England]],<ref name=hertsmere>[http://www.hertsmere.gov.uk/hertsmere_web/res/filestore/dnld_100003/Community_Strategy_First_Review.pdf;internal&action=save.action Hertsmere Borough Council] - Community Strategy First Review (PDF)</ref> located {{convert|18|mi|km}} north of Central [[London]]. In 2001 it had a population of 21,618.<ref name=pop/> |
|||
The town started life in the early 13th century and remained a small settlement until the arrival of the [[Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)|Great Northern Railway]] in 1850.<ref name=pbhistory>[http://www.pbhistory.co.uk/history.html PBHistory] - The history</ref> It is part of the [[London commuter belt]].<ref>[http://www.north-herts.gov.uk/lcb-strategy-final111004_1_.pdf North Hertfordshire] - A Housing Strategy for the London Commuter Belt Sub-region 2005 - 2008 (PDF)</ref> |
|||