Chorleywood

Chorleywood is a commune of the the United Kingdom, located in the county of the Hertfordshire, with 31 kilometers in the North-West of London.

History

The first traces of settlement in Chorleywood go back to the era Paléolithique. The Romains built then small a Village on this site.

The arrival many colonist S Saxons made of Chorleywood an important city. The Saxon ones called it " Cerola Leah" , which means " meadow in a clairière". Chorleywood is crossed by the line which divided at one time the kingdoms of Mercie and the Wessex and which separates now the counties from Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

At the thirteenth century, the place was known under the name of " Bosco de Cherle" or " Churl' S Wood" , which meant " wood of the paysans" into Norman. At the time of the Reform, it was famous " Charleywoode".

Chorleywood is famous for its Quakers. William PEN founded the colony of Pennsylvania with colonists of Chorleywood, Rickmansworth and other neighbouring cities of the South of Buckinghamshire. But the massive exodus towards the New World caused the financial ruin of Chorleywood.

However, the boom of the industry of paper and the impression brought a new wave of prosperity to the 19th century. The extension of the metropolitan line until Chorleywood in the years 1890 involved a strong increase in the population which continued until in the years 1960. Of: 1500 inhabitants in 1897, the population passed to more: 9000 inhabitants today. In 1913, the city accepted the name of Chorleywood.

In 2003, Chorleywood was elected the happiest village of England.

Twinnings

, located in the Department of the Rhone

See too

City of Hertfordshire

External bonds

Site on Chorleywood with photographs

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