Mobile tyres fitting service in Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
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service for Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire. So, rather than having to
travel to a traditional tyre depot to have tyres fitted,
you remain at home or at work and we come to you. This
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our operating costs so we are able to slash our selling
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Unlike many companies selling tyres on-line we have a
head office call centre. This provides advice and
technical information on all aspects of tyres. Also, for
those who prefer to place their order for tyres by
telephone, rather than by buying tyres on-line, we have
a freephone facility (0800 028 9000).
We are proud of our Customer service record, and we
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More about Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
Hemel Hempstead is a town in Hertfordshire, England
with a population of 81,143 at the 2001 Census.
Developed after World War II as a new town, it has
existed as a settlement since the 8th century. It is
part of the district (and borough since 1984) of Dacorum
and the Hemel Hempstead constituency.
Remains of Roman villa farming settlements have been
found at Boxmoor and Gadebridge which span the entire
period of Roman Britain.
Hemel Hempstead on its present site is mentioned in the
Domesday Book of 1086, though its existence can be
traced back several hundred years before that. The
church of St Mary was built in 1140, one of the finest
Norman churches in the county. The church features a
very tall 200 foot spire added in the 12th century, and
one of Europe's tallest.
In Tudor times, the town was granted a charter by King
Henry VIII to become a Bailiwick with the right to hold
a Thursday market and a fair on Corpus Christi Day. The
King and Anne Boleyn are reputed to have stayed in the
town at this time.
In 1953 some unusually fine medieval wall paintings were
discovered in some cottages in Piccotts End, very close
to Hemel. The paintings date to between 1470 and 1500
and show a number of religious scenes, including the
baptism of Jesus by St John (wearing camel skin complete
with head and hoofs) and a scene of the Virgin Mary
holding Christ's body in front of the cross. Also
depicted are St Peter, St Catherine of Alexandria with
her wheel and sword and St Margaret of Antioch emerging
from the belly of the dragon. It's believed that these
wall paintings show a link to the 'heretical' Cathar
beliefs of southern France and adjacent areas of
Catalonia and northern Italy. The building was also
found to have a hidden room in the roof, suggesting it
was a priest hole and an Elizabethan painted room in the
next door cottage. In 1827 the building was converted
into the first cottage hospital by Astley Cooper
providing free medical services.
Hemel's position on the shortest route between London
and the industrial Midlands put it on the Grand Junction
Canal in 1795 and the London and Birmingham Railway in
1837. However it remained principally an agricultural
market town throughout the nineteenth century. In the
last decades of that century development of houses and
villas for London commuters began. The Midland railway
built a branch connecting to its main line at Harpenden
in 1877 (see The Nicky Line). Hemel steadily expanded,
but only became a borough on 13th July, 1898.
During World War II, a stick of bombs demolished houses
at Nash Mills. The nearby Dickinson factories were used
to produce munitions.
After World War II, in 1946, the government designated
Hemel Hempstead as the site of one of its proposed New
towns designed to house the displaced population of
London where slums and bombsites were being cleared. On
4th February 1947 the Government purchased 5,910 acres
of land and began work on the "New Town". The first new
residents moved in April 1949 and the town continued its
planned expansion through to the end of the 1980s. Hemel
grew to its present population of 80,000, with new
developments enveloping the original town on all sides.
The original part of Hemel is still known as the "Old
Town".
Its geographical position, between London and the
Midlands, acted again in the 1960s when the M1 motorway
was routed just to the east of the town. This gave it a
central position on the country's motorway network.
In the 1970s, the town decided to abolish its mayor and
set up in place, a district council. The first chairman
of that council was Chairman John Johnson (1913-1977).
In the 1980s, the town then decided to revert back to
its original state, with a mayor. The political
atmosphere of the town has changed significantly. Once a
Labour stronghold, the town has seen an increase in
Conservative Party voting in recent years.
As of the 2001 census, Hemel Hempstead is the most
populated urban area in Hertfordshire, narrowly more
populated than its traditionally "larger" rival,
Watford.
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