Loudwater, Hertfordshire
Encyclopedia
Loudwater is a village in Hertfordshire
, England
, near the border of the county with Buckinghamshire
. It is on the north bank of the River Chess
just to the east of Junction 18 of the M25 motorway
, north of Rickmansworth
. The name Loudwater is an old name for the River Chess. The 2001 population was 1,242, with, in 2002, nearly a quarter being millionaires, the highest concentration of any community in the United Kingdom.
Archaeological finds at Loudwater Farm of pottery, tiles and coins indicate that Loudwater was probably the site of a villa and water mill occupied by Germanic settlers in the 4th and 5th centuries CE.
Loudwater House in Loudwater, which had a park of 150 acre, contained a pioneering central heating system in 1837. It was later occupied by Joseph d'Aguilar Samuda
, MP. The house was converted into eleven flats in the mid-20th century.
In the mid-19th century a paper mill was established in Loudwater using new technology developed by George Tidcombe. The mill was still standing in 2008.
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, near the border of the county with Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
. It is on the north bank of the River Chess
River Chess
The River Chess is a chalk stream which springs from Chesham, Buckinghamshire and runs through Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire, in south-eastern England. The Chess, along with the Colne and Gade, gives rise to the name of the district of Three Rivers, in which it forms its confluence with the...
just to the east of Junction 18 of the M25 motorway
M25 motorway
The M25 motorway, or London Orbital, is a orbital motorway that almost encircles Greater London, England, in the United Kingdom. The motorway was first mooted early in the 20th century. A few sections, based on the now abandoned London Ringways plan, were constructed in the early 1970s and it ...
, north of Rickmansworth
Rickmansworth
Rickmansworth is a town in the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire, England, 4¼ miles west of Watford.The town has a population of around 15,000 people and lies on the Grand Union Canal and the River Colne, at the northern end of the Colne Valley regional park.Rickmansworth is a small town in...
. The name Loudwater is an old name for the River Chess. The 2001 population was 1,242, with, in 2002, nearly a quarter being millionaires, the highest concentration of any community in the United Kingdom.
Archaeological finds at Loudwater Farm of pottery, tiles and coins indicate that Loudwater was probably the site of a villa and water mill occupied by Germanic settlers in the 4th and 5th centuries CE.
Loudwater House in Loudwater, which had a park of 150 acre, contained a pioneering central heating system in 1837. It was later occupied by Joseph d'Aguilar Samuda
Joseph d'Aguilar Samuda
Joseph d'Aguilar Samuda was an English civil engineer and politician. He was born in London the younger son of Abraham Samuda, and brother of Jacob Samuda...
, MP. The house was converted into eleven flats in the mid-20th century.
In the mid-19th century a paper mill was established in Loudwater using new technology developed by George Tidcombe. The mill was still standing in 2008.