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The Word is Hertfordshire!

2011 is the 1000th anniversary of the first time that Hertfordshire is mentioned in writing. In this section you will find interesting facts about Hertfordshire's history as well as information about all the activities celebrating the 'Hertfordshire Millenium': one thousand years of Hertfordshire's written history.

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    Local words and phrases
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    Celebrating 1000 years of Hertfordshire in writing
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  • South Asian Heritage Month
  • A County Remembers
  • Black History Month
  • Quakers in Hertfordshire
  • Cultural Connections Exhibition
  • Herts Year of Culture 2020
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  • Traditional Hertfordshire Project 2017
  • The Civil War
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  • Turn Back Time on Your High Street
  • Privateering
  • The Word is Hertfordshire!
  • Literary Hertfordshire
  • Witchcraft
  • Religion
  • Conservation
  • Magna Carta
  • Education
  • Emmigration
  • Events and ceremonies
  • Films and Film Makers
  • Folk Remedies
  • Hertfordshire and the Slave Trade
  • Hertfordshire Fire Services
  • Hertfordshire Folk Songs
  • Herts Past
  • Holidays
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  • Jubilees and Coronations
  • Life under Lockdown
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