Welwyn (Hertfordshire)
Coordinates: 51 ° 50 ′ N , 0 ° 13 ′ W
Welwyn [ ˈwɛlɪn ] is a municipality in Hertfordshire , England , United Kingdom with a population of 3,254 ( 2001 census ). It is located about 40 kilometers north of central London .
Welwyn is often confused with the city of Welwyn Garden City (also WGC ), which is just a few kilometers south-east . Welwyn, however, is the older and still independent community today; but like WGC it belongs to the Welwyn-Hatfield-District . To distinguish it from the "garden city", Welwyn is often called Welwyn Village or Old Welwyn .
history
Welwyn lies in the valley of the Mimram River; today's municipal area was settled as early as the Iron Age. In the 1st century BC The Belgians colonized the area; later the Romans came here. Many Roman artifacts have been found around Welwyn, and the remains of a 3rd century Roman bathhouse are now a museum and can be viewed.
A Norman church was built around 1190 on the site of today's village center. The nave of today's St. Mary's Church was built in the 13th century.
In the 17th century, Welwyn became an important stagecoach stop on the old Great North Road , the great road from London to the north. Several inns from this period, today pubs , bear witness to this tradition.
Location and traffic
From London in the south, Welwyn can be reached via the motorway-like A1, which runs past the community to the east. The railway station ( Welwyn North Station ) is on the route of the East Coast Main Line , a main axis of the British Railways , which runs from London via Yorkshire to Scotland . At Welwyn it leads over a viaduct from Victorian times over the river valley of the Mimram.
sons and daughters of the town
- Tommy Bridger (1934-2001), racing car driver
- Roy Willox (1929–2019), jazz musician
