| Haverhill | |
  Haverhill shown within Suffolk |
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| Population | 22,010 (2001 Census) |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | St Edmundsbury |
| Shire county | Suffolk |
| Region | East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HAVERHILL |
| Postcode district | CB9 |
| Dialling code | 01440 |
| Police | Suffolk |
| Fire | Suffolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| European Parliament | East of England |
| UK Parliament | West Suffolk |
| List of places: UK • England • Suffolk | |
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Geography
The town centre lies at the base of a gentle dip in the chalk hills of the Newmarket Ridge; running through the town is the Stour Brook, which goes on to join the River Stour just outside the town. The Newmarket Ridge is a ridge of low Chalk hills extending for over 20 miles from Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire to Bury St Edmunds in The Stour Brook is a river that starts just west of the town of Haverhill Suffolk. The River Stour is a River in East Anglia, England. It is 76 km (47 m long and forms most of the county boundary between Suffolk to the Rapid expansion of the town over the last two decades means that the western edge of Haverhill now includes the hamlet of Hanchet End. The surrounding countryside largely consists of arable land. In Geography, arable land (from Latin arare, to Plough) is an agricultural term meaning land that can be used for
History
Haverhill dates back to at least Saxon times, and the town's market is recorded in the Domesday book (1086). The History of Anglo-Saxon England covers the history of Early medieval England from the end of Roman Britain and the establishment of Anglo-Saxon The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey Whilst most of its historical buildings were lost to the great fire on June 14, 1667, it does however retain one notable Tudor house (reportedly given to Anne of Cleves as part of her divorce from Henry VIII, and thus titled Anne of Cleves House) and many interesting Victorian buildings. Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the The Tudor style in architecture is the final development of medieval architecture during the Tudor period (1485&ndash1603 and even beyond for conservative college Anne of Cleves Queen of England (22 September 1515&ndash16 July 1557 ( German: Anna von Jülich-Kleve-Berg) was the fourth wife of Henry VIII Henry VIII (28 June 1491 &ndash 28 January 1547 was King of England and Lord of Ireland, later King of Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of Architectural styles predominantly employed during the Victorian era.
Following a planning review in 1956, Haverhill was targeted for expansion. This was primarily to resettle communities from London which had been devastated during World War II. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including As part of this plan, new housing settlements and new factories were built. A later review in 1962 planned for a threefold increase in population from the then population of 5,446. [1] This influx of people changed many aspects of life in Haverhill. One noticeable change is the that the local Suffolk accent (still spoken by the towns older residents) has largely been replaced by a London/South-east England accent that is characterised as Estuary English. Estuary English is a name given to the formulation(s of English widely spoken in South East England and the East of England; especially along the
Nowadays, Haverhill is predominantly a modern and young town, the relatively small town centre is surrounded by many large housing developments, completed at various periods between the 1950s and the present. Recently, it has seen the growth of small, but noticeable Portuguese and Polish communities. The Portuguese people (os Portugueses literally the Portuguese) are the Ethnic group or Nation native to the country of Portugal, in the west The Polish people, or Poles, (Polacy) are a Western Slavic Ethnic group of Central Europe, living predominantly in Poland.
Economy
Haverhill's economy is dominated by industry, and a large industrial area on the southern side of the town is home to a large number of manufacturing companies such as Wisdom toothbrushes, Gurteen clothing, Winmau Dartboards, and Grampian Foods (in Little Wratting near Haverhill). For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" The toothbrush is an instrument consisting of a small Brush on a handle used to clean Teeth through Tooth brushing. Gorteen (Goirtín (often spelled Gurteen is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. Winmau (pronounced "Win-more" is a British manufacturer of dartboards other Darts equipment and a sponsor of the oldest darts tournament still running the Winmau Other companies deal in chemicals (e. g. International Flavours & Fragrances), waste processing, transport and construction. International Flavors and Fragrances ( IFF is a major producer of Flavors and Fragrances with sales of $2 In 1982, the international biotechnology firm Genzyme opened site in Haverhill for manufacturing pharmaceuticals. Biotechnology is Technology based on Biology, especially when used in Agriculture, Food science, and Medicine. Genzyme Corporation ( is a biotechnology company based in Cambridge Massachusetts.
A weekly market is held in the town in the High Street each Saturday and a smaller market held each Friday in the town's market square. Sao Paulo Stock Exchangejpg|thumb| Virtual market arena where buyer and seller are not present and trade via intemediates and electronical information High Street, or the High Street, is a Metonym for the generic name (and frequently the official name of the primary Business street This has been a long running tradition throughout Haverhill's history (as is also the case for many other market towns in England). Market town or market right is a legal term originating in the Medieval period for a European settlement that has the right to hold Markets
Leisure activities
There are various sporting activities available in Haverhill, including a leisure centre (with swimming pool) [2], an eighteen-hole golf course [3], a dancing school specialising in Ballet, Modern, Tap and Acro/Gymnastics [4], a ten-pin bowling alley, and a snooker club. Ten-pin bowling is a competitive Sport in which a player (the “bowler” rolls a Bowling ball down a wooden or synthetic ( Polyurethane Snooker is a Cue sport that is played on a large Baize -covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long Aside from sport, the Haverhill Arts Centre [5] features a cinema and has a varied schedule of music, drama, dance, and comedy. This facility is housed in the town hall, a grade II listed building and opened as an arts centre in 1994. A city hall or town hall is the chief administrative building of a City or Town 's administration and usually houses the city or A listed building in the United Kingdom is a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural historical or cultural significance A new 5-screen multiplex cinema complex has been approved and is currently being constructed in the centre of the town [6]. There is also a thriving Angling Club with waters on the River Stour and the Flood Park Lake. Haverhill is also home to The Centre for Computing History - a computer museum established to tell the story of the Information Age. [7]
Transport links
The busy A1307 road connects Haverhill to Cambridge and this route is heavy with commuter traffic most mornings and evenings. The city of Cambridge (ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England Local bus services on this route run approximately every 30 minutes during the day, and hourly in evenings and Sundays. [8] The bus station in Haverhill also provides local services to some of the surrounding towns and villages.
The town has no railway station, and is sometimes said to be the largest town in England without one (though the claim is untrue). "Railroad" and "Railway" both redirect here For other uses see Railroad (disambiguation. [9] It once had two railway stations and two interconnected railways. The Stour Valley Railway ran from Cambridge to Sudbury and beyond via Haverhill North whilst the Colne Valley and Halstead Railway ran from Haverhill South to Marks Tey via Castle Hedingham and Halstead. History Following acts of Parliament in 1846 and 1847 the Colchester Stour Valley Sudbury & Halstead Railway was authorised to construct a line from Marks Tey to Sudbury The city of Cambridge (ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England Sudbury is a small ancient Market town in the county of Suffolk, England, on the River Stour, 15 miles from Colchester and 60 Marks Tey is a village in Essex located six miles west of Colchester. Castle Hedingham is a small village in north-east Essex, UK, located four miles west of Halstead and is situated in the valley of the River Colne on Halstead is a rural Town located in Essex, England, near Colchester and Sudbury. For the most part Haverhill North was used as the passenger train terminus for both the Stour Valley and Colne Valley railways to allow interchange between the two railways. Both stations are now demolished however many bridges, cuttings and embankments are still visible in Haverhill and beyond. In recent years the Cambridge to Sudbury Rail Renewal Association has been started to try to bring the railway back to the town. [10]
For national and international flights, Haverhill is situated close to London Stansted Airport which lies approximately 30 miles (48 km) to the south. London Stansted Airport is a passenger Airport located in the Uttlesford District of the English County of Essex about 38 miles (61 The much smaller Cambridge City Airport also serves some domestic flights. Cambridge Airport is a small regional Airport located in south-eastern England, near the village of Teversham, 1
Culture
In 2000-1 two thousand inhabitants of Haverhill were photographed and morphed into a single image by the artist Chris Dorley-Brown. The resulting image was displayed in the National Portrait Gallery, London. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. This was the biggest photographic morphing project of its kind. [11]
In November 2004, Haverhill made a claim for a world first, becoming the only known town to feature a laser-lit sculpture on a roundabout. A laser is a device that emits Light ( Electromagnetic radiation) through a process called Stimulated emission. A roundabout is a type of Road junction at which Traffic enters a one-way stream around a central island [12] The 11-metre (36 ft) high steel sculpture, called the Spirit of Enterprise, is situated on the main gateway roundabout on the west side of town, and was mostly funded by local businesses. Steel is an Alloy consisting mostly of Iron, with a Carbon content between 0 [13]
Notable residents
Nathaniel Ward, the author of the first constitution in North America, was born in Haverhill in 1578. The Reverend Nathaniel Ward (1578 &mdash October 1652) a Puritan clergyman and pamphleteer in England and Massachusetts, wrote the first constitution Pop musician Steve Rinaldi of the bands Rinaldi Sings and The Moment, who featured a map of the town on the cover of their first single, "In This Town" (1984), is originally from Haverhill. Rinaldi Sings is the stage name used by Steve Rinaldi a Singer-songwriter and Multi-instrumentalist whose orchestrated pop music prompted the New Musical Rinaldi Sings is the stage name used by Steve Rinaldi a Singer-songwriter and Multi-instrumentalist whose orchestrated pop music prompted the New Musical The Moment were among the leading bands of the 1980s UK Mod revival, described retrospectively by Paul Moody of the New Musical Express as "English pop music's The actress Charlotte Rampling was born in Sturmer, just outside Haverhill. Charlotte Rampling, OBE (born February 5, 1946) is a highly acclaimed European Film Award and Honorary Cesar Award winning English [14]
International relations
Haverhill is twinned with Pont St. Esprit in France and Ehringshausen in Germany. Pont-Saint-Esprit ( Occitan Lo Pònt Sant Esperit) is a commune in the Gard departement in southern France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Ehringshausen is a community in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The town of Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA is named after Haverhill. Haverhill (ˈheɪvrɪl is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
References
- ^ The History of Haverhill in the 20th Century
- ^ Abbeycroft Leisure - Haverhill Leisure Centre
- ^ Haverhill Golf Club
- ^ Lisa Mason School of Dance, Haverhill, Suffolk - Ballet, Tap, Modern and Acro/Gymnastics
- ^ Welcome to Haverhill Arts Centre, Haverhill, Suffolk
- ^ Haverhill-UK - News - Haverhill Multiplex Cinema Wins Backing
- ^ Haverhill-UK - News - A Museum for Haverhill
- ^ Cambridge - Home
- ^ Myth surrounding Haverhill's lack of train station debunked. Haverhill Echo (10 April 2008). Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
- ^ Station Name: Sudbury Disused Stations
- ^ haverhill2000
- ^ Haverhill-UK - Roundabout Project - The Spirit of Enterprise - November 2004
- ^ Haverhill Roundabout Sculpture Project
- ^ Charlotte Rampling at the Internet Movie Database
External links
- The Official Town Website - includes history and photographs
- Haverhill Online News
- Haverhill Cricket Club
- The History of Haverhill in the 20th century
- Haverhill Echo
- Haverhill 2000 photographic project
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