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Hemel Hempstead

American  
[hem-uhl] / ˈhɛm əl /

noun

  1. a town in W Hertfordshire, in SE England.


Hemel Hempstead British  
/ ˈhɛməl ˈhɛmstɪd /

noun

  1. a town in SE England, in W Hertfordshire: designated a new town in 1947. Pop: 83 118 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He pledged the programme would deliver the "next generation of new towns", in an echo of those developed by the Labour government after World War Two, which included Stevenage, Hemel Hempstead and Harlow.

From BBC Mar. 22, 2026

Ramsey, it shows, claimed he'd bought the picture from a market in Hemel Hempstead, and he also attempted to cast doubt on the authenticity of the picture.

From BBC Mar. 18, 2025

McIvor was selected to stand for the Conservatives in Hemel Hempstead in the general election.

From BBC Oct. 24, 2024

Rosie Coke, from Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, was inspired to get checked for breast cancer after seeing Rebecca Hartley, from Manchester, talking about her own early symptoms on TV.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2024

The Bulbourne rises in the parish of Tring, passes N.E. of Berkhampstead and S.W. of Hemel Hempstead and unites with the Gade at Two Waters.

From Hertfordshire by E. H. (Edmund Hort) New

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