Letchworth

British  

/ -ˌwɜːθ, ˈlɛtʃwəθ /

noun

1. a town in SE England, in N Hertfordshire: the first garden city in Great Britain (founded in 1903). Pop: 32 932 (2001)

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Letchworth

In the Hertfordshire town of Letchworth, a woman called Petra told me how an NHS social worker called Margaret Falegan had brought Mr Hiller to her house during a professional visit.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2024

In the statement confirming Mr Karen's death, Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation - which runs the town's Museum at One Garden City - said he had overseen some of the UK's most iconic designs.

From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2023

James Ephraim Lovelock was born in Letchworth Garden City, about 30 miles north of London, on July 26, 1919.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2022

James Ephraim Lovelock was born on July 26, 1919, in his maternal grandmother’s house in Letchworth Garden City, about 30 miles north of London.

From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2022

Fortunately, at Letchworth, at Brent Lodge, Finchley, and elsewhere, experiments in the provision of associated homes with a common kitchen and a common staff of servants are shortly to be tried.

From Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women by Various