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unusual facts about Broxbourne


Stapleford Aerodrome

In 1953 Roger and Buster Frogley transferred the Herts and Essex Aero club from Broxbourne in Hertfordshire to Stapleford.


Elizabeth Cheney, Lady Say

Shortly before 1 December 1446, Elizabeth Cheney married secondly Sir John Say, of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, Speaker of the House of Commons, and a member of the household of King Henry VI.

Frederick Tilney

Elizabeth Cheney went on to marry again, wedding to Sir John Say of Broxbourne, Speaker of the House of Commons, and a member of the household of King Henry VI.

John Monson

Monson was the son of Sir John Monson, 2nd Baronet of South Carlton and Broxbourne, Hertfordshire and his wife Ursula Oxenbridge, daughter of Sir Robert Oxenbridge of Hurstbourne Priors, Hampshire.

Potters Bar railway station

Pevsner described the 1955 station as "The first of the Eastern Region's good modern stations, the style much lighter in touch than in the stations of the 1960s (cf Broxbourne). Neat brick clerestory-lit booking hall".

Sir Francis Blake, 2nd Baronet, of Twizell Castle

Blake married Elizabeth née Douglas of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire in 1772, and was succeeded by their eldest son Francis

Wormley, Hertfordshire

Wormley is located 2.8 mile south of Broxbourne, originally the planned site for the Lee Valley White Water Centre course which is now built in Waltham Cross, for use during the London 2012 Summer Olympics.


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