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unusual facts about The Rex, Berkhamsted


Rex Cinema

The Rex, Berkhamsted, a Grade II listed cinema in Hertfordshire, England, UK


BFI National Archive

The J. Paul Getty, Jr. Conservation Centre in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, named after its benefactor, is the base for much of the restoration work, while approximately 140 million feet of unstable nitrate film and all the master film collection held on acetate or other media is kept separately at a BFI storage site at Gaydon in Warwickshire.

Fash FC

The ground was owned by Hendon Football Club and was officially opened on 18 September 1926 and was used before an FA Cup tie with Berkhamsted.

Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex

Geoffrey founded two hospitals in Berkhamsted, one dedicated to St John the Baptist and one to St John the Evangelist; the latter is still commemorated in the town with the name St John's Well Lane.

Thomas Coram Foundation for Children

Governors of the hospital decided in 1926 to realise the value of the London site (it was sold for £2 million) and to build a new hospital on the Ashlyns site at Berkhamsted.


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