Coordinates: 51°45′21″N 0°27′06″W / 51.755831°N 0.451625°W
| Adeyfield | |
 Post war New Town housing in Adeyfield |
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  Adeyfield
Adeyfield shown within Hertfordshire |
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| OS grid reference | |
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| Shire county | Hertfordshire |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Hemel Hempstead |
| Postcode district | HP2 |
| Dialling code | 01442 |
| Police | Hertfordshire |
| Fire | Hertfordshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| UK Parliament | Hemel Hempstead |
| List of places: UK • England • Hertfordshire | |
Adeyfield was the first planned neighbourhood to be built in the postwar new town expansion of Hemel Hempstead, in the English county of Hertfordshire. The keys to the first houses to be occupied, in Homefield Road, were handed over to their tenenats in February 1950. The Queens Square shopping parade was visited by Queen Elizabeth II on 20 July 1952.[1]
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The Area
Adeyfield is dominated by brick built two and three bedroom housing designed for the New Town. It spans from the Hemel Hempstead Industrial Estate in the east, to Queensway in the north, to the A414 (St Albans Road) in the south, to the Town Centre in the west. It borders the neighbourhoods of Highfield, Bennetts End, Leverstock Green and the town centre (known locally as Paradise).
The location was originally farmland occupied by Coxpond Farm and Adeyfield Farm. It was planned by the chief architect for the new town, Mr H Kellet Ablett who received the 'Urban Medal' for his work from the Eastern Housing Region. As well as housing the area has new town built shops, schools, churches, a community centre and playing fields. By 1956 the development corporation described the area as complete.[1]
In order to provide some quick, easy and cheap accommodations after the Second World War, Adeyfield was the chosen site for a set of temporary tin houses known as pre-fabs. The houses soon became known as Tin Town and still remain to this day. However the exterior tin has now been covered up by sheets of white wood and cladding on most of the houses.
Places of worship
There are three churches in the District, St Barnabas, in the Queen's Square, Jubilee Christian Fellowship which is also in Queens Square in the Community Centre, and Adeyfield Free Church, on the border of the district on Leverstock Green Road.
Schools
Adeyfield is home to many schools, most notably Adeyfield School, the major secondary school in the area. there are also two primary schools in the area (see Primary schools in Dacorum).
Public houses
Adeyfield boasts three pubs, with one being corporately owned and the other two private. The Crabtree, located on Leverstock Green Road, is the corporately owned pub, owned by the Brewers Fayre chain. The other two pubs, The New Venture, which celebrates the new town, in the Queen's Square, and The Midland on Midland Road, are privately owned. The location of The Midland is across the road from the old location of the Nicky Line's "Midland Station", correctly known as Hemel Hempstead.
The Queen's Square
In common with the rest of the planned neighbourhoods in Hemel Hempstead, Adeyfield has a village centre, known as the Queen's Square. There are many different convenience stores in the square, most notably the Co-operative Supermarket, and two branches of Lloyd's Pharmacy. The square was named after the visit paid by The Queen in 1952 when she laid the foundation stone for the Church of St Barnabus.
References
- ^ a b Hastie, Scott; Fletcher (1997). Hemel Hempstead - The Story of New Town Development. Fletcher, Lynne. Dacorum Borough Council. ISBN 0951153927.
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