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Letters & numbers in white next to the photos refer to locations on the map.

In 1932 the Ovaltine Company (makers of a famous bedtime drink)
built their dairy farm in the village of Abbots Langley.

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The Ovaltine Company was formed in 1909.
As well as the diary farm pictured here
there was the Ovaltine egg farm about 1/2 mile away.
The Ovaltine Company do not now own the farm.

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The Ovaltine diary farm at Abbots Langley.
The name Abbots Langley means a long field owned by the abbot.
It was in Abbots Langley over 800 years ago that the only Englishman
to become Pope of Rome (Adrian The Fourth in 1154) was born.
Nicholas Breakspeare, son of a poor man. He was left to fend for himself
when his father entered the monastery of St. Albans. He made his way to France
where Nicholas Breakspeare entered the Abbey of St. Rufus near Avignon
where he started his journey to become Pope.

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Map of Rickmansworth

The Feathers pub in the shadow of the church
of St. Mary the Virgin in Rickmansworth.
The town has 3 rivers. The Colne, the Chess and the Gade, also it has
the Grand Union Canal passing through it.

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Batchworth locks on the Grand Union Canal in Rickmansworth.

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House boats moored on the Grand Union Canal at Rickmansworth.

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