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Washington, town, England

(Encyclopedia) Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-…

Crawley

(Encyclopedia) Crawley, city and district, West Sussex, SE England. Crawley was designated one of the new towns in 1946 to alleviate overpopulation in…

Harlow

(Encyclopedia) Harlow, city and district, Essex, E England. Harlow was designated one of the new towns in 1946 to alleviate overpopulation in London.…

Redditch

(Encyclopedia) Redditch, city (1991 pop. 61,639) and district, Worcestershire, central England. Redditch was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in Birmingham and the…

Hemel Hempstead

(Encyclopedia) Hemel Hempstead Hemel Hempstead hĕmˈəl [key], town, Hertfordshire, SE England. Hemel Hempstead was…

Bracknell

(Encyclopedia) BracknellBracknellbrăkˈnəl [key], town, Bracknell Forest, S England. Bracknell was designated one of the new towns in 1949, in order to alleviate overpopulation in London. In 1949,…

Hatfield

(Encyclopedia) Hatfield, town, Hertfordshire, SE England. Hatfield was designated one of the new towns in 1948 to alleviate overpopulation in London.…

Telford

(Encyclopedia) Telford, town (1991 pop. 28,645), Telford and Wrekin, W England. It was originally designated a new town in 1963 as Dawley but was enlarged and renamed in 1968. Telford was established…

Milton Keynes

(Encyclopedia) Milton KeynesMilton Keynesmĭlˈtən kēnzˈ [key], borough and unitary authority (2011 pop. 248,821), S central England. Milton Keynes was designated one of the new towns in 1967 to…

Glenrothes

(Encyclopedia) Glenrothes Glenrothes glĕnrŏthˈəs [key], town, Fife, E Scotland, on the Leven River. Glenrothes was…