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Harpenden

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Harpenden Herts. Herpedene c.1060. Probably ‘valley of the harp’. OE hearpe (genitive -an) + denu. Alternatively the first element may be a reduced form of OE here-pæth ‘highway or main road’.

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Harpenden

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Harpenden , town (1991 pop. 28,589), Hertfordshire, E central England. Mainly residential, Harpenden is the site of Rothamsted Agricultural Experimental Station, known for biological and agricultural research.

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