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Letchworth

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Letchworth town (1991 pop. 31,146), Hertfordshire, E central England. It was the first garden city , founded in 1903 by Sir Ebenezer Howard . Industries focus on printing and the manufacture of printing machinery.

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Letchworth

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Letchworth, England/UK Leceworde ‘Lockable Enclosure’ from the Old English lycce ‘place that can be locked’ and worth ‘enclosure’.

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Letchworth

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Letchworth Herts. Leceworde 1086. Probably ‘enclosure that can be locked’. OE *lycce + worth.

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