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Potten End is a village in west Hertfordshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, two miles east-north-east of Berkhamsted, three miles north west of Hemel Hempstead and two miles south east of the National Trust estate of Ashridge. Nearby villages include Nettleden, Great Gaddesden and the hamlet of Frithsden. The joint Parish Council for ''Nettleden with Potten End CP'' 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nettleden with Potten End Parish Council )〕 administers under Dacorum Borough Council. The village name derives from the earlier form "''Pottern''" which refers to a place where pots and pottery were made. "''End''" is an old term common in Hertfordshire defining any outlying settlement in a far corner of a parish or manor.〔Viviane J.M.Bryant, ''A History of Potten End'', 1986〕 At the centre of the village there is a Green and pond. The village largely comprises residential properties, together with ''Holy Trinity Church'';〔(Holy Trinity Church website )〕 a primary/junior school ''Potten End First School'';〔(Potten End School website )〕 a village shop; and two public houses, ''Martin's Pond'' and ''The Plough''. A number of small businesses are also based in the village. Recreational facilities include cricket and football fields, bowls club and a children's grassed play area. A Village Hall provides community use for a wide variety of regular and special events. There has been only minimal building development in the village in recent years and no immediate prospect of the surrounding farming land being given over to residential expansion. The Parish Council are keen to retain this status quo but are concerned that eventually the green belt will be lost by the growth of Hemel Hempstead where the gap is now down to little more than a mile from the boundary at Hempstead Lane. The geography of Potten End is such that most of the village is situated on a plateau of land extending from Ashridge to the north and rising from the valleys of the River Gade to the east and from the River Bulbourne to the west. The Green lies at a height of 172 m (565 ft) above mean sea level. Consequently all roads from Potten End lead downhill, some of which can be difficult to negotiate after snowfall. Live Potten End weather information is available on the Potten End Weather web site. The long distance county footpath The Hertfordshire Way〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.fhw.org.uk/index.htm )〕 passes on the west side of the village. Public transport to/from the village comprises an infrequent bus service (to Hemel Hempstead & to Berkhamsted) of five return trips a day. The nearest rail link is at Berkhamsted station, 2 miles distant. Following his retirement from professional cricket Fred Titmus and his wife Stephanie ran the post office and newsagent's shop in the village for 20 years.〔Lives remembered, The Times, April 2, 2011, p106〕 Subsequently this facility transferred to the village shop but following a review by the Post Office, the sub post office counter was removed in 2008 despite a strenuous campaign to save it by the village and local MP. ==Open Day== Every two years on the last Sunday in June, the village hosts an Open Day,〔(Potten End Open Day website )〕 with special outdoor events and a number of private gardens open to the public. The last such event was held on 26 June 2011. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Potten End」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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