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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bing.com/maps/?mkt=en-gb&v=2&cp=51.688846~-0.407196&lvl=13&sp=Point.51.688846_-0.407196_Leavesden&sty=s&style=s">TL102001</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_England" title="Districts of England">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Three_Rivers_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Three Rivers (district)">Three Rivers</a> & Watford</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_and_non-metropolitan_counties_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England">Shire county</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire" title="Hertfordshire">Hertfordshire</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_England" title="Regions of England">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_of_England" title="East of England">East</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow adr"><th scope="row" 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href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom">Dialling code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">01923</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_Dependencies_and_British_Overseas_Territories" title="List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories">Police</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire_Constabulary" title="Hertfordshire Constabulary">Hertfordshire</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Fire_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Fire services in the United Kingdom">Fire</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a 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.hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <dl><dt><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">List of places</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_locations" title="List of United Kingdom locations">UK</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_England" title="List of places in England">England</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Hertfordshire" title="List of places in Hertfordshire">Hertfordshire</a></dd></dl></div> <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Leavesden,_Hertfordshire&params=51.6967_N_0.3991_W_region:GB_type:city(5612)"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°41′48″N</span> <span class="longitude">0°23′57″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.6967°N 0.3991°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.6967; -0.3991</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leavesden_Park_-_geograph.org.uk_-_73762.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Leavesden_Park_-_geograph.org.uk_-_73762.jpg/220px-Leavesden_Park_-_geograph.org.uk_-_73762.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Leavesden_Park_-_geograph.org.uk_-_73762.jpg/330px-Leavesden_Park_-_geograph.org.uk_-_73762.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Leavesden_Park_-_geograph.org.uk_-_73762.jpg/440px-Leavesden_Park_-_geograph.org.uk_-_73762.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="425" /></a><figcaption> Leavesden Park Office Buildings</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Leavesden</b> is a residential and commercial area in the northern part of <a href="/wiki/Watford" title="Watford">Watford</a>, England. It lies within the <a href="/wiki/M25_motorway" title="M25 motorway">M25</a> Motorway. On its eastern side it is bounded by the <a href="/wiki/M1_Motorway" class="mw-redirect" title="M1 Motorway">M1 Motorway</a>. Leavesden is split into two councils which are Watford Borough Council and Three Rivers District Council. <b>Leavesden Green</b> is an adjoining residential community which lies partly in <a href="/wiki/Three_Rivers_District" title="Three Rivers District">Three Rivers</a> and partly in the <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Watford" class="mw-redirect" title="Borough of Watford">Borough of Watford</a>. </p><p>Leavesden is the location of <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Studios,_Leavesden" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden">Leavesden Studios</a>, built on the site of <a href="/wiki/RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF">RAF</a> Leavesden a former <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> airfield and wartime aircraft factory, and where one of the <a href="/wiki/James_Bond" title="James Bond">James Bond</a>, and all of the <a href="/wiki/Harry_Potter_(film_series)" title="Harry Potter (film series)">Harry Potter</a>, film franchises were produced. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leavesden,_Hertfordshire&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the period before the <a href="/wiki/Norman_Conquest" title="Norman Conquest">Norman Conquest</a> the hamlet of Leavesden was in the <a href="/wiki/Hundred_(country_subdivision)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hundred (country subdivision)">hundred</a> of <a href="/wiki/Dacorum" title="Dacorum">Dacorum</a>, and was historically an <a href="/wiki/Exclave" class="mw-redirect" title="Exclave">exclave</a> of the ecclesiastical parish of Watford, which was in the hundred of Casio. In the 12th century Leavesden became part of the parish of <a href="/wiki/Bushey" title="Bushey">Bushey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1853 it became an ecclesiastical parish, and the church of All Saints and St Hilda was built in the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_architecture" title="Victorian architecture">Victorian</a> <a href="/wiki/Gothic_Revival_architecture" title="Gothic Revival architecture">gothic style</a> by the architect <a href="/wiki/George_Gilbert_Scott" title="George Gilbert Scott">Sir George Gilbert Scott</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-churchhistory_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-churchhistory-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1870 the <a href="/wiki/Leavesden_Hospital" title="Leavesden Hospital">Metropolitan Asylum for Imbeciles</a> was founded by the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Asylums_Board" title="Metropolitan Asylums Board">Metropolitan Asylums Board</a>. Later known as Leavesden Hospital, it closed in 1997 and is now the site of Leavesden Country Park.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> Leavesden was an agricultural community. During the 1930s several housing estates were built. In the 1950s major road network developments commenced with the building of the <a href="/wiki/A405_road" title="A405 road">North Orbital Road</a> and North Western Avenue.<sup id="cite_ref-churchhistory_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-churchhistory-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shortly after the outbreak of World War II in 1940, Leavesden Aerodrome was established. In addition to a runway suitable for heavy bombers, and associated <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_hangar" class="mw-redirect" title="Aircraft hangar">aircraft hangars</a>, the <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland" title="De Havilland">de Havilland</a> company, which had plants at <a href="/wiki/Hatfield,_Hertfordshire" title="Hatfield, Hertfordshire">Hatfield</a>, built two factories for <a href="/wiki/Halifax_bomber" class="mw-redirect" title="Halifax bomber">Halifax bombers</a> and <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito" title="De Havilland Mosquito">Mosquitoes</a>. After the war de Havillands gradually converted the factories into a gas turbine design and manufacturing facility which was subsequently transferred to the de Havilland Engine Company who operated the factories until about 1963. Together with the large scale contraction and reorganisation of the British Aircraft Industry at that time, the site was taken into ownership by <a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Siddeley" title="Armstrong Siddeley">Armstrong Siddeley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Siddeley" title="Hawker Siddeley">Hawker Siddeley</a>, and finally <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Siddeley" title="Bristol Siddeley">Bristol Siddeley</a>, and in the same hectic year consolidated the gas turbine businesses of <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Aircraft" title="Blackburn Aircraft">Blackburn Engines</a> and <a href="/wiki/D._Napier_%26_Son" title="D. Napier & Son">Napiers</a>. Bristol Siddeley Engines then operated the site together with a factory at Stag Lane Edgware and a test facility at the old Hatfield site until 1968 when Bristol Siddeley Engines (by then a very profitable company) was forced to merge with <a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Holdings" title="Rolls-Royce Holdings">Rolls-Royce</a> by government pressure. The site continued under the Rolls-Royce name until closed by that company in 1991. Flying ceased at the end of March 1994. </p><p>Notable achievements by the engineering team were the world's first full authority electronically controlled helicopter engine and initial development of the first pedestal cooled turbine blade, now common throughout the industry. The site manufactured well over 3000 helicopter engines and designed and developed the <a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Turbomeca_RTM322" title="Rolls-Royce Turbomeca RTM322">RTM322 engine</a> used for the <a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_Apache" title="AgustaWestland Apache">UK Apache</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Merlin" title="Rolls-Royce Merlin">Merlin</a> and French <a href="/wiki/NHIndustries_NH90" title="NHIndustries NH90">NH90 aircraft</a>. Rolls-Royce has now sold the rights to this engine to a French company, and with that transfer all helicopter engine development in the UK has effectively ceased.<sup id="cite_ref-leavesdenstudios_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leavesdenstudios-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Eon_Productions" title="Eon Productions">Eon Productions</a> took over the site in 1995 for the production of the James Bond film <i><a href="/wiki/GoldenEye" title="GoldenEye">GoldenEye</a></i>. Leavesden Studios were developed and acquired by <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros." title="Warner Bros.">Warner Bros.</a> and parts of the former airfield were sold for <a href="/wiki/Housing_development" class="mw-redirect" title="Housing development">housing development</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-leavesdenstudios_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leavesdenstudios-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Present_day">Present day</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leavesden,_Hertfordshire&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Present day"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Property development company <a href="/wiki/MEPC_plc" title="MEPC plc">MEPC plc</a> is redeveloping the former aerodrome site, including the studio complex and adjoining land known as Leavesden Park. The plans comprise a film studio, a media and telecommunications <a href="/wiki/Business_park" title="Business park">business park</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Retail_outlet" class="mw-redirect" title="Retail outlet">retail outlets</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Nature_reserve" title="Nature reserve">nature reserve</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition <a href="/wiki/Bellway_Homes" class="mw-redirect" title="Bellway Homes">Bellway Homes</a> have built 425 homes.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leavesden,_Hertfordshire&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Within the Leavesden ward are the following schools.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Primary_school#United_Kingdom" title="Primary school">Primary Schools</a>: Kingsway Infant School, Alban Wood Primary School, St Catherine of Siena RC Junior Mixed Infant (JMI) School, Coates Way JMI and Nursery School, Leavesden Green JMI School and Nursery</li> <li>Secondary Schools: <a href="/wiki/Parmiter%27s_School" title="Parmiter's School">Parmiter's School</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Michael%27s_Catholic_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Michael's Catholic High School">St. Michael's Catholic High School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Future_Academies_Watford" title="Future Academies Watford">Future Academies Watford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_education#Special_schools" title="Special education">Special School</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Garston_Manor_School&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Garston Manor School (page does not exist)">Garston Manor School</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport_and_recreation">Sport and recreation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leavesden,_Hertfordshire&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Sport and recreation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>To the north, Leavesden Country Park comprising 110 acres of mature woods, parkland, football pitches, BMX track, outdoor gym, walks and playgrounds was created out of the grounds of Leavesden Hospital which closed in 1997. Some buildings have been converted for use as a <a href="/wiki/Health_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Health Club">Health Club</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Leavesden Country Park (north) is also the home of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.parkrun.org.uk/leavesden-juniors/">Leavesden junior parkrun</a>, a free, weekly, timed 2 km run for 4-14 year olds every Sunday at 9am which is entirely dependent on volunteers. Also, what was based on the old airfield site, now accessed along High Road, Leavesden sits 2F (Watford) Squadron of the Air Training Corps. </p><p>Watford Town Cricket Club has its ground at Woodside in Leavesden Green. There is a <a href="/wiki/Youth_club" class="mw-redirect" title="Youth club">youth club</a> in Leavesden Green. Local public houses include The Hammer in Hand, The Swan. Leavesden Green Community Centre is located to the south of the Orbital Road. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leavesden,_Hertfordshire&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rail">Rail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leavesden,_Hertfordshire&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The nearest mainline railway stations are <a href="/wiki/Kings_Langley_railway_station" title="Kings Langley railway station">King's Langley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Watford_Junction_railway_station" title="Watford Junction railway station">Watford Junction</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road">Road</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leavesden,_Hertfordshire&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Road"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Leavesden is close to the M1 and M25 motorways, the <a href="/wiki/A405_road" title="A405 road">A405</a> (London Orbital Road) and the <a href="/wiki/A41_road" title="A41 road">A41</a> (North Western Avenue). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air">Air</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leavesden,_Hertfordshire&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Air"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since the closure of the aerodrome at Leavesden, the nearest airport is <a href="/wiki/London_Heathrow_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="London Heathrow Airport">Heathrow</a>, 24 kilometres (15 mi) away. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Waterways">Waterways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leavesden,_Hertfordshire&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Waterways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Grand_Union_Canal" title="Grand Union Canal">Grand Union Canal</a> passes to the west of Leavesden. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leavesden,_Hertfordshire&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sid_Kimpton" title="Sid Kimpton">Sid Kimpton</a> (born 12 August 1887 – 15 February 1968), also known as Gabriel Sibley "Sid" Kimpton or George Kimpton, was an English football player who spent his entire playing career with Southampton and subsequently became a manager in Europe including the <a href="/wiki/France_National_Football_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="France National Football Team">France National Football Team</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Lesiter" title="Malcolm Lesiter">Malcolm Lesiter</a> (born 31 January 1937) was Archdeacon of Bedford from 1993 to 2003, and the incumbent at Leavesden All Saints and St Hilda's Church from 1973 to 1988.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Newcome" title="James Newcome">James Newcome</a> (born 24 July 1953) is the current bishop of Carlisle in the Diocese of Carlisle and began his curacy at All Saints and St Hilda's Church Leavesden from 1979 to 1982.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradley_Walsh" title="Bradley Walsh">Bradley Walsh</a> (born 4 June 1960), an English entertainer, actor, television presenter and former professional <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">footballer</a>, was born and grew up in Leavesden.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leavesden,_Hertfordshire&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43262&strquery=leavesden">British History Online Hertfordshire Hundreds</a>, Accessed 21 January 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-churchhistory-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-churchhistory_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-churchhistory_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.allsaintschurchleavesden.com/about-us/history">The Parish of Leavesden</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131105212523/http://www.allsaintschurchleavesden.com/about-us/history">Archived</a> 5 November 2013 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Accessed 21 January 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43307&strquery=leavesden">British History Online, Watford</a>, Accessed 21 January 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-leavesdenstudios-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-leavesdenstudios_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-leavesdenstudios_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.leavesden.info/history-of-leavesden-studios-and-aerodrome/">Leavesden Studios</a>, Accessed 21 January 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.threerivers.gov.uk/Default.aspx/Web/LeavesdenPark">Leavesden Park planning application Three Rivers DC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131023060530/http://www.threerivers.gov.uk/Default.aspx/Web/LeavesdenPark">Archived</a> 23 October 2013 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Accessed 22 January 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/10067781.Changes_to_Leavesden_Aerodrome_homes_plan_approved/">Three Rivers District Council agree amendments to 425-home proposals for Leavesden Aerodrome site</a>, Accessed 22 January 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hertsdirect.org/services/edlearn/schadd/schools/">Hertfordshire CC Schools in Leavesden Ward</a>, Accessed 22 January 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.threerivers.gov.uk/Default.aspx/Web/Leavesden-Country-Park">Three Rivers District Leavesden Country Park</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121125100423/http://www.threerivers.gov.uk/Default.aspx/Web/Leavesden-Country-Park">Archived</a> 25 November 2012 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Accessed 21 January 2013</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 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