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Tring, Hertfordshire

Tring
Market town
Tring High Street.jpg
Tring High Street
Tring is located in Hertfordshire
Tring
Tring
Tring shown within Hertfordshire
Area 36.21 km2 (13.98 sq mi)
Population 11,730 
• Density 321.32/km2 (832.2/sq mi)
OS grid reference SP924117
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town TRING
Postcode district HP23
Dialling code 01442
Police Hertfordshire
Fire Hertfordshire
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
UK Parliament
Website www.tring.gov.uk
List of places
UK
England
Hertfordshire
51°47′46″N 0°39′33″W / 51.7962°N 0.6592°W / 51.7962; -0.6592Coordinates: 51°47′46″N 0°39′33″W / 51.7962°N 0.6592°W / 51.7962; -0.6592

Tring /trɪŋ/ is a small market town and civil parish in the Borough of Dacorum, Hertfordshire, England. Situated in a gap passing through the Chiltern Hills, classed as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, 30 miles (48 km) north-west of London, and linked to London by the old Roman road of Akeman Street, by the modern A41, by the Grand Union Canal and by rail lines to Euston Station. As of 2013 Tring has a population of 11,730.

Settlements in Tring date back to Prehistoric times and it was mentioned in the Domesday Book. Tring received its market town charter in 1315. Tring is now largely a commuter town within the London commuter belt.

The name Tring is believed to derive from the Anglo-Saxons Tredunga or Trehangr. Tre', meaning 'tree' and with the suffix 'ing' implying 'a slope where trees grow'.

There is evidence of Prehistoric settlement with Iron Age barrows, and defensive embankments adjacent to the Ridgeway Path and also later with Saxon burials. The town straddles the Roman road called Akeman Street, which runs through it as the High Street.


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