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Mangrove Green is a village in Hertfordshire, England, where Kathy grew up. The population is about 100. There are absolutely no mangrove swamps there. However, there is a nice pub! The background of this page is an old map of the area. For a modern aerial view of the village, click here. |
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Mangrove Green has been listed as a village since at least 1240 C.E. Two old forms of the name were Manegrave or Mangraveffeld, meaning "thicket [grove] in common use". (Thanks, Mum, for finding this out.) There is still a village green which is common land, you can graze your goats on it if you want to. It is more usual nowadays to see the kids playing on it. |
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This is the house we lived in, there used to be a fruit orchard on our land. My
Dad grew wonderful roses, the big trees grew cooking apples. |
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