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Berkhamsted is a historic town which is situated in the west of Hertfordshire between the towns of Tring and Hemel Hempstead and is the home of the British Film Institute's BFI National Archive, one of the largest film and television archives in the world, which was generously endowed by the late John Paul Getty.
Berkhamsted is mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086 and has received several royal charters. The first, granted by Henry III in 1216, freed the men and merchants of the town from all tolls and taxes. A second charter in 1217 recognised the town's oldest institution, Berkhamsted Market.
It was the policy of the Saxons and probably linked with the founding of Berkhamsted as a Saxon Borough or fortified garrison that all retail trade should be conducted at markets; and it seems that all Saxon Boroughs had markets. Records are available, but the General market now held on Saturday, was originally held on Sunday. In May 1218 it changed to Monday.
About 1800, the Monday market moved to Saturday. This information can be found in trade directories, but they were published irregularly, so no exact date for the change is known. During the 19th and 20th centuries, specialist markets were held on other weekdays. It was not until the 21st century (French market June 2003) that a Sunday market was again held—the first since 1218.
Battle of Berkhamsted Common. In 1866 Lord Brownlow of Ashridge House attempted to enclose and privatise Berkhamsted Common with 5' steel fences to claim it as part of his estate. Local hero Augustus Smith led gangs of East End toughs and local Berkhamsted men and women to break the fences and protect Berkhamsted Common which became known nationally as the Battle of Berkhamsted Common. Augustus Smith constantly fought for the common man.
Other notable Berkhamstedians include and the television presenters Esther Rantzen, John Cleese who lived in Berkhamsted, and the town was the girlhood home of Clementine Churchill, wife of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.