Tring
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{{infobox UK place|
|country = England
|official_name= Tring
|latitude= 51.7962
|longitude= -0.6592
|population = 11,835
|shire_district= [[Dacorum]]
|shire_county = [[Hertfordshire]]
|region= East of England
|constituency_westminster= [[South West Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South West Hertfordshire]]
|post_town= TRING
|postcode_district = HP23
|postcode_area= HP
|dial_code= 01442
|os_grid_reference= SP924117
}}
'''Tring''' is a small [[market town]] in the [[Chiltern Hills]] in [[Hertfordshire]], [[England]]. Situated 30 miles (50km) north-west of [[London]] and linked to London by the old [[Roman road]] of [[Akeman Street]], by the modern [[A41 road|A41]], by the [[Grand Union Canal]] and by rail lines to [[Euston station|Euston Station]], Tring is now largely a commuter town in the [[London commuter belt]].
==Geography==
Tring is positioned at a low point in the Chiltern Hills which has been utilised by communications links since ancient times as a point of easy crossing. It is located at the summit level of the Grand Union Canal and there has been extensive excavation of cuttings for both the canal and railway as they pass through the vicinity.
Tring railway cutting is 2.5 miles long and an average of 40 feet deep and is celebrated in a series of coloured lithographs by [[John Cooke Bourne]] showing its construction in the 1830s.
The four Tring reservoirs – Wilstone, Tringford, Startops End, and Marsworth – were built to supply water for the canal. These have been a national nature reserve since [[1955]], and a [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] since [[1987]].
Nearby, within the [http://www.chilternsaonb.org Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty]that almost surrounds the town, is the [[Ashridge Estate]], part of the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]] and home to [[Ashridge Business School]].
[[Tring railway station]] is about two miles from the town. The town's bypass from 1973 until 1987 was the [http://pathetic.org.uk/former/a41m/l A41(M) motorway].
Population 13,000
==History==
The Manor of Tring is described in the Domesday survey of 1086. In 1682 the Mansion designed by Christopher Wren was built for the owner Colonel Guy. A later tenant was Lawrence Washington, great-grandfather of [[George Washington]], first President of the USA. In the late 19th century the estate became the home of the [[Rothschild family]], whose influence on the town was considerable.
[[Nathan Mayer Rothschild]]'s son [[Lionel Walter Rothschild]] (2nd Lord Rothschild) built a private zoological museum in Tring which, as The [[Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum]], has been part of the [[Natural History Museum]] since [[1937]]. In April 2007 the museum changed its name to the Natural History Museum at Tring in order to make people more aware of the museum's link to London's Natural History Museum.
The 2nd Lord Rothschild also released the [[edible dormouse]] (''Glis glis'') into Tring Park. He is remembered for riding around the town in a zebra-drawn carriage, and the town's symbol has been the head of a [[zebra]] ever since.
[[Gerald Massey]] – poet, literary critic, Egyptologist and [[Spiritualist]] – was born nearby at Gamnel Wharf, New Mill, on the [[Wendover]] Branch of the Grand Union Canal.
The former livestock market in Tring, redeveloped in [[2005]], was believed to be the last remaining example of its type in the UK. It is now the home of weekly Friday Market and monthly Saturday farmers Market. Some of the former livestock pens were retained.
[[image:Tring_looking_North.jpg|thumb|right|250px|View over Tring, looking North]]
[[Image:Tringpark00106.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Tring Park]]
==Sport==
[[Tring Sports Centre]] is in the grounds of [[Tring School]].
Tring is the former home town of [[Premier League|Premiership]] referee and 2003 FA Cup Final referee [[Graham Barber]], now retired in Spain. It is also home to the retired FA and World Cup referee [[Graham Poll]].
Tring is home to two [[football]] clubs, [[Tring Athletic F.C.|Tring Athletic]] and [[Tring Corinthians]], both of which play in the [[Spartan South Midlands Football League]], and to a youth football club, [[Tring Tornadoes]], which field sides for boys and girls up to 16.It is also home to a rugby club, [[Tring Rugby Union Football Club]], which won promotion to London Division One in 2008, and [[Tring Park Cricket Club]], in the [[Home Counties Premier League]].
==Local economy==
There is a [[Tesco]] on ''London Road'' a [[Co-op UK|Co-op]] on ''Silk Mill Way'' and a [[Marks & Spencer]] food store in Dolphin Square that opened on 9 October 2007.
[[Tring Brewery|Tring brewery]] has been operating in Tring since 1992.
Heygates Mill is a [[flour mill]]. Originally it was a windmill and the company was run by William Mead. The windmill was demolished in 1910 to make way for a wheat [[storage silo]]. In those days, Mead lived on site, in a house next to the yard, and owned half the area taken by the mill of today. The remaining space was occupied by boat-builders, Bushell Brothers, who built [[narrow-boats]].
The Heygate family took over Mead’s business in 1945, and today mills 100,000 tons of [[wheat]] a year, resulting in 76,000 tons of flour. This is mainly bakers' flour, but there is also a commitment to wholemeal digestive for biscuits, bulk outlets, and a large output of 1.5kg bags from the pre-packed flour plant.
As in the days of Tring windmill, only two men operate the system - but in those days they milled half a ton per hour, and now, with a computerised installation, more than 12 tons an hour are produced.
Heygate’s Tring mill has 80 employees, and 16 trucks delivering throughout the south of England.
==Education==
[[Tring School]] is a state secondary school with approximately 1,500 pupils (ages 11-18). It is located on Mortimer Hill on the east side of the town. It is now designated a Specialist Humanities College with History, Geography and English as its lead subjects.
[[The Arts Educational School, Tring Park|The Arts Educational School]] is an independent specialist performing arts and academic school. It is located in Tring Mansion, [[Tring Park]].
Tring has four state junior schools, [[Bishop Wood CE Junior School]], [[Dundale Primary]] and Nursery School, [[Goldfield Infants and Nursery School]] and [[Grove Road Primary School]].
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:MG 5184.jpg| Tring High Street
Image:Tringchurch00106.jpg| [[Church of St Peter and St Paul Tring| The Church of St Peter and St Paul]]
Image:Tres00303.jpg| The [[Tring Reservoirs]] at sunset
</gallery>
==See also==
*[[Tring School]]
*[[The Arts Educational School, Tring Park|The Arts Educational School]]
*[[Grove Road Primary School]]
==External links==
* [http://www.tring.gov.uk Tring Town Council and information Centre]
* [http://www.fotch.co.uk Friends of Tring Church Heritage]
* [http://www.hemelhempsteadtoday.co.uk/tring-news Tring News from Gazette]
* [http://www.tafc.co.uk Tring Athletic Football Club]
* [http://tringpark.hitscricket.com/default.aspx Tring Park Cricket Club]
* [http://www.tringcorinthians.co.uk Tring Corinthians Football Club]
* [http://www.tringtornadoes.co.uk Tring Tornadoes]
* [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/museum/ Natural History Museum at Tring]
* [http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10302327 ‘Tring Cutting’, Hertfordshire, [[17 June]] [[1837]]] by John Cooke Bourne which is on display at the National Portrait Gallery, London.
* [http://www.Gerald-Massey.org.uk/massey/index.htm The poetry and other writing of Gerald Massey]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5391912.stm Noel breaks the sound barrier in his Ford GT]
* [http://www.fotr.org.uk/ Friends of Tring Reservoirs]
* [http://www.akemanstreet.org/ Akeman Street Baptist Church]
* [http://www.stmarthas-tring.org.uk/ St Martha's Methodist Church]
* [http://www.tringintransition.org.uk/ Tring in Transition]
[[Category:Towns in Hertfordshire]]
[[Category:Dacorum]]
[[Category:Market towns in England]]
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