Ringwood

:This article is about the town of Ringwood in England. See also Ringwood, New Jersey, and Ringwood, Victoria.

Related Topics:
Ringwood, New Jersey - Ringwood, Victoria

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Ringwood is a town in Hampshire, England, on the River Avon, to the west of the New Forest and north of Bournemouth. The town was traditionally an agricultural centre, but since the closure of its cattle market in 1989, it has increasingly become a dormitory town.

Related Topics:
Town - Hampshire - England - River Avon - New Forest - Bournemouth - Agricultural - 1989 - Dormitory town

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The BBC television comedy series "The Brittas Empire" was filmed at Ringwood Recreation Centre.

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Ringwood is the home of the Ringwood Brewery, which produces a variety of real ales.

Related Topics:
Ringwood Brewery - Real ale

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According to William Camden?s Britannia (1607) the name was originally Regnewood. It was listed in the Domesday Book as Rincewed.

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It meant 'the wood of the Regni'. The Regni were an ancient people of Britain.

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(For the 1607 version in Latin and English, see Library of Humanistic Texts. For Edmund Gibson's 1722 English translation, see Archive CD Books , listed as "Camden's Britannia 1588", p133.)

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