Ringwood

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

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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.

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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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Ringwood, New Jersey: Ringwood is a borough located in Passaic County, New Jersey. As of the 2000 census, the borough had a total population of 12,396. It is the home of Ringwood State Park which contains the State Botanical Garden, the Shepherd Lake Recreation Area, and Skylands and Ringwood Manors....

Ringwood, Victoria: Ringwood is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Maroondah....

Town: In American English, a town is usually a municipal corporation that is smaller than a city but larger than a village. In some cases, "town" is an alternate name for "city" or "village" (especially a larger village). Sometimes, the word "town" is short for "township."...