Bushey is a town in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire in the East of England.
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14 Facts About Bushey
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Bushey Heath is a large neighbourhood south east of Bushey on the boundary with the London Borough of Harrow reaching elevations of 165 metres above sea level.
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The expansion eventually died down because much of the land in and around Bushey was protected under the Metropolitan Green Belt after the Second World War.
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Lack of farming in Bushey Heath meant that it was a heavily wooded area up to the 18th century; this, added to the lack of street lighting and police, meant that Bushey Heath's history is full of tales of thieves, highwaymen and even murder.
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Bushey has two tiers of local government, at district and county level: Hertsmere Borough Council and Hertfordshire County Council.
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Bushey'storically, Bushey was a parish in the hundred of Dacorum.
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Bushey Urban did not have its own parish council, being governed directly by Watford Urban District Council.
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University of London, located in the Bushey area has been used in the filming of BBC's Grange Hill and for various other programmes, such as family business.
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Bushey Heath is home to a duck pond, which was restored in 1992 after falling into dereliction.
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Bushey is the site of the famous Purcell School, a school for young musicians well known for turning out many successful musicians.
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Bushey's painting and portraits earned him fame and fortune, and he died in 1914 as Sir Hubert von Herkomer RA CVO.
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Bushey has been twinned with German town Landsberg am Lech in Bavaria for its historical link.
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