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South Mimms is a village in the civil parish of South Mimms and Ridge, in the borough of Hertsmere in Hertfordshire, England. The village is near the junction of the M25 motorway with the A1(M) motorway; it gives it name to the South Mimms services at that junction. At the 2021 census the built up area had a population of 661 and the civil parish of South Mimms had a population of 874. The civil parish subsequently merged with the neighbouring parish of Ridge in 2023 to form the new parish of South Mimms and Ridge.
The name Mimms or Mymms is thought to derive from the name of a tribe who once inhabited the area. South Mimms and neighbouring North Mymms are presumed to have anciently formed a single territory. Ownership of the territory appears to have fragmented by the time the area was divided into counties in the early 10th century, and the county boundaries were drawn to keep estates in one ownership in the same county. North Mymms was placed in Hertfordshire, whereas South Mimms was placed in Middlesex, of which it formed the northernmost parish. The Domesday Book of 1086 records that South Mimms was then owned as a detached part of the manor of Edmonton.Edmonton, London.
The name was spelled in a variety of ways historically. North Mymms was recorded in the Domesday Book as "Mimmine". By the 19th century the legal name of both civil parishes had settled on the spelling Mimms. In 1939 the official spelling of North Mimms was changed to North Mymms, but South Mimms retained its spelling of the name. Conversely, the Church of England uses the spelling Mymms for both its North Mymms and South Mymms ecclesiastical parishes.
Potters Bar was originally a small settlement in the parish. Potters Bar railway station opened in 1850, after which Potters Bar grew to become the largest settlement in the parish. The station was renamed "Potters Bar and South Mimms" in 1923, but reverted to its original name in 1971.
The Grange, a country house in South Mimms, served as a home for Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands during her exile during World War II, from 1940. On 20 February 1944, a German air attack on South Mimms narrowly missed her, killing two of her guards, an incident mentioned in her autobiography. This prompted her move to a house near Reading.
Dancers Hill in South Mimms was the location of a World War II prisoner-of-war camp, Camp 33, that consisted of two compounds, both providing tented accommodation for prisoners.
Richmond Thackeray, father of William Makepeace Thackeray, was born in the parish and baptised in the church in 1781.
Clare Hall Manor, a former private residence, became a tuberculosis sanatorium in 1912 and then a research laboratory.
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South Mimms
South Mimms is a village in the civil parish of South Mimms and Ridge, in the borough of Hertsmere in Hertfordshire, England. The village is near the junction of the M25 motorway with the A1(M) motorway; it gives it name to the South Mimms services at that junction. At the 2021 census the built up area had a population of 661 and the civil parish of South Mimms had a population of 874. The civil parish subsequently merged with the neighbouring parish of Ridge in 2023 to form the new parish of South Mimms and Ridge.
The name Mimms or Mymms is thought to derive from the name of a tribe who once inhabited the area. South Mimms and neighbouring North Mymms are presumed to have anciently formed a single territory. Ownership of the territory appears to have fragmented by the time the area was divided into counties in the early 10th century, and the county boundaries were drawn to keep estates in one ownership in the same county. North Mymms was placed in Hertfordshire, whereas South Mimms was placed in Middlesex, of which it formed the northernmost parish. The Domesday Book of 1086 records that South Mimms was then owned as a detached part of the manor of Edmonton.Edmonton, London.
The name was spelled in a variety of ways historically. North Mymms was recorded in the Domesday Book as "Mimmine". By the 19th century the legal name of both civil parishes had settled on the spelling Mimms. In 1939 the official spelling of North Mimms was changed to North Mymms, but South Mimms retained its spelling of the name. Conversely, the Church of England uses the spelling Mymms for both its North Mymms and South Mymms ecclesiastical parishes.
Potters Bar was originally a small settlement in the parish. Potters Bar railway station opened in 1850, after which Potters Bar grew to become the largest settlement in the parish. The station was renamed "Potters Bar and South Mimms" in 1923, but reverted to its original name in 1971.
The Grange, a country house in South Mimms, served as a home for Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands during her exile during World War II, from 1940. On 20 February 1944, a German air attack on South Mimms narrowly missed her, killing two of her guards, an incident mentioned in her autobiography. This prompted her move to a house near Reading.
Dancers Hill in South Mimms was the location of a World War II prisoner-of-war camp, Camp 33, that consisted of two compounds, both providing tented accommodation for prisoners.
Richmond Thackeray, father of William Makepeace Thackeray, was born in the parish and baptised in the church in 1781.
Clare Hall Manor, a former private residence, became a tuberculosis sanatorium in 1912 and then a research laboratory.
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