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  • proper noun A village in Hertfordshire, England

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Examples

  • Another household name apparently about to disappear from the railway sightlines is probably my favourite, Louis de Soisson's 1925 factory in Welwyn Garden City.

    Archive 2007-07-01 Peter Ashley 2007

  • Another household name apparently about to disappear from the railway sightlines is probably my favourite, Louis de Soisson's 1925 factory in Welwyn Garden City.

    Welgar Shredded Wheat Peter Ashley 2007

  • "Grant Shapps lives in Welwyn Hatfield with his wife, Belinda, their son, Hadley (now nearly 5) and two year old twins, Tabytha (girl) and Noa (boy)".

    Juvenile DNA Laban 2006

  • His parents took him to a hometown course in Welwyn Garden

    USATODAY.com - Faldo in fine fettle 2002

  • The present member is an old fogey called Welwyn-Baker; a fat-headed Tory; this is his third

    Denzil Quarrier George Gissing 1880

  • Tom Lewis , the 20-year-old amateur from Welwyn Garden City, got to play with Phil Mickelson and didn't disgrace himself in a round of 76 that was made up of halves of 40 and 36.

    Darren Clarke Keeps Head Above Water Peter Dixon 2011

  • Bloomberg News An Ocado delivery driver transports a customer's order in Welwyn Garden City, England, in this file photo from June 16, 2010.

    Ocado Hit By Capacity Issues Again Kathy Gordon 2011

  • In the early 20th century Howard's ideas inspired the first garden city at Letchworth, followed by Welwyn Garden City, Hampstead Garden Suburb and, later, the postwar new town movement.

    British architecture: from Georgian to the present day 2011

  • The move doubtless makes sense in a village where the bulk of nighttime traffic consists of barn owls; but in busy towns such as Stevenage and Welwyn in Hertfordshire it might mean more road accidents, more crime all those shift-workers commuting after dark and, crucially, more fear of crime especially among women and the elderly.

    In praise of ... leaving the lights on 2011

  • Boyce, 25, from Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, and Scanlon, 31, from Rhymney, Gwent, died on Thursday when their armoured vehicle struck a makeshift bomb in Helmand province.

    British soldiers killed in Afghanistan named by MoD 2011

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