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	Watford, Northamptonshire
		To most people in England, Watford in Northamptonshire means only the Watford Gap service station on the M1 motorway.
		In the 24th of this reign (1296), Henry de Bray was certified to hold a fourth part of the township of Watford of Athelina de Brun but of whom or by what service is not known, and three of the daughters of Eustachius de Burnaby and John Parles were lords of Watford.
		WATFORD PARISH is bounded by Long Buckby on the east, on the north by Winwick, by Ashby-Legers on the west, and on the south by Welton.
	www.elizabethnoyes.co.uk /fh/watford.htm

	BBC NEWS England Samaritan's 109-mile trek to return purse
		Blossom Taylor thought she must have been the victim of a sneak thief during a stop at Watford Gap Service Station in Northamptonshire.
		But minutes after she completed the seven-and-a-half-hour journey through thick fog, Ms Taylor's purse was returned to her - by a Good Samaritan from Wiltshire who had driven 109 miles from Watford Gap to Yorkshire.
		The woman - who does not want to be named - could not find Mrs Taylor in the service area and took a detour from her own journey north to deliver the purse herself.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/england/2582837.stm

	The Urinals of Watfod Gap Service Station
		The Watford Gap Service Station is a rest area on UK's principal motorway, the M1.
		The rest of the service station seems to be mirror images, so it's surprising that the urinals aren't.
		"[This service station] is named after an adjacent small village and is about 80 miles north of London.
	www.urinal.net /watford_gap

	The Urinals of Watfod Gap Service Station
		The Watford Gap Service Station is a rest area on UK's principal motorway, the M1.
		The rest of the service station seems to be mirror images, so it's surprising that the urinals aren't.
		It is a source of constant confusion because it is often mistakenly thought to be near the town of Watford, [Hertfordshire], which is much closer to the metropolis.
	www.urinal.net /watford_gap

	Bullinamingvase by Roy Harper
		The album will forever be remembered for its controversial track "Watford Gap," and with lyrics which supposedly defamed the town and service station of Watford Gap.
		Harper ran into legal problems when the town voiced their extreme distaste of the song, resulting in the record company's removal of the composition from the album.
	www.mp3.com /albums/328960/summary.html

	M1 motorway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first motorway service station in the UK was built at Watford Gap and later imortalised in song by Roy Harper.
		The motorway is 187 miles (301 km) long and was constructed in stages between the 1950s and 1970s, with a further extension in the late 1990s.
		It was the first full-length motorway to be built in the United Kingdom, and was opened on November 2, 1959.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/M1_motorway

	Articles - Northampton railway station
		The station is served by Silverlink County local services to London and Central Trains services to Birmingham New Street, on the Northampton loop of the West Coast Main Line.
		The Northampton loop leaves the West Coast Main Line at Hanslope Junction and rejoins at Barby on the outskirts of Rugby, just north of Watford Gap.
		Northampton railway station is the railway station that serves the Northampton and south Northamptonshire.
	www.outship.com /articles/Northampton_railway_station

	INFORMATION FOR DA PERVES
		Several bus services run to Bushey and Oxhey Station, and also to Watford Junction.
		Watford Met tube station is on the Metropolitan Line and approximately 2 miles from the Load of Hay.
		There is a taxi service based at the station.
	www.watfordmunch.co.uk /information.html

	The Urinals of Watfod Gap Service Station
		The Watford Gap Service Station is a rest area on UK's principal motorway, the M1.
		The rest of the service station seems to be mirror images, so it's surprising that the urinals aren't.
		It is a source of constant confusion because it is often mistakenly thought to be near the town of Watford, [Hertfordshire], which is much closer to the metropolis.
	www.urinal.net /watford_gap

	Watford, Northamptonshire
		To most people in England, Watford in Northamptonshire means only the Watford Gap service station on the M1 motorway.
		Here are a few photographs of Watford taken in 1999 and a description of the village taken from the History of Northamptonshire by Whellan published in 1874.
		Here is information about the Peabody family who lived in Watford for several hundred years.
	www.elizabethnoyes.co.uk /fh/watford.htm (1209 words)

	Watford, Northamptonshire
		To most people in England, Watford in Northamptonshire means only the Watford Gap service station on the M1 motorway.
		Here are a few photographs of Watford taken in 1999 and a description of the village taken from the History of Northamptonshire by Whellan published in 1874.
		He succeeded his father in 1841, and was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Northamptonshire in 1846.
	www.elizabethnoyes.co.uk /fh/watford.htm (1209 words)

	tumbarumba.co.uk
		This brings you out immediately adjacent to the Watford Gap services on the M1, and you can literally climb over the fence in to the service station for shopping if you want to.
		Passing through Crick Tunnel, 1,528 yards long we moored up at the top of the Watford Flight for the night.
		In fact all of the locks on this section were double locks, until we came to the Foxton Flight.
	www.tumbarumba.co.uk /journeys/leicester.htm (1209 words)

	Watford, Northamptonshire
		To most people in England, Watford in Northamptonshire means only the Watford Gap service station on the M1 motorway.
		MURCOTT is a hamlet, partly in this and partly in Long Buckby parish.
		He succeeded his father in 1841, and was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Northamptonshire in 1846.
	www.elizabethnoyes.co.uk /fh/watford.htm (1209 words)

	THE BALLAD OF WATFORD GAP
		On one occasion the car from London arrived two hours late at the rendezvous at Watford Gap Service Station.
		The driver had been scouring Watford for that very place.
		And asked a native there, 'Wheer's this 'ere gap ?'
	www.billstanton.org.uk /verse/b_o_w_g.htm (1209 words)

	Science Friction Ltd. - June 2005
		The singer's next release, Bullinamingvase, centred on the ambitious "One Of Those Days In England", but it is also recalled for the controversy surrounding the flippant "Watford Gap" and its less-than-complimentary remarks about food offered at the subject's local service station.
		It was also during this period that Harper made a memorable cameo appearance on Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here, taking lead vocals on "Have A Cigar".
		A second set, Commercial Break, was left unreleased on the group's demise.
	www.royharper.com /shop/display_page.php?page=biog (1209 words)

	M1 motorway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first motorway service station in the UK was built at Watford Gap and later imortalised in song by Roy Harper.
		The M1 was first conceived as a London to Birmingham route broadly following the route of the A5.
		It was the first full-length motorway to be built in the United Kingdom, and was opened in 1959.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/M1_motorway_%28England%29 (1209 words)

	Arsenal FC gunflash - arsenal supporters football club - highbury gooners
		I met him at Watford Gap service station.
		Mick Mills said they couldn't offer me less than £1,000 a week because that was the going rate in the 1st division.
		I travelled down with Mick Mills in the car and he was telling me all these figures that I should be asking for.
	www.arsenal.org.uk /?p=dixon_interview (1209 words)

	Science Friction Ltd. - April 2006
		The singer's next release, Bullinamingvase, centred on the ambitious "One Of Those Days In England", but it is also recalled for the controversy surrounding the flippant "Watford Gap" and its less-than-complimentary remarks about food offered at the subject's local service station.
		He was also subsequently unhappy with the cover shot, preferring the reinstated image used on the reissued album of a baby being born, complete with umbilical chord (sic).
		Come Out Fighting Genghis Smith was released as the singer began attracting the emergent underground audience, but he was unhappy with producer Shel Talmy's rather fey arrangements.
	www.royharper.com /shop/display_page.php?page=biog (779 words)

	M1 motorway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first motorway service station in the UK was built at Watford Gap and later immortalised in song by Roy Harper.
		The motorway is 187 miles (301 km) long and was constructed in stages between the 1950s and 1970s, with a further extension in the late 1990s.
		It was the first full-length motorway to be built in the United Kingdom, and was opened on November 2, 1959 between junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 and M45 spurs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/M1_motorway (1126 words)

	M1 Motorway (england)
		The first motorway service station in the UK was built at Watford Gap and later immortalised in song by Roy Harper.
		The motorway is 193 miles (310 km) long and was constructed in stages between the 1950s and 1970s, with a further extension in the late 1990s.
		It was the first full-length motorway to be built in the United Kingdom, and was opened on November 2, 1959 between junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 and M45 spurs.
	yarnwindles.bloggerus.com /Sheffield/M1_motorway_(England) (872 words)

	M1 motorway
		The first motorway service station in the UK was built at Watford Gap and later immortalised in song by Roy Harper.
		The motorway is 193 miles (310 km) long and was constructed in stages between the 1950s and 1970s, with a further extension in the late 1990s.
		It was the first full-length motorway to be built in the United Kingdom, and was opened on November 2, 1959 between junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 and M45 spurs.
	www.insurancefaq.org /wiki/index.php?title=M1_motorway_(England) (793 words)

	M1 motorway - Biocrawler
		The first motorway service station in the UK was built at Watford Gap and later imortalised in song by Roy Harper.
		The motorway is 187 miles (301 km) long and was constructed in stages between the 1950s and 1970s, with a further extension in the late 1990s.
		It was the first full-length motorway to be built in the United Kingdom, and was opened in 1959.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/M1_motorway (828 words)

	The new UK toll motorway: What every parent should know (Pub-friendly) [The Rockall Times]
		Step 4: Stop at Watford Gap service station to buy jumbo plastic bottle of Lucozade, pack of tuna and banana sandwiches (on whole crust black bread) and set of pre-pay "toll" tokens for the M26.
		Using your "special discount" card (given to all travellers as compensation for "the expected unexpected delays on motorway") avail yourself of the chance to buy coffee for under £2 a cup.
		Step 9: Call Radio 5 to tell Nicky Campbell just how awful the toll motorway is. Find traffic begins moving the moment you get through live on air.
	www.therockalltimes.co.uk /2003/05/12/toll-motorway.pub.html (828 words)

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