If your goods are faulty or damaged in transit please call the team on 01246 297600 so we can arrange return of the goods & replacement. The team played at several grounds in their early history, including what is now West Herts Sports Club, [3] before moving to Vicarage Road in 1922. They have a long-standing rivalry with nearby club Luton Town.

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Key Events

On 21 January 2018, Javi Gracia was appointed as head coach following Silva's departure. [118] Gracia has been met with widespread praise since his appointment after a successful 2018–19 Premier League campaign which saw Watford finish with their highest points tally ever in English Premier League football. Wallace, Sam (27 May 2017). "Watford appoint Marco Silva as new head coach". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022.

The borough had 102,246 inhabitants at the time of the 2021 census. [29] The borough is separated from Greater London to the south by the urbanised parish of Watford Rural in the Three Rivers District. The Watford subdivision of the Greater London Urban Area, which includes much of the neighbouring districts, had a total population of 120,960 in the 2001 census. [30] Religion [ edit ] Hertfordshire: GCSE (and equivalent) results Archived 13 September 2010 at the UK Government Web Archive, Secondary School achievement and attainment tables 2007, Department for Children, Schools and Families. Murray, Nigel, and Cox, Neil; Cox, Neil (April 1994). "States of Independence". The Musical Times. Musical Times Publications Ltd. 135 (1814): 247–248. doi: 10.2307/1002780. JSTOR 1002780. {{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) Gracia Named Hornets' Head Coach". Watford F.C. 27 January 2018. Archived from the original on 7 March 2018 . Retrieved 2 November 2019. Phillips, Oli (6 August 2004). "Watford seal Vicarage Road Deal". Watford Observer. Archived from the original on 22 August 2011 . Retrieved 23 October 2009.non-selective Roman Catholic schools, whose intake is evenly spread: St Joan of Arc Catholic School and St Michael's Catholic High School. [116]

Under the Local Government Act 1894, the Watford Local Board was reconstituted as Watford Urban District Council with effect from 31 December 1894. The act also stipulated that parishes could not be partly in an urban district and partly outside it. The old parish of Watford was therefore split, with the part of the parish outside the urban district becoming the parish of Watford Rural with effect from the first parish meeting on 4 December 1894. At the same time, the parish of Bushey was split, with the part within the Watford Urban District becoming a parish called Bushey Urban, which was later renamed Oxhey in 1906. Watford Urban and Bushey Urban / Oxhey were both classed as urban parishes and so did not have parish councils of their own, but were directly administered by Watford Urban District Council. [45] The two urban parishes merged in 1935 to form a single parish called Watford. [46]

Meaning and history

Wilson, Paul (15 April 2007). "Feisty Watford a credit to 'best league in the world' ". The Guardian . Retrieved 20 April 2012. Watford is one of only 15 authorities in England and Wales headed by a directly elected mayor. Dorothy Thornhill was the first directly elected mayor of Watford, elected in May 2002 and re-elected in May 2006 and May 2010. She was the first female directly elected mayor in England and the Liberal Democrats' first directly elected mayor. [31] [32]