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serious on the 24th when business owners from the Industrial Estate on Claggy road and also residents at risk hired pumps and called the Fire Brigade to try to deal with the 1-metre-deep water flow. The total cost of the damage caused by the flood was approximately £500,000. There is evidence suggesting that this is not the only flood to occur in the history of the village. There was a BBC news report on the situation.
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In February 2001, Kimpton was hit by flooding due to an unprecedented amount of rainfall. The dried up river Kym, which was now a vital road, emerged again and followed its natural course from Netherfield Springs, through Kimpton and joined the Mimram at Kimpton Mill. The situation became fairly
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The village lies along the valley of a dried-up river bed and is about one mile long. Some of the houses on the High Street date back to the 16th century, but most are 19th and early 20th century. Behind the High Street are two large housing estates built in the 1970s.
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Kimpton Ward is located within the local government district of North Hertfordshire.
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The manor was later held by the Hoo-Keate family, and then by marriage to the
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The village school is a primary and nursery school with over 150 children.
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Parish church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Kimpton, Hertfordshire
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Division of Knebworth and Codicote and is represented by
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