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Watford — Town and Borough — Borough of Watford Motto: Audentior[1] Watford within Hertfordshire Watford within Hertfordshire Coordinates: [show location on an interactive map] 51°39′20″N 0°23′48″W / 51.65556, -0.39667 Country United Kingdom Constituent area England Region East of England County Hertfordshire Borough Watford Government - Type Borough with Mayor & Cabinet - Mayor Dorothy Thornhill (Liberal Democrat) - MP Claire Ward (Labour) Area - Borough 55.5 km² (21.43 sq mi) Elevation 71 m (233 ft) Population - Borough 80,000 - Density 1,441.4/km² (3,733.1/sq mi) - Urban 121,000 - Ethnicity[2] 83.7% White 8.9% South Asian 3.4% Black 2.4% Mixed Race 1.6% Chinese or other Time zone GMT (UTC) - Summer (DST) Summer Time (British) (UTC+1) Postcode area WD Area code(s) 01923 ONS code 26UK Website: www.watford.gov.uk Watford (pronounced /ˈwɒtfəd/ listen (help·info)) is a town and district in Hertfordshire, England, situated 19 miles (30 km) northwest of London and within the bounds of the M25 motorway. The borough lies just to the north of Greater London. The parish of Watford Rural covers an area to the south of the borough of Watford (which is largely urbanised), in the Three Rivers District. The nearby areas of Bushey, Rickmansworth, Chorleywood, Kings Langley, Abbots Langley and South Oxhey, located in Three Rivers and Hertsmere districts, also form part of the Watford postcode area. The most recent official estimates put the population of Watford at 79,600 at mid-2006.[3] The borough had 79,726 inhabitants at the time of the 2001 Census.[4] The Watford urban area, which includes much of neighbouring Three Rivers, had a total population of 120,960 in the 2001 census,[5] making it the 47th largest urban area in England. Watford was created as an urban district under the Local Government Act 1894, and became a municipal borough by grant of a charter in 1922.

History of bathrooms .

Although it was not with hygiene in mind, the first records for the use of baths date back as far as 3000 B.C. At this time water had a strong religious value, being seen as a purifying element for both body and soul, and so it was not uncommon for people to be required to cleanse themselves before entering a sacred area. Baths are recorded as part of a village or town life throughout this period, with a split between steam baths in Europe and America and cold baths in Asia. Communal baths were erected in a distinctly separate area to the living quarters of the village, with a view to preventing evil spirits from entering the domestic quarters of a commune.

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