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Luton Hoo is an English country house and estate near Luton in Bedfordshire and Harpenden in Hertfordshire. Most of the estate lies within the civil parish of Hyde, Bedfordshire.
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Luton Hoo
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Luton Hoo is an English country house and estate near Luton in Bedfordshire and Harpenden in Hertfordshire. Most of the estate lies within the civil parish of Hyde, Bedfordshire.
The Saxon word Hoo means the spur of a hill, and is more commonly associated with East Anglia. An original manor house on the site belonged to the de Hoo family until the 1450s, when inherited by the heiress Anne Hoo, wife of Geoffrey Boleyn.
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