Place:Hertford, Hertfordshire, England

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NameHertford
Alt namesHaileyburysource: hamlet in parish
Letty Greensource: village in parish
Heorotfordsource: Oxford: English Place Names (1960) p 236
Heortfordsource: Oxford: English Place Names (1960) p 236
Heorutfordsource: Oxford: English Place Names (1960) p 236
Hertfordesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 137
Herutfordsource: Oxford: English Place Names (1960) p 236
TypeTown, Parish, Borough (municipal)
Coordinates51.8°N 0.083°W
Located inHertfordshire, England
See alsoHertford Hundred, Hertfordshire, Englandhundred in which it was geographically located
East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Hertford is the county town of Hertfordshire, England, and is also a civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of the county. The parish had a population of 26,783 at the 2011 census.[1]

The town grew around a ford on the River Lea, near its confluences with the rivers Mimram, Beane, and Rib. The Lea is navigable from the Thames up to Hertford. Fortified settlements were established on each side of the ford at Hertford in 913AD. The county of Hertfordshire was established at a similar time, being named after and administered from Hertford. Hertford Castle was built shortly after the Norman Conquest in 1066 and remained a royal residence until the early seventeenth century.

Hertfordshire County Council and East Hertfordshire District Council both have their main offices in the town and are major local employers, as is McMullen's Brewery, which has been based in the town since 1827. The town is also popular with commuters, being only north of central London and connected to it by two railway lines.

Hertford was originally made up of the ecclesiastical parishes of Hertford All Saints, Hertford St. Andrew and Hertford St. John. Each of these parishes had land holdings outside the confines of the town. The Local Government Act of 1894 obliged the counties to define whether a block of land was urban or rural. The outside holdings were considered rural and were established as civil parishes. These rural parishes became known as Hertford St. Andrew Rural, Hertford St. John and Brickendon for Hertford All Saints.

Haileybury and Imperial Service College is an independent school near Hertford, England. Originally a boys' public school, it is now co-educational.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Hertford.

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