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Hertford is the historic county town of Hertfordshire, and is also a civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of the county. The population of Hertford is just over 24,000. Recent estimates are that it is now around 28,000 though so the population is definitely on the rise. The name is Anglo Saxon and means the ford frequented by harts or stags, which is the animal that represents Hertford and Hertfordshire alike.

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Some Hertford history

One possible earlier mention of the town of Hertford was in 672 AD: the first synod of a number of the bishops in England was held either in Hertford or at Hartford, Cambridgeshire. The synod was called by Theodore of Tarsus; decisions included the calculation of the date of Easter.

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that in 913 AD, Edward the Elder ordered the construction of two earthwork fortifications either side of the ford over the River Lea at Hertford as part of his campaign against the invading and marauding Danes.

By the time of the Domesday Book, Hertford had two churches, two markets and three mills. The Normans began work on Hertford Castle, and Hertford Priory was founded by Ralph de Limesy. King Henry II rebuilt the castle in stone, but in 1216, during the First Barons' War, it was besieged and captured after twenty five days by Prince Louis of France. The castle was regularly visited by English royalty and in 1358, Queen Isabella, wife of Edward II, died there. The priory was dissolved in 1536 and subsequently demolished and in 1563, the main Parliament of England met at Hertford castle because of a deadly outbreak of plague in London, making it unsafe to congregate there.

Hertford grew and prospered as a vibrant market and county town; communication was improved by the construction of the Lea Navigation Canal in 1767 and the arrival of the railway in 1843. The Port Hill drill hall was completed in 1898 and Yeomanry House was brought into military use in 1910.

It is believed that Hartford, Connecticut in the United States of America is named after Hertford in England.

Hertford has been the county town of Hertfordshire since the county was founded way back in Saxon times. The town also gave its name to the hundred of Hertford. The town of Hertford was initially governed by the king's reeves. By the thirteenth century, the reeves had been replaced by a bailiff, elected by the burgesses. Charters of 1554 and 1589 established a common council of eleven chief burgesses and a bailiff. Another charter of 1605 changed the bailiff's title to mayor. Under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, Hertford became a Municipal borough; the ratepayers elected twelve councillors, who chose four aldermen, with the aldermen and councillors together composing the council, which elected the mayor.

The Hertford poor law union was established in 1835, covering the town and surrounding rural parishes.

Hertford Corporation used part of the Shire Hall as a Town Hall until 1911, when it moved into the surviving gatehouse of Hertford Castle.

Hertford Rivers

Hertford is at the confluence of four river valleys: the Rib, Beane and Mimram join the River Lea at Hertford to flow east and then south toward the Thames as the Lee Navigation, after Hertford Castle Weir. The shared valley of the Lea and the Beane is called Hartham Common and this provides a large park to one side of the town centre running towards Ware and lying below the ridge upon which Bengeo is situated.

All the rivers in the Hertford area have enjoyed many centuries of premium sport for fishermen. Izaak Walton wrote about some of the Hertford rivers in his book the Compleat Angler; note the Old English spelling of 'complete'. The rivers in and around Hertford are renowned for their Trout, Grayling and myriad of other fish and wildlife.

Hertford is like stepping back in time

The town centre still has its medieval layout with many timber-framed buildings hidden under later frontages, particularly in St Andrew Street. Hertford suffers from traffic problems despite the existence of the 1960s A414 bypass called Gascoyne Way which passes close to the town centre. Plans have long existed to connect the A10 with the A414, by-passing the town completely. Nevertheless, the town retains very much a country-town feel, despite lying only nineteen miles north of Central London. This is aided by its proximity to larger towns such as Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Stevenage where modern development has been focused.

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