Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford is a town in Hertfordshire in south-east England, with about 35,000 people living there.
History
People have lived in the area for hundreds of thousands of years but it became a permanent town by the time of the Saxons.
The Domesday Book says there were 120 people living there in the 1100s. The Normans built a small castle there but it was unused and broken by the time of the Tudors.
The town grew as an important centre for transport. After 1769, ships were able to use the river. It was a stagecoach stop for travel on the road between London and Cambridge. In 1842 the town got a railway station.
In 1901 there were 7,000 people living there, and by 1951 it was 13,000.
The town is popular for travellers to London because of the M11 motorway (an important road) and good train services to London. Stansted Airport has also caused development.
Bishop's Stortford Media
- CornExchange
King Edward VII driving through Bishop's Stortford, October 1905
1 The Causeway: Built 1972 as headquarters of Bishop's Stortford Urban District Council, subsequently used by East Herts Council. Demolished 2017.
2 Hockerill Street: offices of the Town Council, 1974–1994
Portrait of the industrialist and politician Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902).
South Mill Arts theatre and museum
Englisches Pub in der Bridge Street
Aerial view of Bishop's Stortford, near Stansted Airport, England.
