Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford | ||
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Coordinates | 51 ° 52 ′ N , 0 ° 10 ′ E | |
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Residents | 35,325 | |
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Post town | BISHOP'S STORTFORD | |
ZIP code section | CM23 | |
prefix | 01279 | |
Part of the country | England | |
region | East of England | |
Shire county | Hertfordshire | |
District | East Hertfordshire | |
Civil Parish | Bishop's Stortford | |
British Parliament | Hertford and Stortford | |
Bishop's Stortford is a city in England with around 35,000 inhabitants. The city is located in the county of Hertfordshire , around 50 kilometers north-east of London on the River Stort . Here is the administrative headquarters of the East Hertfordshire district . London Stansted Airport is just a few kilometers east of the city .
history
The Romans established a small settlement on Stane Street , the Roman road between London and Colchester . The settlement was abandoned after the fall of the Roman Empire. An Anglo-Saxon settlement was later built in its place . When the Domesday Book was written in 1086, the place had around 120 inhabitants. It received the addition "Bishop's" because it was owned by the Bishop of London in the Middle Ages.
The town's development was facilitated by the presence of roads, the nearby Stort River and the organization of a weekly market. After 1769 the river was made navigable and shortly afterwards the town became a stop on the stagecoach line between Cambridge and London. In 1828 Bishop's Stortford received a grain exchange . The Malthouse was the most important industry. The railroad opened in 1842.
In 1901 the population was 7,000 and increased to 13,000 within 50 years. Growth was even more pronounced in the second half of the 20th century. The opening of the M11 motorway and Stansted Airport contributed to the fact that Bishop's Stortford came more and more into the catchment area of Greater London and is now a commuter city.
The new city center in the middle of the historic city center offers an architecturally appealing building complex with a glass and matt stainless steel look. Opened in May 2007, it houses the new Sainsbury's superstore and a branch of the NEXT fashion label .
Town twinning
Bishop's Stortford decided in November 2011 to end the twinning with Friedberg (Hessen) and Villiers-sur-Marne on September 28, 2012. Marco Evers suspected in an article on Spiegel Online the current political debate about the role of Great Britain as the trigger behind it.
Personalities
- Frederick Scott Archer (1813–1857), photography pioneer, inventor of the collodion wet plate
- Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902), founder of Rhodesia, De Beers and the Rhodes Foundation , which awards the Rhodes Scholarships
- Bernard Horsfall (1930–2013), film and stage actor
- Minette Walters (* 1949), writer, crime novelist
photos
English pub on Bridge Street
Individual evidence
- ^ Luke Harding : Bishop's Stortford dumps its twin towns in France and Germany ; The Guardian Online, December 1, 2011
- ^ A b Marco Evers: The Europe monsters from Bishop's Stortford ; Spiegel Online , December 17, 2011; last accessed on December 17, 2011.
Web links
- Bishop's Stortford Town Council (Municipality)