The Market Town of Bishop"s Stortford, Hertfordshire
The market town of Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England lies in the eastern zone of the county, right next to the border with the neighboring county of Essex.
Situated just to the west of the M11 motorway, which itself runs from northeast London up to northwest Cambridge, the town is the closest such municipality to London's Stansted Airport.
Bishop's Stortford sits only 29 miles from London's Charing Cross junction, or intersection, and is one of the towns considered to be part of the much larger city's commuter belt.
Today, the town enjoys a current population of around 35, 500 people.
It has been noted to be one of the acknowledged "best places to live in the United Kingdom" by voters participating in a BBC Channel 4 poll.
After initial settlement during the Roman occupation, the town was abandoned after the Romans decamped and left for their homelands.
It wasn't until the 5th century that new settlement occurred, when the Saxons moved in and took the measure of things, calling the place "Esterteferd.
" Eventually, this name evolved to the word "Stort.
" The town was bought by in 1060 by William, Bishop of London.
The name back then seems to have been in acknowledgment of a local family named Ester who controlled the fording, or wading, point across the local river which ran next to the town.
This waterway came to be named after the town (and not the other way around, which is slightly unusual), coming to be called the River Stort.
Combined with "ford, " it is easy to see how the town came to be called "Stortford.
" The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Hertfordshire, which lies in the eastern region of the country, has a current population of about 1.
07 million people.
It is one of the nine Home Counties which encircle the city of London, and it derives its own name from a fortress (Hertford) constructed by Edward the Elder, in 913.
Both the town and the county are fine examples of classic English history.
Situated just to the west of the M11 motorway, which itself runs from northeast London up to northwest Cambridge, the town is the closest such municipality to London's Stansted Airport.
Bishop's Stortford sits only 29 miles from London's Charing Cross junction, or intersection, and is one of the towns considered to be part of the much larger city's commuter belt.
Today, the town enjoys a current population of around 35, 500 people.
It has been noted to be one of the acknowledged "best places to live in the United Kingdom" by voters participating in a BBC Channel 4 poll.
After initial settlement during the Roman occupation, the town was abandoned after the Romans decamped and left for their homelands.
It wasn't until the 5th century that new settlement occurred, when the Saxons moved in and took the measure of things, calling the place "Esterteferd.
" Eventually, this name evolved to the word "Stort.
" The town was bought by in 1060 by William, Bishop of London.
The name back then seems to have been in acknowledgment of a local family named Ester who controlled the fording, or wading, point across the local river which ran next to the town.
This waterway came to be named after the town (and not the other way around, which is slightly unusual), coming to be called the River Stort.
Combined with "ford, " it is easy to see how the town came to be called "Stortford.
" The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Hertfordshire, which lies in the eastern region of the country, has a current population of about 1.
07 million people.
It is one of the nine Home Counties which encircle the city of London, and it derives its own name from a fortress (Hertford) constructed by Edward the Elder, in 913.
Both the town and the county are fine examples of classic English history.
