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Hace 3 días · The end of the 8th century marks an important episode in the history of Hertfordshire which has influenced its history ever since. The prosperity of the Mercian Kingdom reached its height in the reign of King Offa II., who, when an old man, desired to found a monastery in atonement for the murder of Ethelbert, King of the East Angles, the suitor for the hand of his daughter, Elfleda.
Hace 1 día · Covers the northern and eastern parts of the county, including accounts of Baldock, Bishop's Stortford, Hitchin and Letchworth, as well as the county town of Hertford. Victoria County History - Hertfordshire. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1912.
Hace 3 días · This charter governed the borough for sixteen years. In 1605 James I reincorporated the town under the new style of the mayor, burgesses and commonalty. (fn. 107) The mayor was merely the bailiff of 1589. He was elected by the chief burgesses and assistants from the common council (or chief burgesses).
Hace 3 días · The parish of Ardeley was included in Odsey Hundred until 14 October 1843, when it was transferred to Edwinstree Hundred. (fn. 1) It consists of scattered hamlets lying on the southern slope of the chalk hills of north-east Hertfordshire, at about an equal distance from Stevenage station on the main line of the Great Northern railway and the ter...
Hace 3 días · Hertfordshire, administrative and historic county of southern England, adjoining Greater London to the south. The administrative county and the historic county cover slightly different areas. The administrative county comprises 10 districts: East Hertfordshire, North Hertfordshire, Three Rivers,
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Hace 2 días · The parish of Bushey, formerly called also Hartshead (Hertesheved, twelfth century), was apparently separated from the parish of Watford, of which it formed a part, about 1166. (fn. 1) It lies to the south of the county, and is bounded by the River Colne on the north, and the Middlesex county boundary on the south.
Hace 5 días · BLECHES, BLACHES, or BLOTCHES was the holding of a John Bleche, whose name appears in Sawbridgeworth at the end of the 14th century, (fn. 258) and who was living in 1404. (fn. 259) His lands, called the manor of Bleches, were held with Chamberlains (q.v.) in the 16th century by John Shelley.
