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It was in Hertfordshire, at Berkhamsted, that the English surrendered to William the Conqueror in 1066 – a turning point in the story of the kingdom. Ever since, the evolution of Hertfordshire has be …

Hoddesdon really came into its own between the sixteenth and mid nineteenth centuries as a coaching town providing a welcome stopping place for travellers from London setting out on the Old North Roa …

Having grown up as a small Roman settlement where Ermine Street crossed the River Lea, Ware came into its own in the Middle Ages as an important stopping place on the Old North Road to and from Londo …

Located in the heart of the Home Counties, Hertford has retained its identity as the administrative capital of ‘The Shire of Hertford’ for 1, 000 years and yet has managed to remain a small, almost ‘ …