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Hitchin ( / ˈhɪtʃɪn /) is a market town in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. The town dates from at least the 7th century. It lies in the valley of the River Hiz at the north-eastern end of the Chiltern Hills. It is 16 miles (26 km) north-west of the county town of Hertford, and 35 miles (56 km) north of London.
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Hitchin is a town near the A1 road, in Hertfordshire,...
- Hitchin - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hitchin is a town near the A1 road, in Hertfordshire, England. In 2011 approximately 33,350 people lived there.
A602 road. 344th (Hertfordshire) Field Battery, Royal Artillery. 1911 Hitchin by-election. 1933 Hitchin by-election. 1941 Hitchin by-election.
History. Hitchin is an ancient English market town surrounded by the green and pleasant countryside of North Hertfordshire. It has clearly been a pleasant and prosperous place to live for thousands of years. Prehistoric finds, the proximity of the ancient Icknield Way and Roman remains all point to many millennia of continuous human settlement.
HITCHIN: A SNAPSHOT HISTORY. HITCHIN’S HISTORY: A BRIEF OVERVIEW. An Attractive Town In 1903 Herbert Tompkins, in his guidebook Hertfordshire, noted ‘Hitchin is an ancient market town, full of interest, 32 miles N. from King’s Cross...’. As Hugh Madgin records today, in Hitchin Town Through Time (2014), this is still ‘the principal ...
Hitchin is a 1 historic market. edit town in the north of Hertfordshire. It is twinned with the German town Bingen and the French town Nuits-Saint-Georges. Hitchin has its own character and several historic buildings can be found around the town centre, historic market place, Bancroft, Bucklersbury and Sun Street.
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Hitchin is one of the oldest continuously occupied urban centres in Hertfordshire. The ancient Icknield Way passes immediately to the north and there is evidence of Roman activity (for example the Roman villa at Purwell). The origins of the settlement itself, however, probably start later with the Hicce, a Saxon tribe whose name is related both ...
