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ID: 7011876
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Record Type: administrative |
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Hertford (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 51 48 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 51.8000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 000 04 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -0.0667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Situated on River Lea; site of the first national Synod of the Church in England in 673; burnt down by the Danes & rebuilt by E dward the Elder & the Normans; noted for 15th-cen. timbered houses & Georgian architecture. |
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| Hertford (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Heorotford (H,V)
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| Heortford (H,V)
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............ | used in 12th cen., meaning "stag ford" |
| Heorutford (H,V)
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| Hertforde (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 |
| Herutford (H,V)
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Hertford (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was an important early center |
| town (C) |
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| county seat (C) |
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| agricultural center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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