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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 town of North Hertfordshire’ retaining that interest.
Hitchin (/ ˈ h ɪ tʃ ɪ n /) is a ... By 1086 Hitchin is described as a Royal Manor in Domesday Book: ... In 1900 the council built a new Town Hall on the opposite ...
Jun 29, 2021 · Hitchin's Historical Society will not be hosting any talks for this year's festival, but, having been meeting regularly for over 40 years and writing and producing books, there is a rich source of ...
Despite being overtaken in terms of size by its neighbour Stevenage during the last century, Hitchin indisputably remains the principal town of North Hertfordshire. It retains an unusually rich and varied townscape, which is lavishly illustrated in these pages by more than 180 historical and contemporary photographs.
Hitchin certainly has a rich and fascinating history and character all its own. For centuries it had a primarily agrarian economy, the wool trade being a particularly profitable one. However, it has played a notable part in a number of industries. The arrival of the Great Northern Railway in 1850 was a great boost to trade and saw a rapid ...
A short general history of the town can be downloaded here. It has been claimed that Hitchin is one of the most researched small market towns in England. Certainly, the Hitchin Historical Society has been extremely active in publishing the results of its members’ researches since its creation in 1977 and many of these publications are ...
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5 days ago · Houses have been built on the higher land on the east and south sides and near the railway station, which lies about half a mile to the east of the town. Hitchin is fortunate in having retained so many of its ancient houses, though most of them have been refronted and much altered in the 18th and 19th centuries.
