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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.
Geo W.King Ltd, then in Hitchin, built their new factory in Argyle Way Stevenage. This was all just prior to World War II. For this ultra modern factory rail tracks were included with potential access to the main line railway (the site of the factory is now Stevenage LeisurePark but the Stevenage station was not in its current location but at the bottom of Julian’s Road in the OldTown).
UK. England. Hertfordshire. 51°56′49″N 0°16′59″W / 51.947°N 0.283°W / 51.947; -0.283. 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.
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