Hertford (redirected from Hertford, Hertfordshire)

Hertford, town (1991 pop. 21,350), E central England, on the Lea River. Hertford is an agricultural market with light industries, including brewing, flour milling, and the manufacture of leather goods and stationery. It was important even in Saxon times; there, in 672, the archbishop of Canterbury convened the first national church council. Near Hertford is one of England's leading schools, Haileybury College, founded in 1862. The school merged with the Imperial Service College in 1942.

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Hertford

Town (pop., 1995 est.: 23,000), East Hertfordshire district, administrative and historic county of Hertfordshire, southeastern England. Located on the northern periphery of London, Hertford was first recorded as the scene of a general synod led by Theodore of Tarsus in AD 672. The oldest buildings extant are 15th-century timber-framed houses. The town has light engineering industries and many agricultural connections. It is the county's administrative centre.

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Hertford

a town in SE England, administrative centre of Hertfordshire. Pop.: 24 460 (2001)