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| HHER Number: | 11 |
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| Type of record: | Place |
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| Name: | TOWN OF BISHOP'S STORTFORD |
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Summary
Bishops of London's borough at the gates of Waytemore Castle
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| Grid Reference: | TL 487 214 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL42SE |
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| Parish: | Bishop's Stortford, East Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire |
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Monument Types
- TOWN (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
- Sensitivity Map: B Sortford Med Town & Castle
- Sensitivity Map: B Stortford tithe extent
Full description
A medieval borough; the earliest documented reference is in 1306-1336 when it was taxed as a borough. It also sent MPs to Parliament in 1311 <1>.
The town was the property of the Bishops of London who owned Waytemore Castle [28], and was laid out beside a channel of the river Stort [30730] and the castle. To bring trade to the town the bishops diverted the highway into Essex away from Stane Street [4680], the Roman road, to cross the river at the castle. The river was diverted away from the town in 1968.
<1> Beresford, Maurice, & Finberg, H P R, Medieval boroughs: a handlist, - p125 (Bibliographic reference). SHT6841.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Bibliographic reference: Beresford, Maurice, & Finberg, H P R. Medieval boroughs: a handlist. - p125. |
Related records
| 28 | Related to: WAYTEMORE CASTLE, BISHOP'S STORTFORD (Building) |
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