Bishop's Stortford
English
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Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Possibly the Saxon settlement derived its name from 'Steorta's ford' or 'tail ford', in the sense of a 'tail', or tongue, of land. The town became known as Bishop's Stortford due to the acquisition in 1060 by the Bishop of London. The River Stort is named after the town: 16th-century cartographers assumed that the town must have been named after the ford over the river.
Proper noun
[edit]Bishop's Stortford
- A town and civil parish with a town council in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL4821).
Derived terms
[edit]- (River) Stort