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Tring Market House
Tring Market House is a municipal building in the High Street, Tring, Hertfordshire, England. The structure, which is the meeting place of Tring Town Council, is a Grade II listed building. History The first market house in Tring was a modest mid-17th century rectangular building in Church Yard, and it stood between the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Tring, parish church of St Peter and St Paul and the High Street. It was built on wooden stilts and was equipped with a pillory and a Village lock-up, lock-up for petty criminals on the ground floor. A public meeting was convened by Tring Urban District Council on 23 April 1897 at the town's Victoria Hall, to consider how to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. The meeting voted in favour of demolishing the old market house and building a new one on part of the same site. A committee was appointed to pursue the scheme, and it raised the idea with Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild, Lord Rothschild, who owned the ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tring
Tring is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Dacorum, Hertfordshire, England. It is situated in a gap passing through the Chiltern Hills, classed as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, from Central London. Tring is linked to London by the Roman road of Akeman Street, by the modern A41 road, by the Grand Union Canal and by the West Coast Main Line to London Euston. Settlements in Tring date back to prehistoric times and it was mentioned in the Domesday Book; the town received its market charter in 1315. Tring is now largely a commuter town within the London commuter belt. As of 2013, Tring had a population of 11,731. Toponymy The name Tring is believed to derive from the Old English ''Tredunga'' or ''Trehangr'', 'Tre' meaning 'tree' and the suffix 'ing' implying 'a slope where trees grow'. History There is evidence of prehistoric settlement with Iron Age barrows and defensive embankments adjacent to The Ridgeway, and also later Saxon burials. The town str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
