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Hitchin () is a market town in the North Hertfordshire Districts of England, 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. It is north-west of the county town of Hertford, and north of London. The population at the 2021 census was 35,220. Hitchin grew around a market place and the adjoining parish church of St Mary's Church, Hitchin, St Mary on the western banks of the River Hiz. At the southern end of the town centre is Hitchin Priory, a former monastery dating back to 1317, which was partially rebuilt into a large country house with extensive parkland following the dissolution of the monasteries. The ancient parish of Hitchin covered a large rural area as well as the town itself, including several Hamlet (place), hamlets which subsequently became separate parishes, including Langley, Hertfordshire, Langley, Preston, Hertfordshire, Preston, St Ippolyts an ...
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Hitchin (UK Parliament Constituency)
Hitchin is a parliamentary constituency in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was re-established for the 2024 general election, since when it has been held by Alistair Strathern of the Labour Party. Boundaries and boundary changes 1885–1918 * The Sessional Divisions of Aldbury (except the parishes of Great Hadham and Little Hadham), Buntingford, Hitchin, Odsey, Stevenage, and Welwyn; and * The parish of Braughing. ''The constituency was established by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (which followed on from the Third Reform Act) as one of four Divisions of the abolished three-member Parliamentary County of Hertfordshire, and was formally named as the Northern or Hitchin Division of Hertfordshire. It inclu ...
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Hitchin Railway Station
Hitchin railway station serves the market town of Hitchin in Hertfordshire. It is located approximately north east of the town centre and north of London King's Cross railway station, London King's Cross on the East Coast Main Line. Until the current Stevenage railway station, Stevenage station opened in 1973, many Intercity services stopped at Hitchin. In August 2007 Hitchin was awarded Secure Stations Scheme, Secure Station status after improvements to station security were made by First Capital Connect, including new lighting, extra CCTV and the installation of automatic ticket gates. History The first section of the Great Northern Railway (Great Britain), Great Northern Railway (GNR) - that from to a junction with the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway at Grimsby Town railway station, Grimsby - opened on 1 March 1848, but the southern section of the main line, between and , was not opened until August 1850. Hitchin was one of the original stations, open ...
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Hitchin Priory
Hitchin Priory in Hitchin in Hertfordshire is today a hotel built in about 1700 on the site of a Carmelites, Carmelite Priory, friary founded in 1317, which was closed in the Dissolution of the Monasteries during the reign of Henry VIII of England, Henry VIII. Parts of the original priory are incorporated in the existing building, which has been a Grade I listed building on the Register of Historic England since 1951. History In 1317 Edward II of England, Edward II granted to the Carmelites, Carmelite Friars a messuage in the parish of Hitchin where they could build a church and house for their habitation. Other messuages and lands were given to them by John de Cobham, 2nd Baron Cobham (of Kent), John de Cobham. The Carmelites built a small convent there which was dedicated to the Mary, mother of Jesus, Blessed Virgin Mary. In September 1530 Henry VIII of England, Henry VIII gave the friars at Hitchin a gift of 40 shillings. In May 1534 the Prior John Butler took the Oath of Sup ...
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