Bishop's Stortford
town · Hertfordshire
Old EnglishAI-generated
Bishop's Stortford's name combines a term for a bishop with the Old English word for a ford. It means 'the bishop's ford'.
Word origins
- Bishop's Stortford
- Old Englishthe bishop's ford(from biscop "bishop", stæð "river bank, ford")
Historical forms
Stortford · Biscopestortford