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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