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bishop's stortford

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

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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.

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What does bishop's stortford mean?: A town and civil parish with a town council in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL4821).
Where does bishop's stortford come from?: 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.

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