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- Hitchin is a picturesque market town steeped in history with many Tudor and Georgian buildings. The thriving creative community and surrounding countryside and London links, make it a sought-after place to live.
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51°56′49″N0°16′59″W / 51.947°N 0.283°W. Hitchin (/ ˈhɪtʃɪn /) is a market town in the North Hertfordshire 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.
Hitchin is a picturesque market town steeped in history with many Tudor and Georgian buildings. The thriving creative community and surrounding countryside and London links, make it a sought-after place to live.
Hitchin is an ancient English market town surrounded by the green and pleasant countryside of North Hertfordshire. It has clearly been a pleasant and prosperous place to live for thousands of years. Prehistoric finds, the proximity of the ancient Icknield Way and Roman remains all point to many millennia of continuous human settlement.
Hitchin is a historic market town in the north of Hertfordshire, four miles south-west of Letchworth Garden City. Interestingly the name 'Hitchin' was not used until the 17th century but the earliest record of a settlement here goes back 1000 years earlier, to the 7th century.
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- Hitchin Lavender. A crop that you’d associate with somewhere like Provence, lavender has been grown in the Hitchin countryside since the 16th century.
- St Mary’s Church. Hitchin’s parish church is the largest in Hertfordshire and is larger than a town of this size would have needed in Medieval times. Instead St Mary’s Church is testament to the wealth generated by the wool trade in the 14th and 15th centuries.
- British Schools Museum. This acclaimed museum is in a sprawling school building set up in a disused malthouse in 1810 and then extended through the rest of the 19th century.
- Market Place. Aside from lavender Hitchin’s main crop was corn, which was sold at the Market Place for more than 300 years. Attesting to this is the Corn Exchange on the square’s west side, dating to 1853 and once filled with stalls occupied by corn dealers and seed-sellers.
Welcome To Hitchin. Hitchin is a beautiful market town with so much to offer. Incredible history, an amazing shopping experience with an abundance of independent stores, a fantastic food and drink scene and entertainment, art and culture for all.
Hitchin is the place from which to explore the north-eastern extremities of the Chiltern Hills as they merge into the flatter landscapes of Bedfordshire. But don’t leave too quickly! With its medieval layout, historic buildings and traditional cobbled streets, the town is something of a gem.
