Hoddesdon

Hoddesdon is a commuter town of the English county of Hertfordshire, in the midst of the Lea Valley. The city grew rapidly, as it was a post station on the route between Cambridge and London. The climax was reached in the Post Office in the 18th century, when more than 35 stagecoaches a day passed through the town.

The city experienced in the mid-20th century, a revival by the extraction of gravel deposits, which were exhausted in the 1970s. The resulting lakes and gravel pits were used for public recreational opportunities. Today Hoddesdon is a town with light industries, but essentially residence for commuters to London. The city is since 1951 the seat of the eighth Congress of International Modern Architecture.

History

Hoddesdon is as it were a day's march away from London and was a gathering place for armies and other travelers on their way north to Cambridge or another city in the north. Where today runs the highway, lined earlier guest and host houses the way.

Brewery was an important industry in this region, particularly in the neighboring towns Hertford and Ware. Brisk trade was driven every Tuesday on the hop market. Later, the hops were transported more and more on the River Lea and the meat market on Wednesday took over dominance. The Wednesday market held in Hoddesdon to the present and has been merged into the late 20th century with the Friday market.

Since 1866, Hoddesdon is divided into two municipalities Broxbourne and Great Amwell. The border between the two communities passes through a gate on the main road of the city. When the gate was demolished in 1960, a special stone with inscriptions built into the pavement to mark the historic border. Parts of Hoddesdon was assigned to the city Horresdon by order of the provincial government in 1894 and the rest of the city as a community.

1937 increased an order of the Provincial Council of 1929, the urban area in which it put together the entire lands and parts of the community of Broxbourne, Great Amwell, Stanstead Abbots and Wormley. The western boundary of the new city area was marked by the " Ermine Street ", which was a former Roman road. Hoddesdon was incorporated in 1974 by order of the provincial government in 1972 by Broxbourne.

City ​​center

The main street of Hoddesdon, most of which is pedestrianized, has many shops, fast food snacks, pubs, estate agents, banks and a bookstore. On the northern main road behind the clock tower is the business center to find "Tower center ", which is known for its frequent business change. It is generally a revival of the Centre expected if the group chain " Wilkonsons " as planned there opened a new business in 2008. Fawkon West is a busy business area in the west of the pedestrian zone, which was affected by the decline in consumption since 2000, to be but again offset by new business. A passage connects it now with the new Aldi store. Sainsbury's, which once " Fawkon Walk", has its location in the east of the main road. Other notable shops in the city center are Argos, Woolworths, Boots, Lloyds Pharmacy two, Tesco and Ladbrokes. A branch of the chain Café Nero opened in summer 2006.

Shops in Hoddesdon suffer from the competition of the nearby " Brookfield Centre " in Cheshunt and the shopping parks in Harlow. Since 1990, a number of independent retailers from the city withdrew and were replaced by chains. The city is attractive to shoppers, to relax after shopping, restaurants such as Nato or Marca La Piazza, cafes and fast food outlets such as "Star Burger " or " Flames".

Train

The John Warner School and the School Sheredes there are two secondary schools in Hoddesdon, each local school and comprehensive school for students 11 to 18 years. The focus of support the John Warner School it is evidently more interested in the natural sciences, the Sheredes school more on the creative arts.

Born Here personalities

• William Christie Gosse (1842-1881), British- Australian naturalist and explorer
• Benjamin Samuel Williams (1824-1890), English trade gardener