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Unusually, the River Stort is named after the town, and not the town after the river. When early cartographers came to the town in the early 17th century, they reasoned that the town must have been named for the ford over the Stort and assumed the river was called the Stort. It has been ever since. Until then, there was no official name for the river.

After , the River Stort was made navigable, and the town was made a stagecoach stop on the Mail coach road between Cambridge and London. By , Bishop's Stortford had become a market town and a corn exchange had been established while the main industry was malting. In the railway came to Bishop's Stortford; another introduction of the Victorian era was the opening of a hospital, in At the beginning of the 20th century, in , the population was over 7, By , Bishop's Stortford had expanded further, to 13, Throughout the second half of the 20th century, Bishop's Stortford has seen further growth since it became a commuter town.

The M11 motorway , nearby Stansted Airport , and the train links to London and Cambridge have contributed to the town having a population of around 35,, as of the national census, but future growth is expected to increase the population to 45, Hockerill is, however, a separate ecclesiastical parish comprised originally of the area east of the River Stort, centred around the old coaching inns and All Saints' Church in Stansted Road and including Bishops' Stortford Railway Station.

Little Hallingbury and Takeley, too, are within the ambit of Bishop's Stortford; they are, however, in Essex rather than Hertfordshire. In March and April , a number of buildings in Bishop's Stortford were set alight and caused great alarm in the town.

Soon a number of threatening letters were received, warning in part that "Stortford shall be laid in ashes". He was transported to Australia as a convict. In the parish church of All Saints' Hockerill was destroyed by fire and in a new church, to a spacious, light and airy design by the architect Stephen Dykes Bower , was erected in its place.

The building contains a notable rose window designed by Hugh Easton, a two manual Henry Willis II organ and is a popular venue for concerts. Harry Roberts was arrested in a wooded area within the abandoned RAF Sawbridgeworth at nearby Thorley whilst on the run from the Police following the shooting of three policemen in London in He was taken to Bishop's Stortford police station where he was charged and later moved to London.

He was found guilty and sentenced to 30 years in prison. Two women were seriously injured in the attack that was around pm. The men killed were named as Keith Cowell, 52, and his son Matthew, 17, who died alongside year-old Tony Dulieu of Billericay. Keith Cowell's wife, Nicole, had left for work at Stansted Airport 10 minutes before the attack. A three-year-old girl called 'Angel' was thought to have been in the house at the time of the shooting. Chief Superintendent Al Thomas of the Hertfordshire Police said, "We share the concern and sense of shock within the community.

Early information suggests this was a targeted incident and not a random attack. However, crime rates in the town are well below the national average. The town centre is undergoing many changes, with the demolition of the old multi-storey car park and surrounding area to make way for a new town centre area and the building of new city-type apartments and penthouses on the riverside and around the town centre. Jackson Square a modern shopping complex was rebuilt and an extension added with many cafes, bars and shops.

The developments are almost finished. Also, the Havers estate an outer part of Bishop's Stortford is being redeveloped with new houses and flats.

There are many plans for further expansion and development of the town due to its continued growth and the expected enlargement of Stansted Airport.

Bishop's Stortford is useful for a large number of Herts and Essex villages in its area, as most of the nearby towns excluding Harlow are small and Bishop's Stortford serves as a centre for meeting, shopping, and entertainment.

The Rhodes Arts Complex is a state-of-the-art venue which incorporates a theatre, cinema, dance studio and conference facilities. Situated within the complex, in the house where Cecil Rhodes was born, is the Bishop's Stortford Museum.

It has a local history collection, a unique collection relating to Rhodes and the British Empire in Africa as well as its temporary exhibition gallery. Bishop's Stortford Museum. The town is generally seen as a conservative area, and this can be backed up by the fact that in the national elections Mark Prisk was elected for the Conservative Party with a majority of the votes cast Bishop's Stortford's constituency, Hertford and Stortford, covers many other settlements including Hertford.

Caroline Spelman , the Conservative Cabinet Minister , is also from the town. The most controversial political issue for the town relates to the expansion of Stansted Airport. A long-standing protest group called Stop Stansted Expansion vehemently opposes unsustainable growth at the airport and is wholly against plans for a second runway.

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