Bishop's Stortford

town in Hertfordshire, England, UK
Place town Q19797

Facts

17 properties

Identity

Location

Coordinate location
🗺️ 51.872°, 0.172°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
East Hertfordshire[2]

Population and size

Population
37k (35k–41k, n=4)[13][14][15][16]

Codes

Local dialing code
01279[9]
Postal code
CM23[8]
More facts +9
Authority
Bishop's Stortford Town Council[11]
Historic county
Hertfordshire[19]
Image harvest run
pdhero-20261109T082225Z
Image last checked license
CC BY-SA 2.0
Image unavailable reason
no_pd_license
OS grid reference
TL495215[10]
Twinned administrative body
Villiers-sur-Marne, Friedberg[6][7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Bishop's Stortford en Bishops Stortford en Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire ar بيشوب ستورتفورد de Bishop’s Stortford el Μπίσοπς Στόρτφορντ en-gb Esterteferd fa بیشاپس استورتفورد he בישופס סטורטפורד ja ビショップス・ストートフォード ja ビショップズ・ストートフォード ko 비숍스 스토포드 ru Бишопс-Стортфорд zh 畢曉普斯托福德 zh-hans 毕晓普斯托福德
🔖 Identifiers · 35
VIAF cluster ID
168382389
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n83049909
ArchINFORM location ID
5166
Australian War Memorial ID
PL550268
BBC News topic ID
c90ekd982ext
British History Online VCH ID
herts/vol3/pp292-306
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10367132
Early Modern Letters Online location ID
6a1e5efe-d1b2-4d54-b50a-0beac6fdd3a2
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Bishops-Stortford
FAST ID
1224773
Show all 35 identifiers +23
Freebase ID
/m/0206fw
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2590030
GSS code (2011)
E04004720, E04012914, E04013541
GeoNames ID
2655562
J9U entity ID
987007536642705171
NL CR AUT ID
ge1249659
OpenDomesday settlement ID
TL4921/bishops-stortford
OpenStreetMap relation ID
3577642
Quora topic ID
Bishops-Stortford-1
Survey of English Place-Names ID
53285b93b47fc40ace0006d1, 53285ba0b47fc40ace000771
TOID
7000000.0B (4000000.1B–7000000.0B, n=3)
Topic's main category
Category:Bishop's Stortford
UN/LOCODE
GBBST
Vision of Britain place ID
813
Vision of Britain unit ID
10088240
Wellcome Collection concept ID
rq22awua
Who's on First ID
101750415
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJfh4g7JFq9jwtD9P9Vgrq

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People born here 12
People who died here 4
Instance of 3
Named after 2
Twinned administrative body 2
← Twinned administrative body 2
Capital of 1
Category of associated people 1
Contained subdivisions 1
Country 1
Described by source 1
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Located in time zone 1
SNARC ID 1
Topic's main category 1
← Capital 1
← Category combines topics 1
← Category's main topic 1
← Headquarters location 1
← Location of formation 1
← Primary destinations 1
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Summary

Bishop's Stortford is a town[1].

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Bishop's Stortford include it F.C.[20], an association football club[21], in United Kingdom[22], founded in 1874[23] and it railway station[24], a railway station[25], in United Kingdom[26].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include it F.C.[20], an association football club[21], in United Kingdom[22], founded in 1874[23] and it railway station[24], a railway station[25], in United Kingdom[26].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [2] ↑ . GSS coding system. wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    TOID → 7000000000003652, 4000000074572318, 7000000000191544
    GSS code (2011) → E04004720, E04012914, E04013541
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #48912: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 19w ago · Peter James · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people born here → Wikidata item
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Located in time zone → —
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → East Hertfordshire
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim: TOID: 7000000000003652"
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