Hertfordshire was originally the area assigned to a fortress constructed at Hertford under the rule of Edward the Elder in 913. The name Hertfordshire appears in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in 1011.
1. Pearse House (Bishop Stortford/Hotels in Bishop Stortford)
Pearse House is an attractive and imposing Victorian mansion set in its own grounds some thirty miles north east of central London and easily accessible via the M25 M11. The present building dates from the middle of the last century and its mock E...