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Hitchin

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Hitchin city (1991 pop. 33,480), Hertfordshire, SE England. Hitchin was the site of a monastery in Offa 's time and appears in the Domesday Book as a royal manor named Hiz. Corn and cattle are traded at a biweekly market. Industries include building contracting, engineering, tanning, parchment making, medicinal distilling, and rose growing. Henry Bessemer, the inventor, and George Chapman were born in Hitchin.

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Hitchin

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Hitchin, England/UK Hiccam, Hiz ‘(Place in the Territory of) the Hicce Tribe’. The first Hiccam is interchangeable with Hiccum, the dative of the tribal name Hicce. This may be derived from a Celtic river name meaning ‘dry’.

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Hitchin

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Hitchin Herts. Hiccam c.945, Hiz 1086 (DB). ‘(Place in the territory of) the tribe called Hicce’. Old tribal name (possibly derived from a Celtic river-name meaning ‘dry’) in a dative plural form Hiccum.

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	Journey's end at the coach stop; Commuting: HITCHIN. Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 6/6/2004
	Brakes draw a blank on first visit to Hitchin. Newspaper article from: Kenilworth Weekly News (Kenilworth, England); 1/19/2012
	Super-sub Sam sinks Hitchin; Merthyr Tydfil 3 Hitchin 2.(Sport) Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 9/22/2008