Bishop's Stortford

English Etymology Uncertain. Possibly the Saxon settlement derived its name from 'Steorta's ford' or 'tail ford', in the sense of a 'tail', or tongue, of land. The town became known as Bishop's Stortford due to the acquisition in 1060 by the Bishop of London. The River Stort is named after the town: 16th-century cartographers assumed that the town must have been named after the ford over the river. Proper noun Bishop's Stortford en town/and/cpar with a town council in dist/East Hertfordshire co/Hertfordshire cc/England OS grid ref TL4821. en 2 October 2026 Lewis Adams Son of ex-Chelsea player died in 40C desert hike https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckj06007g600o BBC News His friend, Aran Martinson, from Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire, also died in the sweltering heat after they set off at about 07:00 local time (04:00 BST). 2 October 2026 Derived terms River en Stort References Parish map