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Hertfordshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Hertfordshire, in England.The council was created in 1889. It is responsible for a wide range of public services in the county, including social care, transport, education, and the Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service.
The original Shire Hall for Hertfordshire was located in Fore Street in Hertford. [2] After deciding that Shire Hall was too restricted for future expansion, county leaders chose to procure a new county headquarters: the site they selected was open land located just off Pegs Lane. [3] Construction of the new building began in spring 1937. [4]
The new council offices were designed by Cecil Harry Elsom in the Neo-Georgian style, built in red brick and were officially opened on 6 January 1937. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The complex also included a fire station, erected immediately to the southeast, of the council offices, [ 5 ] and a new public library equipped with 18,000 books, although the ...
Hertfordshire (/ ˈ h ɑːr t f ər d ʃ ɪər / ⓘ HART-fərd-sheer or /-ʃ ər /-shər; often abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and one of the home counties. It borders Bedfordshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south and Buckinghamshire to the ...
Kimpton is a village in Hertfordshire, England, six miles south of Hitchin, seven miles north of St Albans and four miles from Harpenden and Luton. The population at the 2011 Census was 2,167. The population at the 2011 Census was 2,167.
It collects and preserves archives, other historical documents and printed material relating to the county of Hertfordshire and the Diocese of St Albans from the 11th to the 21st century. HALS is located in Hertford, in the Register Office Block adjacent to County Hall, Hertford, and run by Hertfordshire County Council. [1]
Hertfordshire has a two-tier structure of local government, with the ten district councils (including Hertsmere Borough Council) providing district-level services, and Hertfordshire County Council providing county-level services. In some areas there is an additional third tier of civil parishes. [10]
Wymondley is a civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. The parish was created on 1 April 1937 as a merger of the two former parishes of Great Wymondley and Little Wymondley. Prior to the creation of North Hertfordshire in 1974, Wymondley was part of Hitchin Rural District. [2] The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census is 1,153. [1]