Baldock
Baldock is a historic market town in the local government district of North Hertfordshire in the ceremonial county of Hertfordshire, England where the River Ivel rises. It is positioned 33 miles (53 kilometres) north of London, and boasts a population of around 9900. Nearby towns include Royston to the northeast, Letchworth and Hitchin to the southwest and Stevenage to the south. The modern layout of the town and several buildings in the centre date from the sixteenth century, with the earliest dating from the fourteenth century. The town thrived where the old Great North Road and the Icknield Way crossed. Despite the construction of the A1(M) motorway in 1963, which bypassed the town, and which was referred to as the Baldock Bypass for some years, it was still a major traffic bottleneck until March 2006, when a new bypass removed the A505 road, part of the old Icknield Way east of Baldock. Since the 16th century, Baldock has been a centre for malting, subsequently becoming a regional brewing centre with at least 3 large brewers in operation in the area at the close of the 19th century, in spite of a drop in demand for the kinds of beer made locally. The 1881 Census records roughly 30 drinking establishments. Throughout the early 20th century, a sizeable number of pubs continued to operate, several of which were sustained by the adjacent and much bigger town of Letchworth, which had no alcohol retailers prior to 1958, and had only 2 pubs and 1 hotel bar till the mid-1990s. Its bigger population had for a lot of years visited both Baldock and Hitchin for refreshment. For all of your property improvement projects, ensure that that you use trustworthy pros in Baldock to make sure that you get the very best quality service.