Baldock
Baldock is a historic market town within 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 km) north of London, and boasts a population of around 9900. Nearby towns are Royston towards the northeast, Letchworth and Hitchin to the southwest and Stevenage towards the south. The contemporary layout of the town and several buildings in the centre date back to the sixteenth century, with the earliest dating back to the fourteenth century. The town thrived where the old Great North Road and the Icknield Way crossed. Despite the building of the A1(M) motorway in 1963, which bypassed the town, and which was called 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 which was east of Baldock. Since the 16th century, Baldock has been a centre for malting, subsequently becoming a regional brewing centre with at least three big brewers still trading in the area at the end of the 19th century, despite a drop in demand for the kinds of beer developed locally. The 1881 Census records around thirty drinking establishments. During the early 20th century, a sizeable number of pubs continued to operate, many of which were sustained by the adjacent and considerably bigger town of Letchworth, which had no alcohol retailers prior to 1958, and had only two pubs and one hotel bar till the mid-1990s. Its bigger population had for many years visited both Baldock and Hitchin for refreshment. For all of your property upgrades, be sure that you employ trusted professionals in Baldock to make sure that you get the best quality service.
