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Hertford

American  
[hahr-ferd, hahrt-ferd] / ˈhɑr fərd, ˈhɑrt fərd /

noun

  1. a city in and the county seat of Hertfordshire, in SE England.

  2. Hertfordshire.


Hertford British  
/ ˈhɑːtfəd /

noun

  1. a town in SE England, administrative centre of Hertfordshire. Pop: 24 460 (2001)

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Josh Dean, the Labour MP for Hertford and Stortford, has raised Lily's case in parliament.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2025

From the small British town of Hertford, a truck makes a delivery every couple of months, packed with medical supplies, food and - right now - Christmas gifts for children.

From Washington Times • Dec. 7, 2022

From the small British town of Hertford, a truck makes a delivery every couple of months, packed with medical supplies, food and — right now — Christmas gifts for children.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2022

Following the French Revolution, Bagatelle was transformed by Napoleon into a hunting lodge, then acquired in 1835 by an English aristocrat and art collector, Lord Seymour, Marquess of Hertford.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2022

Hertford was a constitutional Royalist, who served the King from a strict sense of duty, and from no love of war.

From Rupert Prince Palatine by Scott, Eva