BALDOCK, a market-town of England, county of Hertford, and hundred of Broadwater, 37 miles N. of London. It is pleasantly situated in a valley on the Great North Road, and is well paved and lighted. Its principal street has several handsome buildings. The church is a spacious edifice, with a spire, three chancels, a curious font, and some monuments of its founders the Templars. There are also places of worship belonging to the Methodists, Independents, and Quakers; and several schools, almshouses, and other charities. Manufactures, beer, malt, and straw-plait. Pop. (1851) 1920.