a town in the hundred of Braughen and county of Hertford, twenty-seven miles from London. It is on the river Kib, on the ancient Roman road, called Ermine Street. The parish church has an ancient altar, raised nearly ten feet above the level of the floor. On Friday there is a market, tolerably well attended. The population was, in 1801, 1846; in 1811, 1889; in 1821, 2135; and in 1831, 2272.