a market-town of England, county of Hertford, on the left bank of the Lea, here crossed by a fine iron bridge erected in 1845, 2 miles E.N.E. of Hertford, and 20 miles from London. It consists chiefly of one main street, nearly a mile in length, and lined in general with well built houses. The parish church is a large cruciform edifice, mostly in the decorated and perpendicular styles, and lately restored. It contains several fine monuments. There are also several dissenting places of worship. Ware has a free grammar school, and a collegiate seminary for the education of Roman Catholic clergymen, in connection with which an elegant gothic chapel has recently been erected. It has also a number of charitable institutions. There are some remains of an ancient priory. The making of malt is largely carried on, this being one of the principal seats of that manufacture in England; and it has an active trade in corn, malt, &c. Pop. (1851) 4882.