Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Stevenage within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Stevenage, market town and par. with ry. sta., Herts, in W. of co., 4 miles SE. of Hitchin and 10 N. of Hatfield by rail, 4545 ac., pop. 3116; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Friday. The town was known at Domesday as Stevenach, and is a local government district. It has an ancient parish church and an endowed grammar school. The weekly market is for straw-plait, which is manufactured here in large quantities. In vicinity of town are six barrows, supposed to be Danish.
A village in Broadwater hundred, in the county of Hertfordshire.