What is Hatfield, Hertfordshire?
'''Hatfield''' is a fairly large [[town]] and [[civil parish]] in [[Hertfordshire]], [[England]]. It is in the borough of [[Welwyn Hatfield]]. It had a population of 39,201 at the 2011 Census.<ref name=ONS>{{cite web|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124314&c=Hatfield&d=16&e=62&g=6435399&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1477747303141&enc=1|title=Town population 2011|access-date=29 October 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030003748/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124314&c=Hatfield&d=16&e=62&g=6435399&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1477747303141&enc=1|archive-date=30 October 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ==History== Hatfield is of [[Saxon]] origin. [[Hatfield House]], home of the [[Marquess of Salisbury]], is the most important country house. [[Aircraft]] were built from the [[1930s]] when [[de Havilland]] opened a [[factory]] until the [[1990s]] when [[British Aerospace]] closed it. Aircraft design and manufacture employed more people there than any other [[industry]]. Hatfield was one of the post-war [[New Town]]s built around [[London]]. It has [[modernism|modernist architecture]] from the period. The [[University of Hertfordshire]] is based there. ==Transportation== Hatfield is 20 miles (30 kilometres) north of London beside the [[A1(M) motorway]] and has direct trains to London [[King's Cross station]], [[Finsbury Park station|Finsbury Park]] and [[Moorgate station|Moorgate]]. [[Commuter]]s who work in London have moved into the area. == References == {{reflist}} {{UK-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Towns in Hertfordshire]]