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...Trust. In Hitchin, England, William Newnham, 65, appeared in person to pay his income tax, then locked the local tax staff in their office "so they can't defraud anyone else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 16, 1952 | 6/16/1952 | See Source »

...Hope, in his native England on a USO tour, dropped into the town of Hitchin for a cozy dish of tea with grandfather James, planned to help him celebrate his 100th birthday next month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Jul. 19, 1943 | 7/19/1943 | See Source »

...that he was about to resign. It was even reported that he had resigned and that the elevation was the only way Premier Baldwin had of covering up dissension within the Cabinet. At any rate, Lord Robert did state that he would not contest his seat for Hitchin in the forthcoming elections on account of his health. It was on account of his health, which requires him to avoid great exertion, that he was promoted to the House of Lords...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Up One | 11/26/1923 | See Source »

...districts have advanced in learning, the physical appearance of the country is practically the same as in the eighteenth century. One of the most interesting parts of rural England is the Isle of Oxholme in Lincolnshire, which is the only part of the country where there are peasant proprietors. Hitchin, in Hertfordshire, is an interesting example of a typical farming town whose history dates from the eleventh century...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Talk Given on Provincial England | 4/9/1909 | See Source »

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