A trade name , trading name , or business name is a pseudonym used by companies that do not operate under their registered company name. The term for this type of alternative name is fictitious business name . Registering the fictitious name with a relevant government body is often required.
83-635: Centrebus Limited , trading as Centrebus , is a bus company based in Leicester operating services in Bedfordshire , Hertfordshire , Leicestershire , Lincolnshire , Nottinghamshire and Rutland . Centrebus hold a 51% shareholding in High Peak Buses and since December 2019 D&G Bus has become a part of the Centrebus Group through shareholder Julian Peddle . Centrebus was founded in 2001, it
166-632: A 40% shareholding. Centrebus Holdings was an independent company from the main business, but was managed by Centrebus on a day-to-day basis. In September 2013, Arriva bought out its partners with the West Yorkshire operations rebranded as Yorkshire Tiger and the Hinckley operations as Hinckley Bus . Despite the name, Centrebus Holdings has never had any shareholding in Centrebus, and was formed to take over K-Line and Stagecoach Huddersfield , and subsequently
249-498: A Celtic round house in the Chells area, and a cemetery containing 25 cremations . The most substantial evidence of activity from Roman times is Six Hills , six tumuli by the side of the old Great North Road that are presumably the burial places of members of a local family. The first Saxon camp, a little to the east of the Roman sites, was in a clearing in the woods where the church,
332-420: A DBA must be registered with a local or state government, or both, depending on the jurisdiction. For example, California, Texas and Virginia require a DBA to be registered with each county (or independent city in the case of Virginia) where the owner does business. Maryland and Colorado have DBAs registered with a state agency. Virginia also requires corporations and LLCs to file a copy of their registration with
415-467: A DBA statement, though names including the first and last name of the owner may be accepted. This also reduces the possibility of two local businesses operating under the same name, although some jurisdictions do not provide exclusivity for a name, or may allow more than one party to register the same name. Note, though, that this is not a substitute for filing a trademark application. A DBA filing carries no legal weight in establishing trademark rights. In
498-502: A boys' comprehensive school in 1967, had an unbroken existence (unlike the grammar school in neighbouring Hitchin ) until 1989, when it was merged with Stevenage Girls' School to become the Thomas Alleyne School. Francis Cammaerts was Headmaster of Alleyne's Grammar School from 1952 to 1961. The school, which has been since 1989 a mixed comprehensive school and is now an academy as of 2013, still exists on its original site at
581-516: A businessperson writes a trade name on a contract, invoice, or cheque, they must also add the legal name of the business. Numbered companies will very often operate as something other than their legal name, which is unrecognizable to the public. In Chile , a trade name is known as a nombre de fantasía ('fantasy' or 'fiction' name), and the legal name of business is called a razón social (social name). In Ireland , businesses are legally required to register business names where these differ from
664-478: A combined bus and rail interchange , high-density town-centre living, substantially improved civic facilities, increased office space and an improved 'public realm'. YMCA Space Stevenage (a youth and community centre) was evicted and replaced by Paddy Power (a betting shop). Other well-known stores, such as Maplin Electronics , and Marks & Spencer have also disappeared from Stevenage town centre. The town has
747-523: A direct relationship to local history. The "Edward the Confessor" pub (closed 2006) could have had a connection to St Mary's Church in nearby Walkern as King Edward reigned from 1042 until his death in 1066 and Walkern's church dates from this period. The second pub with a link to local history is the "Our Mutual Friend" in Broadwater. The name of the pub is the title of a novel by Charles Dickens . Dickens
830-648: A joint venture with Wellglade Group became High Peak Buses in 2012. based in Chapel-en-le-Frith , Derbyshire . Bowers operated services around Cheshire , Derbyshire and Greater Manchester . In April 2012 Centrebus transferred the business into a joint venture with the Wellglade Group to form High Peak Buses with Bowers operations relocated to Trent Barton 's Dove Holes depot. Centrebus shareholders formed Centrebus Holdings in May 2008 with Arriva taking
913-632: A large central library in Southgate, at the southern end of the pedestrian precinct, with facilities including printing, fax and photocopying, children's events, study space, a carers' information point and a large public computer suite, as well as a small branch library at the northern end of the High Street in the Old Town. There is also a public library in nearby Knebworth, located in St Martin's Road. The town
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#1732855609078996-448: A purpose-built homeless shelter, which will serve a large part of Hertfordshire. The primary industrial area is in a location that is separate—but adjacent to—the residential areas of town. British Aerospace (now MBDA ) was the largest employer in this area, but it has now been replaced by GSK . The firm occupies a large complex, hosting one of GSK's two global R&D hubs. Airbus Defence and Space (previously British Aerospace)
1079-458: A registered legal name and a fictitious business name, or trade name, is important because fictitious business names do not always identify the entity that is legally responsible . Legal agreements (such as contracts ) are normally made using the registered legal name of the business. If a corporation fails to consistently adhere to such important legal formalities like using its registered legal name in contracts, it may be subject to piercing of
1162-402: A trade name to conduct business using a simpler name rather than using their formal and often lengthier name. Trade names are also used when a preferred name cannot be registered, often because it may already be registered or is too similar to a name that is already registered. Using one or more fictitious business names does not create additional separate legal entities. The distinction between
1245-566: A £60,000 subsidy from two local councils that covered the cost of the route until January 2018. The route has continued to be subsidised by Rutland County Council and Leicestershire County Council . The fab 80's was a service operated by Centrebus’ Stevenage depot, which started in 2015 and consisted of 3 routes (80,81,81A). The routes ran from Westmill Estate in Hitchin, through Hitchin town to either Purwell or Ninesrpings Way and Stevenage . The buses used were Optare Solo SR (which replaced
1328-467: Is a bus service which operates between Uppingham and Leicester , largely following the A47 road . The bus formerly ran between Leicester and Peterborough , operated by Midland Fox . The Uppingham-Peterborough section was withdrawn and replaced by the less frequent R47 service. In January 2017, Centrebus announced that the route was no longer commercially viable. However, the route continued operating after
1411-819: Is a Grade 2 listed building. It is also the largest parish church to have been built in England since World War Two. Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother laid the foundation stone in July 1956 and was also present at the consecration of the Bishop of St Alban's, the Right Reverend Michael Gresford-Jones , on Advent Sunday 27 November 1960. The frame is constructed from a continuous pour of concrete into moulds, creating interlacing arches and leaving no apparent joints. There are twelve Purbeck-marble columns around
1494-453: Is also being regenerated with new bars, restaurants, flexible working facilities and shops being introduced to the area. The plans are based on the local government authority's Local Plan which was given approval on 26 March 2019. The town is also introducing a new public services hub which will consolidate services that are currently spread across Stevenage into one central space A new Bus Interchange opened on Sunday 26 June 2022, closer to
1577-412: Is believed to have been started when a young girl employed as a chambermaid at one of the coaching inns emptied embers from the fireplace into the street. Sparks from the embers ignited the thatched roof of a nearby wheelwright 's shop, and quickly engulfed the other timber framed buildings in the north end of the Old Town due to a strong North wind. The conflagration was only stopped from engulfing
1660-507: Is called Ditchmore Lane . The nearby Stevenage Leisure Park has a multiplex cinema, clubs, and restaurants. The main shopping area is around Queensway and the Westgate. At the south of the town, there is a retail park called 9Yards (formerly Roaring Meg), its former name being taken from a stream (a tributary of the River Beane ) that runs under it. The river can be seen along the western edge of
1743-502: Is called a razón social . Stevenage Stevenage ( / ˈ s t iː v ən ɪ dʒ / STEE -vən-ij ) is a town and borough in Hertfordshire , England , about 27 miles (43 km) north of London . Stevenage is east of junctions 7 and 8 of the A1(M) , between Letchworth Garden City to the north and Welwyn Garden City to the south. In 1946, Stevenage was designated
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#17328556090781826-440: Is located in a smaller industrial park. This is the same area that both Matra Marconi Space and Astrium , a prime contractor and equipment supplier of spacecraft, previously occupied. There are also small- to medium-sized firms such as Stevenage BioScience Catalyst (SBC) , a new science park aimed at attracting small and start-up life-sciences enterprises, opened in 2011 on a site next to GSK. The pedestrianised town centre
1909-618: Is still growing. It is set to expand west of the A1(M) motorway and may be further identified for development. The main area of more recent development is Great Ashby to the north-east of the town (but actually in North Hertfordshire District). A considerable amount of in-borough development has been undertaken at Chrysalis Park on the old Dixon's Warehouse site adjacent to the Pin Green Industrial Estate. The town and
1992-547: The Conference Premier title during the 2009–10 season, having previously been denied promotion to the Football League due to insufficient ground facilities in 1996. During Stevenage's first season as a Football League club, they secured back-to-back promotions to League One , the third tier of English football, after beating Torquay United 1–0 in the 2010–11 play-off final at Old Trafford . Stevenage also won
2075-552: The FA Trophy in 2007, beating Kidderminster Harriers 3–2 at Wembley Stadium in front of a crowd of 53,262. It was the first competitive club game and cup final to be held at the new stadium. Stevenage reached the final again in 2009, beating York City 2–0. The club has also enjoyed several runs in the FA Cup , raising the town's profile in the process. During the 1997–98 campaign, Stevenage held Premier League side Newcastle United to
2158-970: The Hinckley operations of Arriva Midlands . In September 2008, Centrebus purchased the local bus operations of the Woods Coaches, Leicestershire business. In August 2009, the business of Trustybus , with operations in Essex and Hertfordshire , was acquired by Centrebus. In August 2010 Centrebus took over the operations of Judges Mini Coaches, Corby with routes serving Kettering , Milton Keynes , Welford , Wellingborough , Wicken and Yardley Gobion. In May 2011, Centrebus took over West End Travel of Melton Mowbray and its fleet of buses and services in Melton Mowbray and Rural Rider services. In October 2011 Centrebus purchased Paul James Coaches, Saxby from Veolia Transport with 21 buses. In July 2011 Centrebus took over
2241-502: The Stevenage depot, allowing the business to consolidate its East Hertfordshire operations on a single site. In June 2017, Centrebus closed its Saxby depot, citing rising costs and declining patronage with all services passing to either Leicester or Grantham depots. In October 2019, Centrebus closed its Corby depot, citing rising costs and declining patronage with services passing to other depots or operators. In May 2021, Stevenage Depot
2324-459: The United Kingdom , there is no filing requirement for a "business name", defined as "any name under which someone carries on business" that, for a company or limited liability partnership, "is not its registered name", but there are requirements for disclosure of the owner's true name and some restrictions on the use of certain names. A minority of U.S. states, including Washington , still use
2407-690: The University Hospitals of Leicester Hospital Hopper service, Centrebus gained a further six Yutong E10 buses during late 2022 for the 40 Orbital . A further three Yutong E9 mini-buses were added to the Leicester fleet in April 2023 for the Hop! Leicester City Centre free bus service. Routes operated by Centrebus include the Rutland Flyer , Leicester Orbital , Hop! , and the 747 Uppingham–Leicester. The 747
2490-772: The Vincent HRD Motorcycle Co Ltd . He produced the legendary motorcycles, including the Black Shadow and Black Lightning, in the town until 1955. Slow growth in Stevenage continued until just after the Second World War , when the Abercrombie Plan called for the establishment of a ring of new towns around London. On 1 August 1946, Stevenage was designated the first New Town under the New Towns Act . The plan
2573-500: The manor house and the first village were later built. Settlements also sprang up in Chells, Broadwater and Shephall. Before the New Town was established, Shephall was a separate parish, and Broadwater was split between the parishes of Shephall and Knebworth. During the 9th and 10th centuries AD, the Saxon village in Stevenage faced frequent attacks from Viking raiders. Stevenage was on
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2656-432: The 12th century, but it was probably a site of worship much earlier. The list of rectors (parish priests) is relatively complete from 1213. Around 1500 the church was much improved, with decorative woodwork and the addition of a clerestory . North of the Old Town is Jack's Hill, associated with the legendary archer Jack O'Legs of Weston . According to local folklore, Jack stole flour from the bakers of Baldock to feed
2739-762: The Highwayman pub in Graveley , was hanged at Newgate in 1693 for robbing travellers in this area. Whitney, a Jacobite , was born in Stevenage c.1660 and was apprenticed to a butcher in Hitchin before opening an inn in Cheshunt . Due to the failure of his business, Whitney began robbing wealthy travellers and by 1690 he had a gang of over 50 men. On 10 July 1807, the Great Fire of Stevenage destroyed 42 properties in Middle Row, including Hellard's almshouse of 1501. The fire
2822-618: The Hitchin Board of Guardians. The following year the town voted to become a Local Government District governed by a Local Board , which would have the effect of also making the town an Urban Sanitary District, independent of the Hitchin Rural Sanitary District. The Stevenage Local Government District took effect on 2 October 1873, covering the whole parish of Stevenage. The first meeting of the Stevenage Local Board
2905-471: The King George Playing Fields to celebrate the platinum jubilee of Elizabeth II . It was the first carnival held in Stevenage since 2019, due to the coronavirus pandemic . In 2016, Stevenage "celebrated" its seventieth anniversary as a New Town. The Town Centre Regeneration Strategy (2002) called for better-quality shops (including a major department store), improved public transport with
2988-579: The Mint or the Bank of England." At the turn of the century, the twin poachers Albert and Ebenezer Fox were active in the area. While in jail, they were studied by police commissioner Edward Henry to confirm his theory on the usefulness of fingerprinting in forensic science . In 1928 Philip Vincent bought the HRD Motorcycle Co Ltd out of receivership, immediately moving it to Stevenage and renaming it
3071-508: The Stevenage First partnership has now launched a new, £1bn, 20-year regeneration programme designed to transform central spaces and introduce new residential, commercial and retail facilities, amongst others. The programme is formed of a number of individual schemes including the £350m ‘SG1’ programme being led by Mace and the £50m redevelopment of Queensway North, the former site of Marks & Spencer. In addition, Stevenage's Town Square
3154-418: The U.S., trademark rights are acquired by use in commerce, but there can be substantial benefits to filing a trademark application. Sole proprietors are the most common users of DBAs. Sole proprietors are individual business owners who run their businesses themselves. Since most people in these circumstances use a business name other than their own name, it is often necessary for them to get DBAs. Generally,
3237-633: The United Kingdom's first New Town under the New Towns Act . "Stevenage" may derive from Old English stiþen āc / stiðen āc / stithen ac (various Old English dialects cited here) meaning "(place at) the stiff oak ". The name was recorded as Stithenæce in c. 1060 and as Stigenace in the Domesday Book in 1086. Stevenage lies near the line of the Roman road from Verulamium to Baldock . Some Romano-British remains were discovered during
3320-568: The United Kingdom. There are two tiers of local government covering Stevenage, at district and county level: Stevenage Borough Council and Hertfordshire County Council . Stevenage was an ancient parish in the hundred of Broadwater . From 1835 Stevenage was included in the Hitchin Poor Law Union . As such it became part of the Hitchin Rural Sanitary District in 1872, with local government functions passing to
3403-622: The Wake family on the foundations of a much older moated manor house mentioned in the Domesday Book . The site of the lost village of Chells was redeveloped during the extension of the New Town in the 1980s, and a hoard of Roman coins was discovered. In the present day, Chells is a suburb of New Stevenage. In 1558 Thomas Alleyne , then the Rector of Stevenage, founded a free grammar school for boys, Alleyne's Grammar School , which, despite becoming
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3486-548: The area. There is also shopping in the Old Town. 9Yards once had an ice rink and bowling alley, but these were demolished in 2000 to allow the construction of more stores. Stevenage FC , formerly known as Stevenage Borough, is the town's major football team, playing their home matches at Broadhall Way . Founded in 1976, the club were promoted to the Football Conference , the highest tier of non-league football, in 1994. After sixteen seasons in this division, Stevenage won
3569-684: The border of the Danelaw . A Viking spearhead was discovered by archaeologists at nearby Ardeley . According to the Domesday Book , in 1086 the Lord of the Manor was the Abbot of Westminster Abbey . The settlement had moved down to the Great North Road. In 1281 it was granted a Royal Charter to hold a weekly market and annual fair, still held in the High Street. The earliest part of St Nicholas's Church dates from
3652-468: The building of the New Town, and a hoard of 2,000 silver Roman coins was discovered during housebuilding in the Chells Manor area in 1986. Other artefacts included a dodecahedron toy, fragments of amphorae for imported wine, bone hairpins, and samian ware pottery associated with high status families. Archeological excavations have confirmed the existence of a small Roman farmstead, a malting kiln and
3735-575: The business of Kimes Buses, Folkingham . Kimes was founded in 1945 and sold in January 1997 to its employees. It operated a fleet of 23 vehicles at the time of the takeover. Its green and cream livery and the Kimes name were retained by Centrebus. In August 2013 the depot was closed with operations transferred to Centrebus' Grantham depot. In November 2012, Centrebus closed its Harlow depot with most routes passing to Roadrunner Buses. The remaining routes moved to
3818-521: The continuing adverse economic conditions. The plans, which included realigning streets, moving the bus station and building a new department store, cinema, hotel, restaurants, and flats, had been given council planning approval in January 2012. Stevenage holds a number of annual events, including Stevenage Day and Rock in the Park. In past years Stevenage Carnival has also been held, with a number of attempts to revive it. In June 2022, Stevenage Day returned to
3901-484: The corporate veil . In English , trade names are generally treated as proper nouns . In Argentina , a trade name is known as a nombre de fantasía ('fantasy' or 'fiction' name), and the legal name of business is called a razón social (social name). In Brazil , a trade name is known as a nome fantasia ('fantasy' or 'fiction' name), and the legal name of business is called razão social (social name). In some Canadian jurisdictions , such as Ontario , when
3984-522: The county or city to be registered with the State Corporation Commission. DBA statements are often used in conjunction with a franchise . The franchisee will have a legal name under which it may sue and be sued, but will conduct business under the franchiser's brand name (which the public would recognize). A typical real-world example can be found in a well-known pricing mistake case, Donovan v. RRL Corp. , 26 Cal. 4th 261 (2001), where
4067-537: The entire street by demolishing a house to serve as a firebreak . After the fire was extinguished by Stevenage's volunteer firefighters using a hand-operated fire engine made in 1763, the houses and inns were rebuilt with brick facades and tiled roofs. Troopers from the Hertfordshire Yeomanry assisted the firefighters in the operation. In 1850 the Great Northern Railway was constructed and
4150-434: The era of the stagecoach ended. Stevenage grew only slowly throughout the 19th century and a second church (Holy Trinity) was constructed at the south end of the High Street. In 1861 Dickens commented, "The village street was like most other village streets: wide for its height, silent for its size, and drowsy in the dullest degree. The quietest little dwellings with the largest of window-shutters to shut up nothing as if it were
4233-461: The fleet consists of 360, mostly single-deck, vehicles. Centrebus are currently rolling out a revised livery across their fleet with orange to the front of the vehicle and blue to the rear, separated by a broad white stripe. During 2021 Leicester City Council successfully applied for £19 million of funding from the Government's ZEBRA scheme with Centrebus operating five Yutong E12 electric buses on
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#17328556090784316-401: The high altar and the external walls are clad in panels faced with Normandy pebble. The campanile houses the loudspeakers for an electro-acoustic carillon. A popular sculpture, 'The Urban Elephant' by Andrew Burton , was commissioned in 1992. Although revolutionary for its time, the town centre is showing signs of age and, in 2005, plans were revealed for a major regeneration to take place over
4399-575: The hostile reaction to Silkin and a referendum that showed 52% (turnout 2,500) 'entirely against' the expansion, the plan went ahead. The first significant building to be demolished to make way for a gyratory system was the Old Town Hall, in which the opposition had been expressed, in 1974. The inaugural chairman of the Stevenage Development Corporation was the architect Clough Williams-Ellis , appointed by Lewis Silkin in 1946, with
4482-402: The law is to protect the public from fraud, by compelling the business owner to first file or register his fictitious business name with the county clerk, and then making a further public record of it by publishing it in a newspaper. Several other states, such as Illinois , require print notices as well. In Uruguay , a trade name is known as a nombre fantasía , and the legal name of business
4565-461: The named defendant, RRL Corporation, was a Lexus car dealership doing business as " Lexus of Westminster ", but remaining a separate legal entity from Lexus, a division of Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. . In California , filing a DBA statement also requires that a notice of the fictitious name be published in local newspapers for some set period of time to inform the public of the owner's intent to operate under an assumed name . The intention of
4648-486: The neighbouring parish of Shephall . Until 1964 the council met at the Town Hall on Orchard Road. With the designation of the New Town, several plans for a civic centre in the new town centre were put forward, but none came to fruition. In September 1964, the council moved its offices and meeting place to a recently-built office building in the new town centre called Southgate House (later renamed Vista Tower). The old Town Hall
4731-435: The next decade. Details are still being debated by the council, landowners and other interested parties. Multimillion-pound plans to redevelop Stevenage town centre were scrapped owing to the financial crisis of 2007–08 and the lack of interested private-sector partners. On 24 May 2012 Stevenage Borough Council announced that a £250m scheme for the shopping area has been pulled by Stevenage Regeneration Limited (SRL) because of
4814-548: The north end of the High Street. It was intended to move the school to Great Ashby , but the Coalition government (2010–15) scrapped the move owing to budget cuts . During the 17th century, the Elizabethan house at 37 High Street was the home of greengrocer and churchwarden Henry Trigg . Trigg was a philanthropist who donated another of his properties to serve as Stevenage's first workhouse. When Henry died in 1724 his coffin
4897-637: The older Optare Solos). This was all part of an upgrade plan to have wifi , more frequent services and newer buses. Unfortunately, due to the closure of Stevenage depot in 2021, a contract was lost on route 81a and route 81 was cut down massively and no longer serves Purwell. This resulted in the end of the Fab 80s brand. Replacing the Optare Solo SR was enviro 200 from Luton Depot. This route runs between Hitchin and Welwyn Garden city taking 2 different branches. Route 314 goes via Codicote and Langley (with
4980-502: The phrase " trading as " (abbreviated to t/a ) is used to designate a trade name. In the United States , the phrase " doing business as " (abbreviated to DBA , dba , d.b.a. , or d/b/a ) is used, among others, such as assumed business name or fictitious business name . In Canada , " operating as " (abbreviated to o/a ) and " trading as " are used, although " doing business as " is also sometimes used. A company typically uses
5063-406: The poor during a famine , like Robin Hood . The remains of a medieval moated homestead in Whomerley Wood comprise an 80-yard-square trench almost five feet wide in parts. It was probably the home of Ralph de Homle. Pieces of Roman and later pottery have been found there. The oldest surviving house in Stevenage is Tudor House in Letchmore Street, built before 1500. During the 16th century it
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#17328556090785146-427: The population exploded in the 1950s and 1960s. By the start of the 21st century, the 2001 population had grown to 79,715 reaching 83,957 a decade later (2011). As of 2016 the population is estimated at 87,100. As of the 2021 census, the religious makeup was: King George's Field , named in memory of King George V , hosts Stevenage Cricket Club, Stevenage Hockey Club and Stevenage Town Bowls Club. The cricket ground
5229-401: The position in 1966. He was succeeded by Evelyn Denington, Baroness Denington , who joined the board in 1950. Denington remained the chairman until the dissolution of the Corporation in 1980. Having become a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1974, Denington was elevated to the peerage in 1978, choosing to assume the title of Baroness Denington of Stevenage. In keeping with
5312-453: The project to completion. Gordon Stephenson was the planner, Peter Shepheard the architect, and Eric Claxton the engineer. Claxton took the attitude that the new town should separate bicycles from the automobile as much as possible. Mary Tabor was the Housing Director of Stevenage New Town from 1951 until 1972. Tabor was a member of the Society of Women Housing Managers, which was founded by women trained under Octavia Hill . Mary Tabor, with
5395-439: The radical town planner Dr Monica Felton as his deputy. In 1949 she became chairman but she was sacked within two years. There were a number of reasons for her dismissal by the government but a lack of hands-on town planning leadership and her opposition to the Korean War (for which she was later awarded the Lenin Peace Prize ) sullied her reputation. Felton was replaced first by Allan Duff and later Thomas Bennett , who carried
5478-406: The same date and has been governed by Stevenage Borough Council since. The population of Stevenage increased significantly during the 20th century. Little more than a large village at the start of the 19th century, the population in 1801 was 1,430. By 1901, Stevenage opened the 20th century with a population of 4,048. After Stevenage was designated a new town under the New Towns Act of 1946 ,
5561-428: The sociological outlook of the day, the town was planned with six self-contained neighbourhoods. The first two of these to be occupied were the Stoney Hall and Monks Wood 'Estates', in 1951. The Twin Foxes pub, on the Monks Wood estate, was Stevenage's first 'new' public house and was named after local notorious identical-twin poachers ( Albert and Ebenezer Fox ). It closed in 2017. At least two other public houses have
5644-436: The support of more than 40 housing management staff by 1960, provided a notably personal and caring service to tenants of the town. Many early residents of the town would recall with gratitude how much she had done for them and the town as a whole. In May 1953, Sir Roydon Dash took over the position of chairman from Bennett. In 1962, Sir Arthur Rucker was appointed Chairman of the Stevenage Development Corporation, retiring from
5727-402: The surname(s) of the sole trader or partners, or the legal name of a company. The Companies Registration Office publishes a searchable register of such business names. In Japan , the word yagō ( 屋号 ) is used. In Colonial Nigeria , certain tribes had members that used a variety of trading names to conduct business with the Europeans. Two examples were King Perekule VII of Bonny , who
5810-469: The term trade name to refer to "doing business as" (DBA) names. In most U.S. states now, however, DBAs are officially referred to using other terms. Almost half of the states, including New York and Oregon , use the terms assumed business name or assumed name ; nearly as many, including Pennsylvania , use the term fictitious name . For consumer protection purposes, many U.S. jurisdictions require businesses operating with fictitious names to file
5893-401: The train station, and adjacent to the Gordon Craig Theatre . A number of other developments, including the conversion of a series of commercial spaces into residential facilities, are already completed or underway with a series of additional programmes set to launch in the coming years. Stevenage experiences an oceanic climate ( Köppen climate classification Cfb ) similar to almost all of
5976-407: The twice a day extension to The Priory School) whilst the 315 goes via Whitewell and Kimpton . In 2023, route 315 was extended to Hitchin instead of terminating at Kimpton . The buses used in the past are mainly Plaxton Centro . However, due to the closure of Stevenage depot, buses now used are now Enviro 200 and Optare Solo Optare Solo SR . Trading as In a number of countries,
6059-399: Was a butcher 's shop owned by a man named Scott. From 1773 onwards it served as the town's workhouse , and later became a school from 1835 until 1885. It was the headquarters of the local town gas company from c.1885 until 1936, when it was converted into a private dwelling. Chells Manor , a medieval hall house located three miles from the Old Town, was built in the 14th century for
6142-494: Was an occasional guest of Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton in nearby Knebworth House and knew Stevenage very well. Next to be built and occupied were the neighbourhoods of Bedwell in 1952, and then came Broadwater and Shephall (1953), Chells in the 1960s and later Pin Green and Symonds Green . Another new development to the north of the town is Great Ashby. As of 2014 it was still under construction. The Government gave almost £2 million for
6225-408: Was closed by Centrebus with most services moved to Luton depot. some routes were transferred to Luton while others were transferred to other operators, with Trustybus, Richmonds, A2B Travel and Chiltern Automotive all taking on former Centrebus routes. Centrebus currently operate from four depots across England: Wenlock Way, Leicester is also the headquarters of Centrebus Group . As of August 2024
6308-463: Was demolished shortly afterwards to make way for Lytton Way. The council was based at Southgate House until 1980, when it moved to Daneshill House, which had previously been the headquarters of the New Town Corporation. The Local Government Act 1972 reconstituted Stevenage Urban District as a non-metropolitan district with effect from 1 April 1974. The town was awarded borough status on
6391-521: Was held on 4 December 1873 at the recently built Town Hall on Orchard Road. The first chairman of the board was George Becher Blomfield, who was the rector of the town's parish church of St Nicholas. Under the Local Government Act 1894 , the Local Board became Stevenage Urban District Council on 31 December 1894. Stevenage Urban District was enlarged several times, notably in 1953 when it absorbed
6474-545: Was known as Captain Pepple in trade matters, and King Jubo Jubogha of Opobo , who bore the pseudonym Captain Jaja . Both Pepple and Jaja would bequeath their trade names to their royal descendants as official surnames upon their deaths. In Singapore , there is no filing requirement for a "trading as" name, but there are requirements for disclosure of the underlying business or company's registered name and unique entity number. In
6557-534: Was not popular and local people protested at a meeting held in the town hall before Lewis Silkin , minister in the Labour Government of Clement Attlee. As Lewis Silkin arrived at the railway station for this meeting, some local people had changed the signs 'Stevenage' to 'Silkingrad'. Silkin was obstinate at the meeting, telling a crowd of 3,000 people outside the town hall (around half the town's residents): "It's no good your jeering, it's going to be done." Despite
6640-523: Was placed in the rafters of the adjoining barn to prevent resurrection men from stealing his remains. In 1774, Trigg's house became the Old Castle coaching inn , and was used as a staging post by the Royal Mail . From 1999 until 2016 it served as a branch of NatWest , and as of 2022 it has been converted into a dentist 's surgery . Stevenage's prosperity came in part from the Great North Road, which
6723-574: Was previously known as Anstey Buslines. In 2002, the businesses of inMotion, Dunstable , Lutonian, Luton and Centrebus, Leicester merged to form the basis of the business today. In January 2004, Centrebus acquired the St Albans operation of Blazefield although in March 2008 it was sold to Uno . During February 2005 operations commenced around Grantham , following the closure of MASS Transit. In June 2007, Centrebus purchased Bowers Coaches ,which through
6806-791: Was the first purpose-built traffic-free shopping zone in Britain , taking its inspiration from the Lijnbaan in Rotterdam, and was officially opened in 1959 by the Queen . A landmark in the town centre is the clock tower and ornamental pool. Nearby is Joyride , a mother and child sculpture by Franta Belsky . Next to the Town Garden, the Church of St Andrew and St George is an example of modern church design and has housed Stevenage Museum in its crypt since 1976. The church
6889-403: Was turnpiked in the early 18th century on the site of the present day Marquess of Granby pub. Many inns in the High Street served the stagecoaches , 21 of which passed through Stevenage each day in 1800. During the 17th and 18th centuries, the road now known as Six Hills Way was the haunt of highwaymen who would use the ancient burial mounds as a hiding place. James Whitney, the namesake of
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