B Stortford 9

Paths Greenways Bridleways Tracks
PG: OBJECTS: PROMOTION: Bishop's Stortford 9 BW

Map showing recorded Bishop's Stortford paths

Annotated map reproduced courtesy of Googlemaps.

This route starts at a junction with Little Hadham 36 bridleway in the west, and heads generally south-east to a junction with Bishop's Stortford 10 bridleway then east, crossing Bishop's Stortford 11 bridleway, to the A120. It heads north-east parallel to the A120 then northwards to a junction with Bishop's Stortford 8 bridleway.

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Legal History
The numbering of paths in Bishop's Stortford before 2000 was unlike that in the rest of Hertfordshire!
2 Feb 1953: Bishop's Stortford 9 was recorded as bridleway N2 on the original definitive map and statement. DM sheet DM1-20.
25 Feb 1975: The County Council of Hertfordshire Bishops Stortford North West By-Pass (Side Roads) Order 1975 (confirmed 14 Oct 1975) diverted the eastern part of this bridleway parallel to the A120 to rejoin BW 8 further north.
31 Dec 1977: The route was shown as a bridleway on the special review draft map and statement. DM sheet SR-34.
13 Mar 2015: The Hertfordshire County Council (Bishop's Stortford 8 & 9) Legal Event Modification Order 2015 updated the definitive map and statement by removing a section of Bishop's Stortford 9 BW that had been stopped up in 1975 and adding a section of Bishop's Stortford 8 that had been created in 1975.
2017: The Hertfordshire County Council (A120 (Little Hadham) Bypass Classified Road) (Side Roads) Order 2017 diverted part of this bridleway.
25 Aug 2022: The Hertfordshire County Council (A120 Little Hadham Bypass) Legal Event Modification Order 2022 altered the definitive map and statement in respect of changes made by the 2017 A120 Side Roads Order.
Definitive Statement (4 Dec 2015)
Path: [Bishop's Stortford] 9. Status: Bridleway. Definitive Map sheet: 34
From BR8 to Upwick. Commences at a junction with Bishop’s Stortford BR8 and the private road to Wickham Hall at TL 4735 2269 and runs generally SW alongside the Bishop’s Stortford Bypass then follows track to north of Black-thorn Spring, continuing west by the southern edge of Bloodhounds Wood, to join BR10, and turning north to cross former Urban district boundary in the north-west corner.