  much hadham is a village and civil parish in the district of east hertfordshire, hertfordshire, england, formerly known as great hadham. it is situated on the b1004 road, midway between ware and bishop's stortford. at the 2001 census the population recorded was 1,994. ==history and description== the village is stretched along its mile-long main street (high street, tower hill and widford road) which runs along the river ash. few retail outlets remain apart from two public houses, a small supermarket with a post office, a hairdresser, two garages and a nursery. recently the radio shop next to the red lion closed, though 'much hadham radio ltd' is still operating. in the high street, residential house names show former commercial or public use, e.g. "old bakery", "collarmaker's house" and "the forge" museum, although this last still incorporates a working forge. the village's station on the buntingford branch line closed in 1964 under the beeching axe. there is a church of england maintained primary school and two churches: the parish church and a congregational church. much hadham's parish church, built largely between 1225 and 1450, is shared between the st. andrew's church of england (anglican) congregation and the holy cross roman catholic congregation. the entrance to the church is adorned with two sculptures by henry moore, who lived in the nearby hamlet of perry green until his death in 1986. adjacent to the church is a palace that was the country home of the bishops of london for 800 years. it may be that the tudor dynasty began here, for henry v's widow, catherine of valois, (shakespeare's katharine) gave birth here{{cite web|url=http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personid=i301&tree=europero
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