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While the town of Hatfield in Hertfordshire, has much the look of a modern town, its most famous landmark dates back to some of town’s more interesting times. That landmark is Hatfield House, a Jacobean style house built for the First Earl of Salisbury, Robert Cecil in 1611, and home to the Cecil family ever since. Set in Hatfield’s Great Park, Hatfield House was built on the same site as an earlier Royal Palace (1497) which was a favourite haunt of Queen Elizabeth I. These days Hatfield House is a popular tourist attraction, many drawn by its associations with one of England’s best loved Queens, visitors can view a number of items owned by the queen including a pair of silk stockings, possibly the first to be seen in England at that time. Also popular are the gardens at Hatfield House, covering some 42 acres, the gardens were designed by John Tradescent the Elder during the early 17^th century. Hatfield Map.