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Based in Essendon, Hertfordshire, I&B Electrical have been supplying electrician services since 2001. Our staff are highly professional and qualified electricians. We have extensive experience in various electrical works in the domestic, commercial and industrial environments. I&B Electrical was awarded The Guild of Master Craftsmen’s coveted Certificate of high Quality and Service in the electrical business in 2004 and one of our major objectives is to continue achieving these very high standards.

I&B Electrical are based just down the A1(M) from Baldock, so getting to you will be no problem at all.

Baldock History

The town of Baldock was founded by the Knights Templar at around 1140. The Templars were tied closely to the Crusades in the Holy Land and throughout the Middle East. Because of this it has been suggested that the name Baldock came from the Old French name for Baghdad, Baldac, which the Templars had hoped to conquer during the Crusades.

Although the Templars connections between Baldock and Baghdad were questionable, Baghdad was the most prosperous market in the world at that time and the Templars may have hoped that the name would confer a similar prosperity on their own market town back in England. The current layout of Baldock, and many of the buildings in the centre of the town, date from the sixteenth century, with the earliest dating from the fourteenth century.

Baldock grew up where the old Great North Road and the Icknield Way crossed. The A1(M) motorway, which bypassed Baldock itself, was even called the Baldock Bypass for a number of years. Even though the main road route did bypass the town, Baldock was still a major traffic bottleneck until 2006, when a new bypass removed the A505 road to the east of Baldock.