Hertfordshire. Herbert W. Tompkins

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664569028

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       PREFACE

       LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS

       INTRODUCTION

       I. Situation, Extent and Boundaries

       II. Physical Features

       III. Climate

       IV. Flora and Fauna

       V. Population

       VI. Communications

       VII. Industries

       VIII. History

       IX. Antiquities

       X. Celebrated Men

       DESCRIPTION OF PLACES IN HERTFORDSHIRE ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY

       INDEX OF PERSONS

       THE LITTLE GUIDES

PREFACE

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      In the following pages I have endeavoured to give a brief description of Hertfordshire on the lines of Mr. F. G. Brabant’s book in this series. The general features of the county are briefly described in the Introduction, in sections approximately corresponding to the sections of the volume on Sussex. I have thought it wise, however, to compress the Introduction within the briefest limits, in order that, in the Gazetteer, I might have space for more adequate treatment than would otherwise have been possible.

      I have visited a large proportion of the towns, villages and hamlets of Hertfordshire, and have, so far as possible, written from personal observation.

      I desire to thank Mr. John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., etc., for his kindness in writing the sections on Climate and Botany; Mr. A. E. Gibbs, F.L.S., F.R.H.S., for his permission to make use of several miscellanies from his pen, and Mr. Alfred Bentley of New Barnet for his courtesy in placing some photographs from his collection at the disposal of Mr. New.

      Verulam,

       Southend-on-Sea,

       1903.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS

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