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HERTFORDSHIRE
ST. ALBAN’S ABBEY CHURCH
HERTFORDSHIRE
By
HERBERT W. TOMPKINS
F.R.Hist.S.
With Illustrations by
EDMUND H. NEW
AND FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
AND TWO MAPS
“Hearty, homely, loving Hertfordshire”
—Charles Lamb
LONDON
METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 Essex St. Strand
Second Edition, Revised
First Published
March 1903
Second Edition, Revised 1922
TO
MY WIFE
HERTFORDSHIRE
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[Pg vii]PREFACE
In the following pages I have endeavoured to give a brief description of Hertfordshire on the lines of Mr. F. G.
Brabants 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 onClimate andBotany; Mr. A. E. [Pg viii]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.
[Pg ix]CONTENTS
Page
Introduction
1
I
Situation, Extent and Boundaries 1
II
Physical Features
2
III Climate
11
IV Flora and Fauna
15
V Population
23
VI Communications
25
VII Industries
28
VIII History
31
IX Antiquities
33
X Celebrated Men
39
Description of Places in Hertfordshire
arranged Alphabetically
45
Index to Persons
235
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[Pg xi]LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
The Railways of Hertfordshire
Front Cover
The Abbey Church, St. Albans
(From a Photograph by the Graphotone Co., Enfield)
Frontispiece
Leafless Beeches in November, Ashridge Woods
(From a Photo. by Mr. J. T. Newman, Great Berkhampstead)
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On the River Colne
(From a Photo. by Mr. J. T. Newman, Great Berkhampstead)
8
Grand Junction Canal at TringThe Highest Water Level in England
(From a Photo. by Mr. J. T. Newman, Great Berkhampstead)
10
The Parish Church, Aldbury
(From a Photo. by Mr. J. T. Newman, Great Berkhampstead)
47
Ashridge House
(From a Photo. by Mr. J. T. Newman, Great Berkhampstead)
53
Old Cottage, Baldock
(From a Photo. by Messrs. Valentine, Dundee)
59
Castle Street, Berkhampstead
(From a Photo. by Mr. J. T. Newman, Great Berkhampstead)
72
Bishops Stortford
(From a Photograph by Messrs. Frith, Reigate)
74
Broxbourne
79
Chorley Wood Common
(From a Photo. by the London Stereoscopic & Photo. Co.)
87
Hatfield House
(From a Photo. by Messrs. Valentine, Dundee)
109
King Jamess Drawing-Room, Hatfield House
(From a Photo. by Messrs. Valentine, Dundee)
111
Hemel Hempstead
115
Hertford
117
[Pg xii] Hitchin
(From a Photograph by Messrs. Frith, Reigate)
125
Knebworth Park
139
Old Cottages near Mackery End
(From a Photograph by the Author)
146
Rickmansworth
(From a Photo. by the London Stereoscopic & Photo. Co.)
170
The High Street, Royston
(From a Photo. by Messrs. Valentine, Dundee)
172
The Fighting Cocks, St. AlbansThe Oldest Inn in England
(From a Photo. by Messrs. Valentine, Dundee)
178
Bacons Monument
(From a Photograph by Messrs. Frith, Reigate)
183
Ruins of Bacons House
(From a Photograph by Messrs. Frith, Reigate)
184
St. Albans Shrine
(From a Photograph by the Graphotone Co., Enfield)
192
Stevenage Church
(From a Photograph by Messrs. Frith, Reigate)
204
Waltham Cross
214
Map of Hertfordshire
233
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