| [The Railways of Hertfordshire] | [Front Cover] |
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[The Abbey Church, St. Albans] (From a Photograph by the Graphotone Co., Enfield) | [Frontispiece] |
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[Leafless Beeches in November, Ashridge Woods] (From a Photo. by Mr. J. T. Newman, Great Berkhampstead) | To face page [2] |
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[On the River Colne] (From a Photo. by Mr. J. T. Newman, Great Berkhampstead) | [8] |
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[Grand Junction Canal at Tring—The Highest Water Level in England] (From a Photo. by Mr. J. T. Newman, Great Berkhampstead) | [10] |
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[The Parish Church, Aldbury] (From a Photo. by Mr. J. T. Newman, Great Berkhampstead) | [47] |
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[Ashridge House] (From a Photo. by Mr. J. T. Newman, Great Berkhampstead) | [53] |
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[Old Cottage, Baldock] (From a Photo. by Messrs. Valentine, Dundee) | [59] |
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[Castle Street, Berkhampstead] (From a Photo. by Mr. J. T. Newman, Great Berkhampstead) | [72] |
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[Bishop’s Stortford] (From a Photograph by Messrs. Frith, Reigate) | [74] |
| [Broxbourne] | [79] |
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[Chorley Wood Common] (From a Photo. by the London Stereoscopic & Photo. Co.) | [87] |
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[Hatfield House] (From a Photo. by Messrs. Valentine, Dundee) | [109] |
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[King James’s Drawing-Room, Hatfield House] (From a Photo. by Messrs. Valentine, Dundee) | [111] |
| [Hemel Hempstead] | [115] |
| [Hertford] | [117] |
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[Hitchin] (From a Photograph by Messrs. Frith, Reigate) | [125] |
| [Knebworth Park] | [139] |
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[Old Cottages near Mackery End] (From a Photograph by the Author) | [146] |
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[Rickmansworth] (From a Photo. by the London Stereoscopic & Photo. Co.) | [170] |
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[The High Street, Royston] (From a Photo. by Messrs. Valentine, Dundee) | [172] |
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[The Fighting Cocks, St. Albans—The Oldest Inn in England] (From a Photo. by Messrs. Valentine, Dundee) | [178] |
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[Bacon’s Monument] (From a Photograph by Messrs. Frith, Reigate) | [183] |
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[Ruins of Bacon’s House] (From a Photograph by Messrs. Frith, Reigate) | [184] |
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[St. Alban’s Shrine] (From a Photograph by the Graphotone Co., Enfield) | [192] |
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[Stevenage Church] (From a Photograph by Messrs. Frith, Reigate) | [204] |
| [Waltham Cross] | [214] |
| [Map of Hertfordshire] | [233] |
INTRODUCTION
I. Situation, Extent and Boundaries
Hertfordshire, or Herts, is a county in the S.E. of England. On the S. it is bounded by Middlesex; on the S.W. by Buckinghamshire; on the N.W. by Bedfordshire; on the N. by Cambridgeshire; on the E. by Essex. Its extreme measurement from due E. to W., say from Little Hyde Hall to Puttenham, is about 38 miles; from N. to S., from Mobb’s Hole at the top of Ashwell Common to a point just S. of Totteridge Green, about 30 miles; but a longer line, 36 miles in length, may be drawn from Mobb’s Hole to Troy Farm in the S.W. Its boundaries are very irregular; the neighbourhood of Long Marston is almost surrounded by Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire, that of Hinxworth by Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire, and that of Barnet by Middlesex. Its extreme points are:—
| N. | Lat. | 52° | 5´ | (N.) |
| E. | Long. | 0° | 13´ | (E.) |
| W. | Long. | 0° | 45´ | (W.) |
| S. | Lat. | 51° | 36´ | (N.) |
Its area is 404,523 acres or 632 square miles. It is one of the smallest counties in England, the still smaller counties being Rutland, Middlesex, Huntingdon, Bedford and Monmouth. Hertfordshire is one of the six home counties.
LEAFLESS BEECHES IN NOVEMBER, ASHRIDGE WOODS