Transcriber’s note
A few corrections havebeen made for obvious typographical errors; they have been notedindividually, and, together with other notes, listed at the end of the e-text.
HERTFORDSHIRE
HERTFORDSHIRE
By
HERBERT W. TOMPKINS
F.R.Hist.S.
With Illustrations by
EDMUND H. NEW
AND FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
AND TWO MAPS
—Charles Lamb
LONDON
METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 Essex St. Strand
Second Edition, Revised
| First Published | March 1903 |
| Second Edition, Revised | 1922 |
TO
MY WIFE
[Pg vii]PREFACE
In the following pages I have endeavoured to give a brief description ofHertfordshire on the lines of Mr. F. G. Brabant’s book in this series.The general features of the county are briefly described in theIntroduction, in sections approximately corresponding to the sections ofthe volume on Sussex. I have thought it wise, however, to compress theIntroduction within the briefest limits, in order that, in theGazetteer, I might have space for more adequate treatment than wouldotherwise have been possible.
I have visited a large proportion of the towns, villages and hamlets ofHertfordshire, and have, so far as possible, written from personalobservation.
I desire to thank Mr. John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., etc., for hiskindness in writing the sections on Climate and Botany; Mr. A. E.[Pg viii]Gibbs, F.L.S., F.R.H.S., for his permission to make use of severalmiscellanies from his pen, and Mr. Alfred Bentley of New Barnet for hiscourtesy in placing some photographs from his collection at the disposalof Mr. New.
Verulam,
Southend-on-Sea,
1903.