87
(_From a Photo. by the London Stereoscopic & Photo. Co._)

HATFIELD HOUSE 109
(_From a Photo. by Messrs. Valentine, Dundee_)

KING JAMES'S DRAWING-ROOM, HATFIELD HOUSE 111
(_From a Photo. by Messrs. Valentine, Dundee_)

HEMEL HEMPSTEAD 115

HERTFORD 117

HITCHIN 125
(_From a Photograph by Messrs. Frith, Reigate_)

KNEBWORTH PARK 139

OLD COTTAGES NEAR MACKERY END 146
(_From a Photograph by the Author_)

RICKMANSWORTH 170
(_From a Photo. by the London Stereoscopic & Photo. Co._)

THE HIGH STREET, ROYSTON 172
(_From a Photo. by Messrs. Valentine, Dundee_)

THE FIGHTING COCKS, ST. ALBANS--THE OLDEST INN IN ENGLAND 178
(_From a Photo. by Messrs. Valentine, Dundee_)

BACON'S MONUMENT 183
(_From a Photograph by Messrs. Frith, Reigate_)

RUINS OF BACON'S HOUSE 184
(_From a Photograph by Messrs. Frith, Reigate_)

ST. ALBAN'S SHRINE 192
(_From a Photograph by the Graphotone Co., Enfield_)

STEVENAGE CHURCH 204
(_From a Photograph by Messrs. Frith, Reigate_)

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 i