_First Published March 1903_
_Second Edition, Revised 1922_




TO
MY WIFE




PREFACE


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