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