which is much frequented by picnic parties, school treats, etc. The
district is good ground for the field botanist and entomologist.

_Broadfield_ (2¼ miles N.W. from Buntingford) is a hamlet near Cottered,
on the hill N. from that village. The hall was once a much larger
structure (engraved in Chauncy, vol. i.); it was in part rebuilt in
1882, but still retains a portion believed to date from the fifteenth
century.

_Broadwater_ is a hamlet at the meeting of the roads from Stevenage,
Hatfield and Hertford. The nearest station is Knebworth (1¼ mile S.).

_Broadway_ (1½ mile S.E. from Berkhampstead) has a Dec. chapel-of-ease
to the parish church. It was erected in 1854. A short walk takes one to
the ruined chapel of St. Mary Magdalen on the Bucks border.

_Bromley_ (1½ mile S.E. from Standon Station, G.E.R.) is a small hamlet.

_Broomin Green_ (¾ mile S.W. from Stevenage Station, G.N.R.) is a hamlet
near the railway and ½ mile from the Six Hills. (See Stevenage.)

[Illustration: BROXBOURNE CHURCH]

BROXBOURNE, a large village near the river Lea and New River, is a
favourite fishing resort. The church stands on high ground overlooking
the mill-leat; it is a fine Perp. structure, dating from early in the
fifteenth century. The N. chancel-chapel was built by Sir William Say,
"in honor a ye Trenete the yere of our Lord God 1522"; his tomb is in
the chancel. The church was restored in 1857; the roof is of fine oak
panelling; the font, on eight pillars, is probably Early Norman. There