The Hertfordshire Landscape
The Making of the English Landscape Series
by Lionel M. Munby
Hodder & Stoughton, 1977
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Hertfordshire - England meditative - The shape of the county - The London communications network and Hertfordshire's regions
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The Early Settlers - Prehistory - The Catuvellauni - Roman Hertfordshire - The Anglo-Saxons
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English Hertfordshire - Odsey and Hitchin Hundreds: The Vale of Wringtale - East Hertfordshire: Edwinstree and Braughing Hundreds - Central and West Hertfordshire - Hertford and St Albans
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The medieval expansion - The growth of towns - Rural expansion - The homes of the wealthy
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Late medieval decline - Deserted medieval villages - Hunting parks
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The impact of the gentry - Newcomers - Country Houses - Landscaped parks - Follies and tombs
Luffenhall Farm, Clothall
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Farmers and the changing landscape - Piecemeal enclosure - The garden of England - Smaller domestic buildings - Parliamentry enclosure
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The eighteenth century: Hertfordshire on the eve of transformation - The field and their produce - Watermills - Maltings and breweries - The inns - The beginnings of modern communications: turnpike trusts and navigations - The Grand Junction Canal
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Railways and commuters - For and against the railways - The railway landscape - The Victorian townscape - Middle class estates - The commuter and the countryside
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Garden Cities and New Towns - Borehamwood and the New Towns - The Garden Cities - The New Towns - The future of Hertfordshire