Books on Hertfordshire 

 

The History and Antiquities of the

County of Hertford

by Robert Clutterbuck

   

Volume the First

The Hundreds of Cashio and Dacorum

1815

See Clutterbuck's Sandridge

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Volume the Second

The Hundreds of Hertford and Broadwater

1821

 

Pictures from the book posted on

Hatfield House in Olden Times

 

See extract relating to the Palace of Theobalds

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Volume the Third

The Hundreds of Hitchin, Braughing, Edwintree and Odsey

1827

 

See A Comparison of Early Printed Sources

This is quite literally a heavyweight history - the three volumes each being 19½ inches tall, 12 inches wide and about 2 inches thick. It covers the parishes within each hundred, with information on the manors and the church, often detailing memorial inscriptions within the church, and sometimes some from the churchyard. There are some engravings and a fair number of pedigrees of the more significant families. It is an important reference work, describing the county as is was nearly 200 years ago, and containing important genealogical information.

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See Robert CLUTTERBUCK, Watford, Visit to Wales in 1799

      

Locating Books
At the time this page was last updated no second-hand copies were available online. (Price for a good set of 3 volumes likely to be well in excess of £1000.)

June 2009 = Pictorial links added
December 2009 - link to comparison page added