90 H. G. FORDHAM HERTFORDSHIRE MAPS. 



map, indications of polling-places, a new road between Chipping 

 Barnet and South Minims, the " London and Binningham Rail- 

 way," and the " North Eastern Railway." 



From the ' Curiosities of Great Britain. England and Wales 

 Delineated, Historical, Entertaining and Commercial.' " By 

 Thomas Dugdale, Antiquarian, assisted by William Burnett, 

 Civil Engineer." London, no date, 8vo. This work is in two 

 volumes of letterpress, one of plates, and one of maps. Many of 

 the maps bear the imprint: "Dra^Ti and Engraved for Dugdale's 

 England and Wales Delineated" (wanting in that of Herts), and 

 those of Derbyshire and Gloucestershire are dated 1843. The 

 population cited in the text is that of 1831. It is to be noted 

 that the London and Birmingham railway was opened in 1838, 

 and the North-Eastern (or Great Eastern), as far as Brox- 

 bourne, in 1840. 



1845. Kelly, W., & Co. lOf x 8|. Scale, about 5 

 miles = 1 inch. Eugx'aved by B. R. Davies. 



A rather faintly-printed map of Herts, in a plain, ruled border, 

 giving the usual details, with railways and stations, and an 

 asterisk denoting money-order oflBces. In the left-hand top 

 corner: "Post-Office Map of Hertfordshire. 1845", and, below: 

 " Scale of (6) Miles ", and the signs denoting polling-places and 

 " Post Office Money Order Towns ", and a thin vertical line with 

 a star at the upper end and a cross line as indicator of the 

 points of the compass. In the right-hand bottom corner, the 

 number of square miles and inhabitants in the county, the 

 names of the hundreds, and the number of members returned to 

 Parliament by the coimty, and the boroughs of Hertford and 

 St. Albans. Below the margin, in the centre : " Kelly & C°. Post 

 Office Directory Offices, 19 and 20 Old Boswell Court, Temple 

 Bar ", and, on the right: "Drawn and Engraved by B. R. Davies, 

 16 George Str. Euston Squ." 



From the 'Post Office Directory of the Six Home Counties, 

 viz., Essex, Herts, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex. With 

 Maps engraved expressly for the work.' London, no date (but 

 Preface dated July, 1845), 8vo. This is the earliest issue of 

 this Directory, which, under titles slightly varying from time to 

 time, was re-issued in 1852, 1855, 1859, 1862, 1867, 1871, and 

 1874 (with the above map of Herts), and in 1878, 1882, 1886, 

 1890, 1894, and 1898, with larger maps. The small map was 

 also reprinted in an atlas of county maps in 1860 by the same 

 firm of publishers. 



1845 (?). Fisher, Son & Co. 13i x 10i|. Scale, 

 about 3i miles = 1 inch. Engraved by E. P. Becker & Co. 



A map of Hertfordshire in a double-ruled border, marked 

 with degrees and minutes of latitude and longitude, and showing 

 the usual details, but within the county area only, the main 

 roads, however, being carried to the margin of the map, where 

 indications are given of their directions. The Great Eastern 



