98 H. G. FOBDHAM HERTFORDSHIRE MAPS. 



with branches to Bedford and Cambridge ; Great Eastern, and 

 branches to Enfield and Hertford. The above date is that given 

 for this map in the British Museum Catalogue. 



* 1868 (?). Collins, Henry George. 9^ x 6h Scale, 

 5^ miles = 1 inch. Engraved by J. Roper [1805]. 



A very faint and worn impression of the map of Herts in the 

 'Beauties of England' of 1808, as altered in successive issues. 

 It has no imprint, but retains the number 18. 



From ' Collins' Railway and Pedestrian Atlas of England.' 

 It contains 41 maps. London, no date, 8vo. The publishers 

 are " Darton & C., 58, Holborn Hill." The above date is that 

 given in the Catalogue of the Library of the British Museum. 



* 1859. Kelly & Co. 10^ x 8f. Scale, about 5 miles = 

 1 inch. Engraved by B. R. Davies. 



A re-issue of the map of 1845 and subsequent dates, as 

 amended in 1855, but redated 1859, and with some slight 

 further alterations and additions in the railways. 



From the ' Post Office Directory of Essex, Herts, Kent, 

 Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex' (the 4th ed.). London, 

 1859, 8vo. 



1860. Weekly Dispatch. 16i x 12. Scale, about 

 3 miles = 1 inch. Engraved by B. R. Davies. 



A map of Herts, showing fvdl details within the county 

 boundary, with the main roads, railways, and principal towns to 

 the margin. The margin itself is plain, with the degrees and 

 minutes of latitude and longitude marked on it. Printed on 

 thin paper. In the left-hand top corner is a small design of the 

 upper part of a globe, with a scroll upon which appears : " The 

 Dispatch Atlas ", and, above it, a flying figure of Mercmy. 

 Below this design : " Hertfordshire. By B. R. Davies, from 

 the Ordnance Survey. The County of Hertfordshire consists 

 of 391,141 Acres, and returns 5 Members to Parliament; viz. 

 3 for the County and 2 for the Borough of Hertford. Boundary 

 of County . . . ." In the right-hand bottom corner a scale 

 of 8 " English Miles, 69.1 = 1 Degree ", and, on the right-hand 

 side, near the margin, a very slightly-drawn arrow-head indicator 

 of the north. At the foot, l)elow margin, on the left : " Weekly 

 Dispatch Atlas, 139 Fleet Str." , in the centre : " Day & Son 

 Lith'"^. to The Queen ", and, on the right : " Engraved by B. R. 

 Davies, 10 Greorge Str. Euston Squ." Outside the border of 

 the map, at the right-hand top corner, is an embossed scroll, 

 with raised pattern and lettering : " Supplement to the Weekly 

 Dispatch of Sunday April 8*^'^. 1860 ", from which this map is 

 taken. 



(Reprinted by Cassell, Better & Galpin, in their ' British 

 Atlas ', about 1864, and by G. W. Bacon, and his successors, in 

 various atlases (with the plate slightly enlarged by additions at 

 the margin), in 1876 (c), 1884 (c), 1885 (c), 1889 (c), 1891, 

 1895, 1897, and 1899, and probably at some intermediate dates.) 



