H. G. FORDHAM HERTFORDSHIRE MAPS. 107 



From ' The Post Ofl&ce Directory of the Six Home Counties,' 

 the 8th ecL, London, 1874, 8vo. 



1874 (c). County of Hertford Divisions. 20 x 15. 



Scale, about 2i miles = 1 inch. 



An outline map, showing the railways, and a few towns and 

 other details, and specially by distinct colouring the areas of the 

 " proposed " Hertford and St. Albans Divisions. It has a plain 

 border of three ruled lines, drawn with an indented curve at the 

 angles. In the left-hand top corner : " Hertfordshire." In the 

 left-hand bottom corner a " Note " as to the colouring, etc., and, 

 in the right-hand top corner, a large, shaded indicator of the 

 points of the compass, with, in the bottom corner on the same 

 side of the map, a scale of miles. Printed across the map on 

 the eastern side : " Proposed Hertford Division ", and, on the 

 western side: "Proposed 'Liberty of St. Alban' Division." 



I have no clue to the date of this map beyond the fact that 

 the County of Hertford and Liberty of St. Alban Act, 1874 

 (37 & 38 Vict., c. 45), must have involved considerable previous 

 discussion, based, no doubt, on special maps, and that the one 

 noted here may have been such a map ; but it may, of course, 

 have been prepared earlier than the above date. 



1874 (?). Speed, John. 16.V x I2h Scale, about 

 3 miles — 1 inch. 



A fac-simile reproduction, on a smaller scale, of Jodocus 

 Hondius' map of Herts of 1610. It contains all the details of 

 the original, with the same imprint. At the foot, outside the 

 border, is : " Ee-printed and published by Kelly & Co., and 

 presented to the subscribers to the Post Office Directory of 

 Herts. Price to non-subscribers, one shilling." 



I have not been able to discover with which issue of the 

 Directory this map was presented, but it seems probable that 

 it may have been that of 1874, viz. : ' The Post Office Directory 

 of the Six Home Coimties,' (8*'^ edition). London, 1874, 8vo. 



1876. Philip, George, & Son. 16 j x 13f. Scale, 

 21- miles = 1 inch. 



A well-filled map, on the basis of the 1" Ordnance Survey 

 map, with the details carried to the border of the county, with 

 the principal roads, the railways (by dotted lines), and some 

 towns shown beyond, in a double-ruled border, the map itself 

 being ruled up into rectangular spaces by lines of 10' longitude 

 and 5' latitude, the spaces lettered along the top and bottom 

 margins A to G, and ntunbered at the sides 1 to 6. It shows 

 the rivers, canals, roads, railways, towns, villages, hamlets, 

 houses, parks, and hills. Above the border, at the top right-hand 

 corner, the niunber 16, and at the foot, in the centre : " George 

 Philip & Son London & Liverpool." The title, in the left-hand 

 top corner of the map, is : "Hertfordshire," in large, ornamental, 

 shaded capitals, and below : " By Edw^^. Weller, F.R.G.S.", a 

 scale of 8 "English Miles", indications of the railways, canals, 



