110 H. G. FORDHAM HERTFORDSHIRE MAPS. 



indication of the designs used on the map to show " Railways 

 and Stations ", " Canals ", " Roads ", and the " Boundary of 

 Borough." There is also, placed in the right - hand bottom 

 corner, above the scale of miles, a " Note " as to the engraving 

 of railway stations on the map, the stations being inserted and 

 indicated by a small circle. The additions to the railways them- 

 selves are : — Watford to Rickmansworth, the Midland main line, 

 Great Northern branches from Hatfield to St. Albans and to 

 Luton, and a branch to Enfield, and the Great Eastern branch 

 to Buntingford. All the statistical information in the right- 

 hand bottom comer in the 1864 impression is erased. The 

 original details in this corner of the map and the indicator of 

 the points of the compass are restored. At the right-hand top 

 corner, outside the border, is the nmnber " 26 ", and below, at 

 the foot, on the left-hand side, the imprint : " Bacon's Map 

 Establishment, 127 Strand, London", these being in lieu of the 

 original or subsequent marginal numbers and imprints. 



From ' Bacon's New Quarto County Atlas.' London, no 

 date, 4to. The date-stamp in the British Museum copy is 

 " 30 Aug. 1876." There are 55 maps of the counties of 

 England and Wales in this collection. 



1877. " Official " Guide to Hertfordshire. 17h x 



14i. Scale, about 2f miles = 1 inch. 



A lithographed map of the county copied, apparently, as to 

 details, from a map dating from the end of the 18th centiu-y, 

 with the railways and stations inserted. It is in a double-ruled 

 border, showing the degrees and minutes of latitude and longi- 

 tude, and gives all the usual full details. The title, in the 

 left-hand top corner, is : "Official Map of Hertford", with, below, 

 a view of " S^ Alban's Abbey Church, as restored in 1877." In 

 the bottom corner on the same side of the map is a star-indicator 

 of the north, and on the right-hand side, in the top corner, a 

 " Reference to the Hundreds ", and, in the bottom corner, an 

 " Explanation." Along the bottom are given pai-ticulars as to 

 the members returned to parliament, and, in the centre, is a 

 scale of nine miles. 



From ' The " Official " County Map and Guide [to Hertford- 

 shire], shewing its Railways, Telegraphs, Roads, Rivers, Canals, 

 Market Towns and Days ; "odth Geological, Archaeological, 

 Historical, Statistical, Descriptive, Parliamentary, and Postal 

 County Information for Home reference, and for Travellers, 

 ToTU'ists, and Men of Business.' This is one of a series of small 

 county guides published in 1877-8. London, no date, small 8vo. 

 Some of the countv maps have at foot : " W. J. Freeman, Steam- 

 Litho. 2, Old Swaii Lane Upper Thames S*. E.G." 



1877. Collins, William, Sons & Co. 6J x 8. Scale, 

 about 7 miles = 1 inch. 



A map of Beds and Herts, showing the roads, rivers, and 

 canals, with the railways, the towns, and a few villages and 



