EDITORIAL NOTE 



THE Editor wishes to express his thanks to all those 

 who have assisted in the compilation of this volume, 

 but particularly to Mr. H. B. Walters, M.A., F.S.A., 

 Mr. A. F. Hill, F.S.A., and Mr. William Dale, 

 F.S.A., for information and assistance regarding the 

 Industries of the county. He is also indebted to 

 Mr. Ernest Law, B.A., F.S.A., for reading the 

 proofs and offering suggestions regarding the history 

 of Hampton Court Palace, and to Mr. W. Lem- 

 priere, senior assistant clerk at Christ's Hospital, 

 for information supplied for the topographical section. 



