H. G. FORDIiAM-HERTFORDSHIRE MAPS. 
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Part III : 1794-1900. 
Read at Watford , 22 nd February , 1905. 
1794. Cary, John. Though not divided into counties, 
‘Cary’s New Map of England and Wales, with part of Scotland,’ 
drawn on the meridian of Greenwich, on a scale of 5 miles to the 
inch (69^ British statute miles to a degree), and measuring 
5 ft. 10 in. x 7 ft. 4 in., should he noted here as marking the 
adoption of the meridian of Greenwich in place of that of London. 
It was published in 81 sheets, measuring each about 7|- X 9£ inches, 
and was bound up, with a List of Places shown on the map running 
to about 85 pp., in a large 4to atlas, London, June 11th, 1794. 
Most of the sheets have this date at foot, but about a dozen are 
dated June 1st. The sheets are printed with a border and the 
title, etc., so that the whole can be mounted as one complete map, 
which extends to 58° 15' North latitude, thus including Edinburgh, 
Stirling, and Glasgow. Great prominence is given to the roads; 
the main roads, as well as the county boundaries, parks, and other 
details, being coloured, and the map is both full of details and 
clear. Hertfordshire is almost entirely included in sheet 25, a very 
small portion of the northern border only being within sheet 34. 
This large map was also reduced by Cary to one sheet, measuring 
24£ X 294-inches, and on a scale of 15 miles to the inch. The 
reduction was published February 20th, 1796, and re-issned, 
“ corrected to the Year 1805”, with the title : ‘ Cary’s Iteduction 
of his Large Map of England and Wales, with part of iScotland.’ 
1795. Newcome, Peter. 19|- x 16. Scale, about 
2£ miles = 1 inch. Engraved by E. Yivares [20 Nov., 1794]. 
Shows the hundreds, rivers, roads, towns, villages, and hamlets, 
with the woods, parks, and hills. A well-filled map, with the 
details extending into the adjoining counties. The meridians are 
marked in the margin of the map. The title, in the left-hand top 
corner, runs as follows:—“ A New Map of the County of Hertford, 
with Additions, Corrections, and Improvements; Drawn and 
Engraved for the Bev d . Mr. Newcome’s History of St. Alban’s 
Abbey.” In the right-hand bottom corner is a coarsely-engraved 
star-shaped indicator of the points of the compass, showing the 
north by an ornamental arrow-head, and the east by a cross, and 
a scale of miles. Below the map : “Published as the Act directs 
Nov 1 '. 20th. 1794, by M. Hooper No. 212 Holborn London. For 
the Eev d . Mr. Newcome E 1 . of Shenley Herts,” and to the right: 
“F. Yivares Sculp*.” 
From ‘ The History of the Ancient and Eoyal Foundation, 
called the Abbey of St. Alban, in the County of Hertford,’ 
“ By the Eeverend Peter Newcome, Eector of Shenley, Herts.” 
This work was originally published in two parts, both London, 
4to, dated 1793 and 1795 respectively. The map of Herts is 
in the second part. The whole was subsequently issued in one 
