H. G. FORDHAM-HERTFORDSHIRE MAPS. 
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given, the latter in [ ]. When a map is (as is frequently the 
case, especially amongst the earlier maps) a reprint, either from an 
untouched original plate, or else from one but slightly altered or 
amended, an asterisk (*) is prefixed to the number, and only the 
size and scale, engraver’s name, and a reference to the original 
date are given. When a date is doubtful a mark of interrogation 
(?) is added ; when it is approximate only it is followed by (c) 
= circa. All maps are rectangular unless otherwise stated. The 
dimensions, except in very small maps, are generally given in 
inches and to the nearest quarter of an inch. The first figure is 
that of the width, the second that of the height. The scale is 
uniformly stated, hut in the earlier maps it is only approximate, 
and often very vague. 
The principal private collections of Hertfordshire maps are those 
of Mr. W. E. Andrews, of Hertford, Mr. Lewis Evans, E.S.A., of 
Barnes Lodge, King’s Langley,* and Mr. It. P. Greg, E.G.S., of 
Coles Park, Buntingford. I am greatly indebted to these gentlemen 
for the assistance they have given me in my researches. Without 
their co-operation and the loan of their collections for examination 
and comparison, my work would have been impossible. I have 
also examined the British Museum Library; the Inner Temple 
Library; the University Library, Cambridge; the Bodleian Library, 
Oxford; the Pepysian Library, Magdalen College, Cambridge; 
the Billiotheque rationale, Paris ; the Library of the Boyal 
Geographical Society, London ; and the collection of maps of 
Mr. Alexander Peckover, of Wisbech. 
As the result of these studies, which have been certainly much 
more laborious than the subject would at first sight seem to 
demand, I hope that very few (if any) maps of the county have 
escaped my notice. Certainly none of any real consequence or 
representative interest have been omitted. 
A short bibliography of the subject will be added, as well as 
an Index to the names of Authors, Engravers, etc. 
* This collection has recently been acquired by the Hertfordshire County 
Museum, St. Albans. 
ARMS OF 
HERTFORD. 
[ 1720 .] 
