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H. G. FOllDHAM-HERTFORDSHIRE MAPS. 
general, carried beyond the boundaries of the county. The sheets, 
including the border of the map, measure about 29 X 20 ins., and 
contain marginal ornamentation, titles, and particulars, as follows :— 
Sheet 1 (forming left-hand top corner of the map). This sheet 
is nearly filled with a large engraving of a country scene about 
19 X 14 ins. In distance, windmill on hill, house with portico 
front, field of waving corn, and hills ; in middle distance, trees and 
hut on right, with fox running, and, in the centre, huntsmen and 
hounds. The foreground, divided from the rest of the picture by 
a river, has on the left a large tree, with cart, plough, and wooden 
harrow at its foot,, and sheaves of corn, sickle, flail, spade, and 
basket on the ground near, and a man standing with a gun and dog 
looking at the hunt. Above is a large sheet hanging on left to the 
dead bough of a tree, and held up on the right by an angel, 
inscribed: “To the Right Hon ble Anne Holies Capel, Earl of 
Essex, Viscoh Malden, and Raron of Hadham in the County of 
Hartford, L d . Lieub and Cus. Rot. Com: Hart, etc. The Right 
hon ble John, Earl of Bute Knight of the Most Noble Order of the 
Garter, and One of his Majesty’s mosthon ble Privy Council, etc. etc. 
S r . Lawrence Dundas, Bar 1 ., and those Gentlemen who have been 
pleased to Encourage this Hndertaking; This actual Survey (as 
a Grateful Testimony of their Generous Assistance) is most humbly 
Inscribed By their Most Dutiful, and Devoted Servants And w . 
Dury and Jn°. Andrews.” 
Sheet 3 (forming right-hand top corner of map). In the top 
right-hand corner of the sheet is a large rectangular panel, containing 
the title of the map: “A Topographical Map of Hartford-Shire, 
Erom an Actual Survey; In which is Express’d all the Roads, 
Lanes, Churches, Noblemen and Gentlemen’s Seats, and every 
Thing remarkable in the County: Together with the Divisions 
of the Parishes. By And w . Dury, and Jn°. Andrews.” 
Sheet 7 (forming left-hand bottom corner of map). Along 
bottom, on left, “ Scales of British Miles 69£ to a Degree ; of 
Miles 60 to a Degree; and of Perches or Poles,” and in the margin : 
“Minutes of Longitude West from London.” On the right: 
“ Explanation,” with designs corresponding to the engraved features 
of the map, showing—“Parish Towns, Villages, Roads enclosed 
by Hedges, Open Roads, Roads, one side enclosed by a Hedge, 
Water Mills, Rivers with Bridges, Wind Mills, Parks, Churches, 
Heaths or Commons, Hills, Kitchen Gardens, Ponds, Woods, 
Pasture enclosed by Hedges, Arable enclosed by D 0 ., and Marshes.” 
Sheet 8 (forming the centre of the bottom of the map) has in the 
centre, below margin: “ Published according to Act of Parliament 
and Sold by A. Dury in Dukes Court near St. Martins Lane 
London. Price of the Map in Sheets l£ 16s.” 
Sheet 9 (forming the right-hand bottom corner of the map). 
The space outside the county in this sheet is almost entirely filled 
by an elaborate indicator of the points of the compass, with a globe 
as centre upon a large star, the points of which are continued by 
radiating lines carried to the borders of the map and the county. 
