Hertfordshire: A Landscape HistoryDividing the county of Hertfordshire into four broad regions--the "champion" countryside in the north, the Chiltern dip slope to the west, the fertile boulder clays of the east, and the unwelcoming London Clay in the south--this volume explains how, in the course of the middle ages, natural characteristics influenced the development of land use and settlement to create a range of distinctive landscapes. The great diversity of Hertfordshire's landscapes makes it a particularly rewarding area of study. Variations in farming economies, in patterns of trade and communication, as well as in the extent of London's influence, have all played a part during the course of the postmedieval centuries, and Hertfordshire's continuing evolution is followed into the 21st century. Lavishly illustrated with maps and photographs, this authoritative work is invaluable reading for all those with an interest in the history, archaeology, and natural transformation of this fascinating county. |
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Hertfordshires champion landscapes | |
The landscape of east Hertfordshire | |
The landscape of west Hertfordshire | |
The landscape of south Hertfordshire | |
Woods parks and pastures | |
Traditional buildings | |
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Abbey Abbots acres Aldbury Aldenham arable archaeology areas Ashwell Barnet Berkhamsted boulder clay boundaries Braughing Broxbourne building Bushey centre Chalk Cheshunt Clothall Colne coppiced countryside county’s Court Rolls difficult district Domesday early earthworks east east Hertfordshire eighteenth century enclosed enclosure erected escarpment example extensive Farm fields fifteenth Figure first flint floor Garden City grazing Green ground Hall HALS hamlets Hatfield Heath hedges Hemel Hempstead Hertford Hertfordshire garden Historical atlas Hitchin houses Iron Age kilometres King’s landscape late Little Hadham located London Clay major manor medieval Niblett nineteenth century North Mymms Northaw open fields parish churches parks pasture pattern period places plateau pollards population post-medieval reflected ridge river roads Roman Saxon settlement significant soils St Albans St Albans Abbey Standon strips survey surviving timber towns trees Tring uplands valleys VCH Hertfordshire villages Walkern Watford Welwyn Wheathampstead woodland woods