Hertfordshire: A Landscape History

by Anne Rowe and Tom Williamson

Dividing 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1909291005
• ISBN13: 9781909291003
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Hertfordshire Publications
• Length: 320 Pages