Lost Rickmansworth, Croxley Green and Chorleywood

By John Cooper

The Hertfordshire town of Rickmansworth in the Colne Valley historically included the villages of Croxley Green and Chorleywood within its parish. Through much of its history this was a small settlement outside London with industrial development along the Grand Union Canal but the arrival of the railways in the 19th century and the extension of the Metropolitan Railway in the 1920s and 1930s saw a massive development of the area, advertised as 'Metro-land' as as an ideal place to live and commute into central London.Lost Rickmansworth, Croxley Green & Chorlewood presents a portrait of this corner of Hertfordshire over the last century to recent decades that has radically changed or disappeared today, showing not only the industries and buildings that have gone but also the people and street scenes, many popular places of entertainment and much more. This fascinating photographic history of lost Rickmansworth, Croxley Green & Chorleywood will appeal to all those who live in the area or know it well, as well as those who remember it from previous decades.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1398100404
• ISBN13: 9781398100404
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages