A County of Small Towns: The Development of Hertfordshire's Urban Landscape to 1800T. R. Slater, Nigel Goose Exploring the history of the principal towns of Hertfordshire, England, from the medieval period to the 19th century, this collection of essays includes chapters on important towns, including Alban, Ashwell, Berkhamsted, Hertford, Hitchin, and Ware. A rich resource on the urban history of Hertfordshire, it features essays on topography, medieval town economy, commons and boundaries, industry, and the influence of the Dissolution on the region. |
Contents
location topography and the documentary | 27 |
The economy of towns and markets 1100 to 1500 | 46 |
Roads commons and boundaries in the topography | 67 |
Urban growth and economic development in early modern | 96 |
archaeological perspectives from birth | 127 |
an example of AngloSaxon town planning | 159 |
a thirteenthcentury planned town? | 173 |
the early development | 188 |
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