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Principal Contents of this issue Vol. 1 No. 1 Summer 1946 (This first issue did not have a contents list) |
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| Editorial | 2 | The Puckeridge Hunt | 16 | |
| A Polite Bow to our Predecessors | 3 | A Modern Home of Antiquity | 16 | |
| The Future of Farming in Hertfordshire | 4 | Royal Visitors to Herts | 17 | |
| Horse Brasses | 5 | The Windmills of Hertfordshire | 18 | |
| Rural Housing | 6 | Hedges | 20 | |
| Prefab Achievement | 8 | Hert's Aquarists' Society | 21 | |
| Theodor Kern | 10 | The Hertfordshire Sportsman | 22 | |
| Contemporary Art in Schools | 11 | The Hertfordshire Gardener | 24 | |
| Hertfordshire's Famous Oaks | 12 | The King has been Graciously Pleased | 30 | |
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| Editorial | 32 | With the County Packs | 44 | |
| Hertfordshire Dragons | 33 | Fifty Years of the National Trust | 45 | |
| Benington | 34 | The Great Hertfordshire Show | 46 | |
| New Towns | 35 | The Photographic Competition | 51 | |
| Farmers' War on Two Fronts | 36 | The Windmills of Hertfordshire | 52 | |
| Preserving the Countryside | 38 | Craftwork in the County | 54 | |
| Hertfordshire's Field Club | 40 | Totteridge - an Historic Manor | 55 | |
| Hedgerows in Autumn | 41 | The Queen Comes Home | 56 | |
| Early Hunting in the County | 42 | Book Reviews | 57 | |
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| Editorial | 62 | The Hertfordshire Hunt | 78 | |
| They said of them | 63 | Book Reviews | 79 | |
| Temple Bar | 64 | Save the Wood - a plea for Watery | ||
| Hearts of Oak | 66 | Grove | 80 | |
| Bobby | 69 | Beef . . . . and its future | 81 | |
| The Icknield Way | 70 | Churches of the past | 82 | |
| Some bygone Parsons of the | Pargetting - an Ancient Craft | 83 | ||
| Hertfordshire Countryside | 72 | The Grubber's Axe | 84 | |
| The "Old Fighting Cocks" Inn | 74 | The Legend of Jack o' Legs | 86 | |
| The Photographic Competition | 75 | The Staffordshire Bull Terrier | 88 | |
| Must Hertfordshire be shrouded by | With the County Packs | 89 | ||
| London's Suburban Octopus? | 76 | Readers' Forum | 90 |
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| Editorial | 92 | Under Canvas | 105 | |
| Shaws Corner | 94 | The Old Berkeley Hunt | 108 | |
| The Boke of St. Albans | 96 | Sporting Guns of a Bygone Day | 111 | |
| Brocket | 98 | The Icknield Way - part II | 112 | |
| The Hertfordshire Show | 99 | The Air Apparent | 114 | |
| To those who intend to build in Herts | 100 | Some traditions of the Wymondleys | 115 | |
| Little Wymondley's Big Tree | 102 | With the County Packs | 116 | |
| Fallow Deer in Hertfordshire | 104 | Butterflies of a Hertfordshire Garden | 117 | |
| Readers' Forum | 118 | |||
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| Frontispiece, at Albury - Humphrey and Vera Joel | 1 | Three Great Battles of Hertfordshire | 12 | |
| Editor's Diary | 2 | Hertfordshire Hedgerows in Summer, by Doris Meyer | 13 | |
| Kings Walden Church | 3 | Reproduction of Old Maps f Hertfordshire | 14 / 15 | |
| New Plants for Old, by Linton Lynn | 4 | Forty Years Ago at St. Albans, by Douglas Neale | 16 | |
| Hertfordshire in Summer, by L. B. | 5 | Early Man in Odsey, by Harold Armitage | 18 | |
| The Eastern Counties Otter Hunt, by Douglas Neale | 6 | Craftsmen's Skill of Hand and Eye | 19 | |
| With the W. I. in Hertfordshire, by D. M. Palmer | 8 | The Dairy Shorthorn | 20 | |
| Gardens of Hertfordshire | 10 | The Twin Poachers of Stevenage, by Linton Lynn | 22 | |
| Your Garden Wall, by Reginald Arkell | 10 | The Lower Icknield Way, by Harry Meyer | 23 | |
| The Hertfordshire County Nursing Association, by the | The Royal Mill of Hertfordshire, by Herbert C. Andrews, FSA | 24 | ||
| Countess of Lytton | 11 | Readers Forum | 26 | |
| Hertfordshire Teachers' College | 12 | With the County Packs, by "Drifter" | 30 | |
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| Frontispiece, Cottered | 31 | Our Photographic Competition | 45 | |
| The Editor's Diary | 32 | Hertfordshire Hundred Years Experiment, by M. J. Allen | 46 | |
| Much Hadham | 33 | Bed with a History, Harold Armitage | 47 | |
| Historical House at Teachers' College, by M. M. Wingate | 34 | Aldenham Harriers, by Douglas Neale | 48 | |
| Autumn in Hertfordshire | 35 | Bumps in the Night, by Douglas Neale | 50 | |
| Long Service | 35 | With the County Packs, by "Drifter" | 51 | |
| W. I. Handycrafts Revival, by Annie Turney | 36 | Readers Forum | 52 | |
| Sources of Hertfordshire History, by Colonel W. Le Hardy | 37 | Lady Cathcart of Tewin, by John Dimsdale | 54 | |
| Making Music in Hertfordshire Villages, by John Lea | 38 | Ashwell | 55 | |
| The Authentic History of Clibbon's Post, by H. C. Andrews | 40 | Digging Correctly, by Linton Lynn | 55 | |
| Farmers and the New Towns, by Wilfred Roberts M. P. | 42 | Countryside Notebook | 56 | |
| Young Explorers, by Norman H. Jones | 44 | William Cobbett in Hertfordshire, by N. D. Deucher | 58 | |
| Rye House Plot to Shoot a King, by H. F. Hayllar | 60 | |||
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| Frontispiece, Ayot St. Lawrence | 61 | Life in Napoleonic Days, by John Dimsdale | 71 | |
| Editorial | 62 | A Story of Yesterday and Tomorrow, by Percy C. Birtchnell | 72 | |
| Photographic Competition | 62 | In Praise of Trees, by Linton Lynn | 74 | |
| Autumn, by Linton Lynn | 63 | The Bridges of Hertfordshire, by D. M. Palmer | 76 | |
| A Corner of the County, by Noel Chanter | 64 | Memories of a Malting Town, by Edith M. Hunt | 78 | |
| Link with Pennsylvania, by J.M.S. | 65 | Watercress in Hertfordshire, by John Lea | 80 | |
| Hertfordshire Churches (photographic Competition | 66 | Cutting a Covert Ride, by G. A. Grattan | 82 | |
| A Backwater of Hertfordshire, by J. W .P. Carnegie | 67 | The Bird Scarer, by Percy H. Ilott | 83 | |
| Ayot St. Lawrence, by John Lea | 68 | Our Readers' Forum | 84 | |
| In Terram Meam, by Rev. A. J. Treloar, B.D. | 69 | With the Country Pack, by Drifter | 87 | |
| Family Inn, by I.S. | 69 | Legendary Highwaymen of Hertfordshire, by Douglas Neale | 88 | |
| The Wood Carver of Wooler Green, by J. M. Stoddard | 70 | Comments by the Hertfordshire Society | 90 | |
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| Frontispiece, Cottages at Digswell | 91 | Old Water-mills of Hertfordshire, by Kenneth C. Reid | 104 | |
| Editorial Notes | 92 | The Saluki Aristocrat, by John O. Carter | 106 | |
| Diplomacy, by Percy H. Ilott | 92 | Bitter Rivals of Berkhamstead Place, by Percy C. Bitchnell | 107 | |
| Old Inns of Hetfrodshire, by George Long, F.R.G.S | 93 | Ancient Britons at Barley, by Harold Armitage | 108 | |
| The Bull Inn at Wheathampstead, by R. de Mornay Davies | 95 | Paper-making in Hertfordshire, by C. J. Mearing | 110 | |
| A little Pilgrimage in Hertfordshire Lanes, by John Lea | 96 | Hertfordshire League for the Hard of Hearing, by Madeline | ||
| The Playstow at Barley | 97 | de Soyres | 111 | |
| Tewin's Delightful Parish Church, by Ian Sellers | 98 | Our Readers' Forum | 112 | |
| Pike .. and Pike Fishing in Hertfordshire, by W. E. Davies | 100 | With the Country Packs, by Drifter | 114 | |
| "We are threatened to be invaded by one Boneparte," by | Manslaughter by Mail Coach, Douglas Neale | 115 | ||
| John Dimsdale | 101 | Comments by The Hertfordshire Society | 116 | |
| The South Hertfordshire Beagles, by Douglas Neale | 102 | Countryside Bookshelf | 117 | |
| History Speaks | 103 | Cattle of the County, by Linton Lynn | 118 | |
| Ganging Day at Bishop Stortford | 103 | Field Names on My Farm, by John Dimsdale | 120 | |
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| Frontispiece, Fishing in the River Lea at Ware | 9 | Santuary (Thoughts in Ashridge Park), by Ruth Oakley | 21 | |
| Streams and Springs of Hertfordshire, by Harry Meyer | 10 | The Enfield Chase Foxhounds, by Dougla Neale | 22 | |
| The Shepherd Boy, by Percy H. Ilott | 11 | The Story of Berkhamstead Castle, by K. A. Frost | 23 | |
| A Japanese Garden in Hertfordshire, by Athelstan I. Warner | 12 | 'Ar Past Ten, by Percy H. Ilott | 23 | |
| A Rustic Pepys, by John Dimsdale | 13 | Footloose with a Fishing Rod, by W. E. Davies | 24 | |
| Brocket Hall Ariel, by Harold Armitage | 14 | Tradition of Hertfordshire Houses | 25 | |
| A Thousand Years of History, by C. W. Swinson | 16 | A Lytton's Lost Romance, by Harold Armitage | 26 | |
| Saga of St. Albans Abbey, by David T. D. Clarke | 18 | Speculators Destroy Beauty, by Stanley Buchanan | 29 | |
| London's Other River, by Richard E. Cook | 20 | Our Readers' Forum | 30 | |
| Cross-Country by Iron By-ways, by Douglas Neale | 21 | Phantasmagoria, by Victor Thompson | 33 | |
| With The Country Packs, by Drifter | 34 | |||
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| Frontispiece: Hitchin Parish Church, by Staniland Pugh | 49 | St. Albans under Elizabeth, by A. H. Swinson | 62 | |
| Editorial Notes | 50 | Our Local Show, by Douglas Neale | 64 | |
| Paddling Pool at Letchworth, Photograph by HERTFORDSHIRE | Putting Hertfordshire Footpaths on the Map, by Percy C. | |||
| COUNTRYSIDE | 51 | Birtchnell | 65 | |
| Broxbourne, by Lewis F. R. Jones | 52 | The Ashridge Fraud, by T. Allum | 66 | |
| John o' Gaddesden's House, by Richard Oakley | 54 | Hertfordshire Quips and Quotes, by W. H. Hodkinson | 67 | |
| The Battle of Barnet | 56 | What is happening to our Trout Streams?, by G. A. Grattan | 68 | |
| A Village Cathedral, by R. de Mornay Davies | 57 | The Village of Barkway, by John Dimsdale | 69 | |
| The Old Berkley Beagles, by Douglas Neale | 58 | Our Readers' Forum | 70 | |
| Cross Keys Thoughts, by F. E. Loewenstein | 59 | Hertfordshire Young Farmers, by C. P. Ford | 74 | |
| A Museum with Morals, by B. R. Christy | 60 | Boating Pool at Harpenden, photographs by O. H. Greet | 75 | |
| Champion Joe, by G. A. Grattan | 61 | Coutryside Bookshelf, Linton Lynn | 75 | |
| With the County Packs, by "Drifter" | 76 | |||
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| Frontispiece, Porch and Lich-gate at Langleybury Church, | The Barges and Canals of the County, by Douglas Neale | 100 | ||
| Kings Langley | 89 | Keep Hertfordshire Green, by W. F. Foster-Greenwood | 102 | |
| Editorial Notes, by Linton Lynn | 90 | Countryside Photographic Competition | 103 | |
| When Bushey was the Talk of the World, by W. E. Davies | 92 | Hertfordshire's Lack of Folk Music, by John O. Carter | 104 | |
| When My Great-Aunt was Young, by Jean M. H. Mylne | 93 | Witch-hunt at Tring, by Charles H. Cooke | 106 | |
| The Labourer, by Ruth Anderson Oakley | 93 | With the Country Packs, by Drifter | 107 | |
| From Monastery to Democracy's University, by Percy C. | Our Readers' Forum | 108 | ||
| Birtchnell | 94 | She Experimented with Inoculation, by W. Branch Johnson | 112 | |
| The Harpenden Races, by J. H. Busby | 97 | Countryside Bookshelf, by Linton Lynn | 113 | |
| Robert Carey's Ride, by Harold Armitage | 98 | Study the Map, by F. H. Newman | 114 | |
| Winter, by Linton Lynn | 99 | The Berkhamstead Buckhounds, | 116 | |
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| Frontispiece, Old timber-framed houses on the road from | Polly Page of the King's Arms, by Percy C. Birtchnell | 140 | ||
| Berkhamstead to Tring | 129 | Echoes of Langley Palace, by K. A. Frost | 141 | |
| Countryside Bookshelf | 130 | With the County Packs, by Drifter | 142 | |
| The Basket-maker of Hitchin, by P. Blair Ferguson | 131 | Bird-songs of Hertfordshire, by W. E. Davies | 143 | |
| From Citadel to Outpost: Verulamium to Sulloniacae, by | Where you can look for it, by A. H. Swinson | 144 | ||
| Douglas Neale | 132 | Enfield Chase Staghounds, by Douglas Neale | 144 | |
| The Ashridge Neighbourhood, by T. Allum | 133 | Otterspool, by M. L.Lancaster | 145 | |
| Our County's Historic Highways, by Harold Armitage | 134 | Our Readers' Forum | 146 | |
| Hertfordshire's First Railway, by Percy C. Birtchnell | 136 | Artist's Record of St Albans Pageant, by Maurice Blockley | 149 | |
| Photographer's Hatfield, by Donald Hobbs | 138 | Hertfordshire's New Home for the Blind, by Victor Thompson | 152 | |
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| Frontispiece, Springtime in Cassiobury Park, Watford | 9 | Charles Lamb in Hertfordshire, by Harold Armitage | 20 | |
| The Bells of Hertfordshire | 10 | "The Adoration of the Magi," by Gerald Ceunis | 22 | |
| Some Forgotten Hertfordshire Customs, by Charles H. Cooke | 11 | The English Pope, by W. H. Hodkinson | 23 | |
| The Story of Codicote Lodge, by W. Branch Johnson | 12 | The New and Brighter Hertfordshire Schools, by Lewis F. R. | ||
| The Jelly Dogs of Widford and West Lodge, by Douglas Neale | 13 | Jones | 24 | |
| Peter the Wild Boy: Hertfordshire's Eighteenth century | Our Readers' Forum | 26 | ||
| Oddity, by Percy C. Birtchnell | 14 | With the County Packs, by Drifter | 30 | |
| The Plough in Hertfordshire History | 16 | The Village of Reed, by John DImsdale | 32 | |
| The Western Edge of our County, by Douglas Neale | 18 | |||
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| Frontispiece: By the pond at Gaddesden | 45 | Sir Henry Bessemer: Hertfordshire's man of genius, by | ||
| Editorial | 46 | John Lea | 56 | |
| The Black Death in Hertfordshire, by D. M. Palmer | 47 | The Lock-ups and Stocks of Hertfordshire, by H. J. Willis | 58 | |
| Hertfordshire Chalk, by Harold Armitage | 48 | A Stevenage Highwayman, by Harold Armitage | 60 | |
| Stories from Shephall, by W. Branch Johnson | 49 | Beagles of Bushey Heath and Berhamsted, by Douglas Neale | 61 | |
| Four Decades Back, by Douglas Neale | 50 | Cobbett in Hertfordshire, by Ernest Ryecote | 62 | |
| Bedwell Park in 1707, David Fremantle | 52 | Our Readers' Forum | 64 | |
| Our Friend Reginald Hine, by Gerard Ceunis | 53 | Coutryside Bookshelf | 66 | |
| Harvest Home in Hertfordshire, by John Lea | 54 | With the County Packs, by "Drifter" | 68 | |
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| Frontispiece, St Paul's Walden Church | 81 | The Royal Palace at Theobalds, by G. E. Evans | 95 | |
| Trees, by Lt.-Col. W. Foster-Greenwood | 82 | The Owls Wooing, by Constance Soward | 95 | |
| Early Printing at St Albans, by R. P. Mander | 84 | Anthony Trollope in Hertfordshire, by Lily Titman | 96 | |
| Blows in Hertfordshire, by W. Branch Johnson | 85 | A Fresh Quest for Roman Britain, by Mavis D. Oughton | 97 | |
| The Marlboroughs in Hertfordshire, by A. J. F. Wrottesley | 86 | From Aldbury to Albury, by Percy C. Birtchnell | 98 | |
| Little Gaddesden Manor House, by Richard Oakley | 88 | William Cowper's Boyhood in Hertfordshire, by Percy C. | ||
| The Hunsdon Tapestry, by R. P. Mander | 90 | Birtchnell | 101 | |
| A Hertfordshire Supporter of Dr. Jenner | 91 | Our Readers' Forum | 102 | |
| Philanthropic Beer, by W. Branch Johnson | 91 | With the County Packs, by Drifter | 108 | |
| Bishop's Hatfield to Bishop's Stortford, by Douglas Neale | 92 | No Man's Land Common, by J. H. Busby | 110 | |
| The Rothschild Hounds, Douglas Neale | 94 | A Hertfordshire Industry, by R. Robert | 110 | |
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| Frontispiece: Morris Dancing | 121 | By Balloon into Hertfordshire, by H. J. Willis | 142 | |
| The Libraries of Hitchin - I, by Robert F. Ashby, F.L.A. | 122 | May in the Mimram Valley, by R. Robert | 143 | |
| Fire-fighting in Bygone Hitchin | 124 | John Wesley in Hertfordshire, by Rev. George E. Diggle | 144 | |
| Early Railway History on Hertfordshire, by K. A. Frost | 126 | Nature's Night-lights in Hertfordshire, by W. E. Davies | 145 | |
| Sir Ebenezer Howard, by R. Robert | 128 | The Lord Hyde Memorial Camp, by H. J Collins | 146 | |
| Chequered History of St. Albans Grammer School, by | The Camp Sign, by H. J. Collins | 147 | ||
| R. P. Mander | 129 | Morris Dancing in Hertfordshire Villages, by H. W. Moreton | 147 | |
| Curious Hertfordshire Place-names, by Bernard Long | 130 | An Ancient Custom in Buntingford, by B. E. Thody | 148 | |
| When Hats were Heirlooms, by "Cornstalks" | 132 | To the Memory of Hertfordshire's Third Historian | 148 | |
| The Old Ploughman, by Ruth Anderson Oakley | 133 | Haydn at Pirton, by Frederick J. Oughton | 149 | |
| Ancient Manor at Rickmansworth, by Frank G. Doubleday | 134 | The Changing Face of a Forge, by P. J. Young | 149 | |
| Two Thousand Years History, by H. G. Batsford | 135 | Do You Know Hertfordshire? | 149 | |
| West Hertfordshire's Canal, by Percy C. Birtchnell | 136 | The County Regiment, by J. H. Busby | 150 | |
| Ellen Terry at Harpenden, by W. Branch Johnson | 138 | Goodbye, Hertfordshire, by John Lane | 151 | |
| Hertfordshire Sporting Personalities, by Douglas Neale | 139 | Our Readers' Forum | 152 | |
| John Leech at Baldock, by Harold Armitage | 140 | A King's Zoo in Hertfordshire, by Harold Armitage | 156 | |
| Rickmansworth - Town of Neglected Opportunity, by Donald | With the County Packs, by "Drifter" | 158 | ||
| Tagg | 141 | March Comes to Little Hadham, by Constance Soward | 160 |
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| Frontispiece: Drinking Time, Redbournbury | 11 | The Lonely River Ver, by Douglas Neale | 30 | |
| Watermills in the Lea Valley, by Ben Howorth, M.I.C.E | 12 | The Swan: Where is it? by W. Branch Johnson | 31 | |
| Tring Museum, by John Lea | 14 | My Cottage at Great Geddesden, by Edith Hambley Parker | 32 | |
| Our County, by John Dimsdale | 16 | The Hearth and Chimney Duty, by Ben Howorth, M.I.C.E. | 33 | |
| Otter Hunting in Hertfordshire, by Douglas Neale | 17 | The Libraries of Hitchin - 2, by Robert F. Ashby, F.L.A. | 34 | |
| Our Photographic Competition | 18 | I discover a delightful cottage at Gravely, by I. E. Craven | 36 | |
| School - a Setting for a Child's Life, by Marion Berry, C.M.C. | 19 | Berkhamsted's "Old Wives Tales", by Percy C. Birtchnell | 38 | |
| Tudor Hey-day: Hemel Hempstead 1500-1600, by Jean Baxter | 21 | Our Readers' Forum | 40 | |
| Royalty at Royston, by Harold Armitage | 22 | Meanderings along Hetfordshire By-roads, by Douglas Neale | 43 | |
| Lemsford in Focus, by Donald Hobbs | 24 | Just a Terrier, by H. W. Bailey | 44 | |
| Hitchin Priory, by Blair Ferguson | 26 | With the County Packs, by "Drifter" | 46 | |
| Home of the Cherry Turnover, by Percy C. Birtchnell | 28 | |||
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| Frontispiece: Sunlight on a Hertfordshire Hillside | 57 | Bribery and Corruption in Hertfordshire Elections, by T. E. | ||
| Editorial Notes | 58 | Dimsdale | 75 | |
| Draghunting in Hertfordshire, by Douglas Neale | 59 | History of a West Herts Branch Line, by H. J. Wells | 76 | |
| Abolitionist made History at Wadesmill, by Joan Pritlove | 60 | Oxhey Chapel to be preserved, by P. H. Lovell | 77 | |
| "Stratton's Folly," Little Berkhamsted | 61 | Pincher Jack, Travelling Blacksmith, by R. A. Salaman | 78 | |
| Tales from a Hexton Taproom, by Page Woodcock | 62 | The Changing Face of Hertfordshire, by W. E. Davies | 79 | |
| Falconry: The Sport of Kings, by Michael Lancaster | 66 | Moor Park through the Ages, by R. P. Mander | 80 | |
| The Upper Lea, by Douglas Neale | 68 | Hertfordshire Inn Signs, by "Toby" | 82 | |
| Countryside Sketchbook | 69 | Where Many Waters meet, by Patrick Moore | 84 | |
| A Walk to Ippollitts, by I. E. Craven | 70 | A Nest-building Water-beetle, by W. E. Davies | 85 | |
| Why I like Hertfordshire, by T. V. Williams | 71 | With the County Packs, by "Drifter" | 86 | |
| Old Maps of Hertfordshire, by M. L. Lancaster | 72 | Book Review | 86 | |
| Witchcraft and Demonology in Hertfordshire, by Charles H. | Our Readers' Forum | 88 | ||
| Cooke | 74 | |||
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| Frontispiece: Gosmore, near Hitchin, Herts | 105 | The Parchment Makers, by P. Blair Ferguson | 116 | |
| The Gade River, by Douglas Neale | 106 | The County's Lake District, by Percy C. Birtchnell | 118 | |
| Watford Through the Ages, by R. P. Mander | 107 | The Stoat and the Skylark, by H. W. Bailey | 119 | |
| The Story of "Lane's Prince Albert," by Percy C. Birtchnell | 108 | Heraldry in Hertfordshire, by E. J. Woolley, F.S.A. | 120 | |
| Queen Bess's Expensive Visit to Gorhambury in 1557, by | Witchcraft and Demonology in Hertfordshire (Part II), by | |||
| H. J. Wells | 109 | Charles H. Cooke | 122 | |
| The Gipsies in Hertfordshire, by R. Robert | 110 | Our Readers' Forum | 124 | |
| Eighteenth-century Tokens of Hertfordshire, by Arthur | Hertfordshire's Men of Letters, by R. Robert | 130 | ||
| W. Waters | 112 | Book Review | 130 | |
| Founder of Rothampsted, by John Lea | 114 | With the County Packs, by "Drifter" | 132 | |
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| Frontispiece: An old corner of Hitchin, Herts | 145 | Old Harpenden Days: Reminiscences of Mr. Edwin Grey, | ||
| Hitchin old and New, by P. Blair Ferguson | 146 | by John Lea | 158 | |
| The Hitchin Churchyard, by Gerard Ceunis | 148 | The Story of Coldicote Mill, by W. Branch Johnson | 160 | |
| The Samaritan Woman of Hoddesdon, by Harold Adshead | 150 | Another old Hertfordshire Hostelry, by J. W. P. Carnegie | 161 | |
| Hertfordshire Rural Music School, by Mary Ibberson | 151 | Elstree down the Centuries, by Kenneth Myers | 162 | |
| Canal Fishing in Hertfordshire, by W. E. Davies | 152 | Rise of the only English Pope, by R. P. Mander | 163 | |
| A lover of Hertfordshire, by Harold Armitage | 154 | Some Sporting Characters of the 1930's, by Douglas Neale | 164 | |
| An Eccentric Lord of the Manor, by W. Branch Johnson | 155 | Round and About Hertfordshire, by Lily Titman L.L.A. | 166 | |
| Portrait of an Ancient City, by A. Featherstone | 156 | Our Readers' Forum | 167 | |