Hertfordshire
County of southeast England
Area:
1,630 sq km/629 sq mi
Towns and Cities:
Hertford (administrative headquarters), Bishop's Stortford, Hatfield,
Hemel Hempstead, Letchworth (the first garden city; followed by
Welwyn in 1919), Stevenage (the first new town , designated in
1946), St Albans, Watford, Hitchin
Physical:
Rivers Lea, Stort, Colne; part of the Chiltern Hills
Features:
Hatfield House; Knebworth House (home of Lord Lytton); Brocket Hall
(home of Palmerston and Melbourne); home of G B Shaw at Ayot St
Lawrence; Berkhamsted Castle (Norman); Rothamsted agricultural
experimental station
Industries:
Aircraft; computer electronics; electrical goods; engineering; paper
and printing; plastics; pharmaceuticals; plastics; tanning; sand
and gravel are worked in the south
Agriculture:
Barley for brewing industry; dairy farming; market gardening; horticulture
Population:
(1991) 975,800
Famous People:
Henry Bessemer, Cecil Rhodes, Graham Greene
History:
In 896 a battle took place in Hertfordshire between Alfred and the
Danes. During the Wars of the Roses the battles of St Albans and
Barnet were fought here. Elizabeth I was at Hatfield palace when
she heard of her accession.
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