Dury and Andrews’ Map of Hertfordshire
Andrew Macnair, Anne Rowe & Tom Williamson
Dury and Andrews’ Map of Hertfordshire
Andrew Macnair, Anne Rowe & Tom Williamson
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English
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Description
Describes the creation of a new, digital version of an important county map that throws important new light on Hertfordshire’s landscape and society in the middle decades of the eighteenth century when it was produced, and in more remote periods
The book is well laid out, excellently produced and contains 84 illustrations (many in colour). Overall it is an excellent companion to the Norfolk volume and is a model for other researchers who wish to describe and analyse some of the as yet undescribed eighteenth-century county maps.
The books is illustrated with full colour plates throughout and has clearly been written with a great dealof research and interest in its subject. The book also includes a DVD with supplementary images as TIFFs, which can be viewed in detail. It is a very interesting insight into map production at a certain period in history and will appeal to those interested in Hertfordshire and county histories, as well as historic mapping in general.
The authors are to be congratulated on a tour de force that draws out unexpected, detailed and nuanced aspects of the eighteenth century history of the county in ways that one would not expect from a single map.
Andrew Macnair is a Research Fellow in the School of History, University of East Anglia. He read Natural Sciences at Queens' College, Cambridge prior to becoming a General Practitioner in rural Norfolk. In retirement he has developed an interest in computer-aided analysis of 18th century East Anglian maps. Anne Rowe is a freelance landscape historian who has coordinated research for the Hertfordshire Gardens Trust since 1998 and lectures in landscape history. Publications include books about Hertfordshire’s Garden History, Medieval Parks of Hertfordshire, chapters for the Historical Atlas of Hertfordshire and Hertfordshire: A landscape history – co-authored with Tom Williamson. She is currently working on a book about Hertfordshire’s parks in the 16th and 17th centuries. Tom Williamson is Professor of Landscape History at the University of East Anglia. He has written widely on landscape archaeology, environmental history and the history of landscape design.
The book is well laid out, excellently produced and contains 84 illustrations (many in colour). Overall it is an excellent companion to the Norfolk volume and is a model for other researchers who wish to describe and analyse some of the as yet undescribed eighteenth-century county maps.
The books is illustrated with full colour plates throughout and has clearly been written with a great dealof research and interest in its subject. The book also includes a DVD with supplementary images as TIFFs, which can be viewed in detail. It is a very interesting insight into map production at a certain period in history and will appeal to those interested in Hertfordshire and county histories, as well as historic mapping in general.
The authors are to be congratulated on a tour de force that draws out unexpected, detailed and nuanced aspects of the eighteenth century history of the county in ways that one would not expect from a single map.
Andrew Macnair is a Research Fellow in the School of History, University of East Anglia. He read Natural Sciences at Queens' College, Cambridge prior to becoming a General Practitioner in rural Norfolk. In retirement he has developed an interest in computer-aided analysis of 18th century East Anglian maps. Anne Rowe is a freelance landscape historian who has coordinated research for the Hertfordshire Gardens Trust since 1998 and lectures in landscape history. Publications include books about Hertfordshire’s Garden History, Medieval Parks of Hertfordshire, chapters for the Historical Atlas of Hertfordshire and Hertfordshire: A landscape history – co-authored with Tom Williamson. She is currently working on a book about Hertfordshire’s parks in the 16th and 17th centuries. Tom Williamson is Professor of Landscape History at the University of East Anglia. He has written widely on landscape archaeology, environmental history and the history of landscape design.