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Committee of the Bishop’s Stortfo
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I have not much knowledge of farmin
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dislocation between those who saw f
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As Table 3.3 shows, whilst the wide
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experience of bankruptcy varied acr
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those cases where the death of the
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In 1886 Benjamin Godfrey, concerned
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Table 3.8 Farmers occupying 1,000 a
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millers and farmers. 101 He was unu
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county from these different extreme
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Table 3.10 Combined Presence of Sco
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eported that the average rent on an
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However, both Spencer and Rider Hag
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Bruisers should remember they must
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were absent at the time of the inci
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achieved amongst Hertfordshire farm
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In 1902, Rider Haggard concluded th
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a general hostility should be avoid
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found that their claim to special s
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agricultural labourers, but that it
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culture which they represented and
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injustice on the poor farmers: they
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as, ‘winter or summer he was neve
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hour,’ 247 but whilst the agricul
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landowners could provide cottages o
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them fell victim to bankruptcy cour
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the hospital and the museum, as wel
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household word by generous deeds sc
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These ‘humble folk’ had a uniqu
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estates in Hertfordshire reflected
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ut does not exhaust realities’ 38
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villagers who had difficulties in a
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getting such projects off the groun
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invited Fillingham to visit his own
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Spencer and a local orchid nurserym
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As Table 4.2 shows, it was those su
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parish church. 104 Shepherd Cross d
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In recognition of his many kindly a
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celebrations in the village. 128 Sh
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one who came to Hertfordshire from
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mean,’ and was less likely to sel
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enthusiasm for a ‘Tudorbethan’
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No mention was made of the difficul
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for the cheap colony would spring u
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space available for more than just
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Table 4.3 Golf Clubs Established by
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nursemaids and perambulators, the h
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from the gates of the park to the h
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Chapter 5. The Political Climate of
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public imagination. As the Agricult
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served as Conservative members for
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The Four Divisions Table 5.2. Regis
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prominent in the northern parishes,
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attle grounds of the election in th
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try and get good measures out of th
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Panshanger, whose 10,000 acre estat
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ecognising ‘how vitally important
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Elector, and the Hertfordshire Merc
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Faudel-Phillips was an excellent sp
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situation of this metropolitan coun
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disposition would suffice. 109 In f
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However, Bingham-Cox, who maintaine
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The final poll saw Bingham-Cox come
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Whilst living within the division w
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understood the political world arou
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offering a model for the county whi
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Hitchin, Fordham spoke of how ‘th
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Conservative meeting that he had fo
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solutions. That the Conservatives w
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wanting to tidy his sitting-room wh
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Those ‘scented-handkerchiefs’ p
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toast was made to agriculture, ‘a
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the Liberals who offered some small
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Hunter, Junior, of Holwell Farm, Es
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In a real sense, debates about agra
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Chapter 6. Conclusion This thesis h
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elsewhere in the country. 3 In her
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still, with a few additions, be tak
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When the new wealthy re-modelled th
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The View from the Villa Whilst the
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farmers to offer reliable work at r
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workers. 24 Guides to the county co
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Appendix 4B. Individual Public Spen
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Status Village Halls Total 1870s 18
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Appendix 4A Individual public spend
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Name Occupation Place Date Amenity
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Name Occupation Place Date Amenity
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Name Occupation Place Date Amenity
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Name Occupation Place Date Amenity
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Appendix 3M Devon farmers resident
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Appendix 3L Cornish farmers residen
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Name Farm Parish Registration Distr
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Name Farm Parish Registration Distr
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Name Farm Parish Registration Distr
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Appendix 3I Millers, corn merchants
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Appendix 3H Farmers recorded as ban
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Name Farm Situation Dual Occupation
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Name Farm Situation Dual Occupation
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Source: BPP LXIX.271 [C.460] (1871)
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292 Source: BPP LXIX.271 [C.460] (1
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Appendix 3D Grain and Flour Importe
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Returns of Great Britain, Tables On
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Appendix 3A Quantities returned and
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Appendix 2H High Sheriffs of Hertfo
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Year of office Appendix 2G Patterns
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Registration District Civil Parish
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Registration District Civil Parish
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Appendix 2E Businessmen buying esta
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Owner Residence County Hertfordshir
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Owner Residence County Hertfordshir
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Rural District Parish Acreage Popul
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Rural District Parish Acreage Popul
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Registration District Civil Parish
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Registration District Civil Parish
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Appendix 2A Population of Hertfords
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Registration District Civil Parish
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PRIMARY SOURCES Archival Sources Ha
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BPP L.19 [401] (1882) Return of Chu
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Newspapers and Journals Baily’s F
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Forster, E.M., Howard’s End (Harm
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Blythe, R., Akenfield. Portrait of
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Fisher, R., ‘The Road Through Kin
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Hughes, M. V., A London Home in the
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Payne, C., Toil and Plenty. Images
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Spring, E. ‘Businessmen and Lando
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Unpublished PhD Theses Carpenter, A