ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I acknowledge permission to quote from the following books:

CURTIS, G. A Chronicle of Small Beer Phillimore

HINE, R. Confessions of an Uncommon Attorney J. M. Dent

JOHNSON, W. B. Memorandorn for The Carrington Diary Phillimore

WILSON, Sir A. Walks and Talks 0. U. P.

The Dictionary of National Biography 0. U. P.

Place Names of Hertfordshire E. P. N. S.

Transactions of the East Herts. Archaeological Society, Vol. 9, Pt. 1

The quotation at the beginning of Chapter 8 is used by permission of Mr. George

Sassoon.

Other acknowledgements are due to:

Mrs. Drake-Brockman and the Bedford Record Office for George Nodes' letter.

Mrs. N. K. Freebody for her article on Schooling in Shephall in Hertfordshire's Past

No. 8.

The British Library for quotations from Harley Charters 58 D1 5 and 46 G3, and the

photograph of Add. Charter 19590.

Dr. Williams's Trust for the use of papers relating to the Revd. John Jones.

The Hertfordshire County Archivist and the staff at County Record Office for

assistance in research, for permission to quote from their archives, and to repro

duce the Oldfield drawings.

The Curator and staff of Stevenage Museum.

The Hertfordshire Library Service; Mrs. S. Head, Local Studies Librarian, Hertford

and the Librarian and staff of Stevenage Central Library.

The Vicar and Churchwardens of St. Mary the Virgin, Shephall.

The Musee d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva for permission to reproduce the William

Hogarth picture.

Mr. Kenneth Heathcote for permission to use photographs taken by Mr. A. S.

Heathcote about 1900, and for making available the photographs of the earlier

Shephall Bury house and the estate book, which have much enhanced the text.

Other pictures are from Stevenage Museum or from family and friends.

I apologise for any omission in the acknowledgement of copyright, or in seeking

permission for the use of material.