I know very little about Hertfordshire (and that's pronounced "Hart" not "Hurt"). I have driven through the county on numerous occasions when I have taken the M1 motorway north but I have never spent much time there. The county town is Hertford, but much better known is the old Roman city of Verulamiun, now known as St Albans. After Londinium (London), this was the second largest Roman town in England. St Albans also claims to be the oldest site of continuous Christian worship) in Britain.
Welwyn Garden City was founded in 1920 as part of the garden city movement and in 1948 was designated one of the ‘new towns' which were intended to take overspill population from London. Far earlier than the incomers from London were the Romans and Roman baths can still be visited.
The Chiltern Hills just creep into the county in the west and the village of Aldbury can just about claim to be in the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Our picture is of an old house in the village.
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