Old Map of Hertfordshire in 1844 by Samuel Lewis - St Albans, Watford, Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage, Hitchin Size:A2 (42x60cm) - UNFRAMED and a thoughtful Christmas gift

and a thoughtful Christmas gift for family who have moved away from the region

making it an invaluable historical artifact

In addition to its historical and artistic value

This print is a perfect addition for collectors of maritime history

and works just as well as a Father's Day present for a dad who remembers the old tram routes

Old Map of Hertfordshire in 1844 by Samuel Lewis - St Albans, Watford, Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage, Hitchin Size:A2 (42x60cm) - UNFRAMED and a thoughtful Christmas giftBy 1844, Samuel Lewis's A Topographical Dictionary of England had run through several editions, and the county map bound into each volume gave readers a visual companion to his parish by parish entries on population, churches, and local trade. Hertfordshire's map plots a county already reshaped by its nearness to London, its market towns strung along old coaching roads and its farmland increasingly given over to feeding the capital. St Albans anchors