Excerpt from Great Amwell, Past and Present: Compiled From Various Sources G he Parish Of Great Amwell is Situated in Q) the County of Hertford, and Hundred Of Hertford, and is bounded on the north by Ware, on the south by Hoddesdon, on the east by the River Lea, and on the west by Little Amwell or Hertford Heath. It must not, however, be supposed that these at all represent its ancient boundaries. At the be ginning of the present century, Broxbourne formed the southern boundary Of the Parish, and Hertford the western. From which it may appear that the spoiler has been abroad, and Amwell has been considered legitimate prey. The Local Government Act Of 1894 is the latest instance of this, whereby the southern portion of the Parish has been transferred to the New Urban District Of Hoddesdon, and the northern extremity has been formed into a new Parish under the name Of Ware Rural. But still, when all is said and done, there is a considerable portion of the ancient Parish Of Amwell left untouched, and our remarks will be for the most part confined to this portion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.