Definition of Hertfordshire

1. Noun. A county in southern England.

Generic synonyms: County
Group relationships: England
Group relationships: Home Counties

Definition of Hertfordshire

1. Proper noun. An inland county of south-east England bordered by Cambridgeshire, Essex, Middlesex, Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hertfordshire

Herriot
Herrmann's syndrome
Herrnhuter
Herrnhuters
Hers' disease
Hers disease
Herschel
Herschelian
Herschelian telescope
Hershberg test
Hershey
Hershey bar
Hershey squirts
Hertford
Hertha
Herts
Hertwig's sheath
Hertzian
Hertzian wave
Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
Hervey Bay
Herxheimer's reaction
Herzberg
Herzegovina
Herzegovinan
Herzegovinian
Herzegowina
Heschl's gyri

Literary usage of Hertfordshire

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Book of British Topography: A Classified Catalogue of the Topographical by John Parker Anderson (1881)
"A Guide to Hertfordshire; with a history . . . of the various towns and villages. . . With a map of the County. By an old Inhabitant. Hertford. 1880. ..."

2. English Farming Past & Present by Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1917)
"The counties distinguished for the best farming : Hertfordshire, Essex, Suffolk, ... Without any special fertility of soil, Hertfordshire had for the last ..."

3. Guide to Printed Books and Manuscripts Relating to English and Foreign by George Gatfield (1892)
"Hertfordshire. A Visitation of Hertfordshire, privately printed by Sir ... Visitation of Hertfordshire, from a MS. formerly belonging to Dr. Michael Lort. ..."

4. A Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British ...by British Museum Dept. of Printed Books, George Knottesford Fortescue by British Museum Dept. of Printed Books, George Knottesford Fortescue (1891)
"Visitations of Hertfordshire. 1572-1634. pp. 181. Laed. 1886. 8«. 2118. d. ... ANDREWS (WF) Memorial brasses in Hertfordshire churches. pp.54. ..."

5. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1910)
"The historical antiquities of Hertfordshire, collected from public records and ... The visitations of Hertfordshire, made by Robert Cooke in 1572 and Sir ..."

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