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References
- ↑ Ordnance Survey First Series sheet 46 1834
- ↑ Ordnance Survey 6 inch sheets Hertfordshire VI, VII 1884
- ↑ Elcock, H, Local Government (1994).
- ↑ Statutory Instrument 1989 No. 133 The Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Lincolnshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989 (Coming into force 1 April 1989)
- ↑ Statutory Instrument 1992 No. 1696 The Greater London and Hertfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992 (Coming into force 1 April 1993)
- ↑ Statutory Instrument 1992 No. 2119 The Greater London and Hertfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992 (Coming into force 1 April 1993)
- ↑ Statutory Instrument 1993 No. 441 The Essex, Greater London and Hertfordshire (County and London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993 (Coming into force 1 April 1994)
