Stanmore
village lay at the boundary of Middlesex and Hertfordshire. Most of
the surrounding parish was given over to meadow and pasture lands. The
village was of some considerable extent, chiefly consisting of houses
placed on the borers of the road to St Albans. The most desirable residences
in the village were built upon Stanmore Hill, a gentle elevation at
the northern part of the village. Stanmore House, depicted above, was
the residence of the Countess of Aylesford, and lay a short distance
to the west of the village.
