On the opposite (S.) side of the chancel is the Brockett Chapel, containing monuments to the Reades and Brocketts of Brocket Hall (see below).  Among them note (1) two recumbent female figures, above them the arms of the Brockett family and beneath an inscription to Dame Elizabeth Brockett (d. 1612) and an epitaph to Dame Agnes Saunders (d. 1588); (2) medallion of a female by Rysbrack (1760); (3) bust of Sir James Reade, Bart. (d. 1701), and of Sir John Reade, Bart. (d. 1711); (4) helmet of Sir John Brockett on wall.  There are piscinae in the chancel and N. transept, both discovered during restoration.  The reredos, alabaster and mosaic, has a fine crucifixion group, with SS.  Alban and Etheldreda on either side, carved by Earp, who also carved the pulpit of Caen stone.  Note the beautiful clustered shafts of marble on the font of Tisbury stone, the gift of the late Marchioness of Salisbury.

Three miles N.N.W. is Brocket Hall.  The Great North Road skirts the park on the E. and the river Lea flows past the house from N.W. to S.E.  The present edifice was designed by Paine for Sir Matthew Lamb, Bart., whose son, Sir Peniston Lamb, Bart., became Viscount Melbourne in 1780.  By this nobleman the Prince Regent was sometimes entertained here, and here, as stated in the Introduction, Lord Palmerston died in 1865.  The drawing-room and grand staircase have always been admired, but, as a whole, the house is large and stately rather than beautiful.  Elizabeth is said to have visited here before she became Queen, and in the park, as at Hatfield, an oak is shown as the one under which she loved to sit.  From the Hall the most charming walks may be taken in any direction; e.g., through the park S.E. to Lemsford Mill, or S.W. to Cromer Hyde, N.W. to Water End, or N.E. to Ayot Green.  More charming still is the ramble—­permission should be requested—­beside the winding Lea towards Old Marford and Wheathampstead.

Hatfield Hyde (13/4 mile N.E. from Hatfield) is a hamlet in a pretty district, with the river Lea and Hatfield Park a little S.

Haultwick lies 3 miles W. from the Old North Road; it is a hamlet 1 mile N. from Little Munden.  The nearest station is Braughing, G.E.R. (about 31/2 miles E.), passing the S. side of Hamel’s Park.

Heavensgate (2 miles W. from Redbourn Station, M.R.) consists of a few cottages in the centre of a district of small hamlets.  The walk (2 miles N.) to Flamstead through Trowley Bottom is pleasant.

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HEMEL HEMPSTEAD.—­Visitors from London should book to Boxmoor (L.&N.W.R.) and walk N.E. over the little common or take the motor-bus through Marlowes to the town (11/2 mile).  From St. Albans it is a pleasant walk by way of Gorhambury and the village of Leverstock Green; from Redbourn it is but a few minutes’ journey (M.R.).  The town, until recently an old “Bailiwick,” is on a hill, with central market place, town hall and corn exchange.