Hertfordshire commuter villages: from Geography to Sociology.

The author discusses his studies of urban spatial movement in communities in Hertfordshire. He describes his study of the social changes in the villages of Hexton, Watton and Tewin in Hertfordshire which included investigations on the social changes involving farmers, middle class commuters and immigrants from abroad. The author explains the difficulties in understanding spatial movement without first understanding the differences between the villages which he studied. He examines the pattern of changes that impacted the villages and the various social classes and their differences.