Chorleywood the Local Government Act 1894 created districts as subdivisions of the newly created county councils, Chorleywood became part of the Watford Rural District, which encircled Watford. In 1913, the town was separated from Watford Rural District to become Chorleywood Urban District. In the early 1960s, researchers at the British Baking Industries Research Association in Chorleywood improved upon an earlier American bread-making process. This resulted in the Chorleywood Bread Process which is now used in over 80% of commercial bread production throughout the UK. In the 1973 BBC Television documentary, "Metro-land", Sir John Betjeman described Chorleywood as "essential Metro-land". In 1974,
The Making of the English Landscape original book, Hoskins wrote an 84-page illustrated BBC book, "English Landscapes", to accompany the programme. Later in the 1970s, Jones went on to produce a series of 12 TV programmes for BBC2, "Landscapes of England", in which additional areas of the country were studied, leading to a further title, "One Man's England" to accompany the series. The Making of the English Landscape The Making of the English Landscape is a 1955 book by the English local historian William George Hoskins. It is illustrated with 82 monochrome plates, mostly photographs by Hoskins himself, and 17 maps or plans. It has appeared