TRING  , a

market town in the Watford parliamentary division of Hertfordshire, England, 311 M . N.W. by W. from London by the London and North Western railway . Pop. of urban district (1901), 4349• 'It lies on the western slope of the Chiltern Hills, close to the entrance to a narrow valley which pierces them, and forms one of the highways through them to London, carrying the railway, the Grand Junction Canal, and a main road . The church of St Peter and St Paul shows fine Perpendicular work, especially in the ornate interior of the nave . Industries include straw-plaiting and the weaving of canvas and silk . The Rothschild Museum, erected in 1889, contains an extensive natural history collection . Living wild animals are also kept in a neighbouring paddock and cages . The road which passes through Tring and along the face of the hills represents the ancient Icknield Way, and there may have been a Romano-British village on the site of Tring .