“The place named for the meeting was Colney Heath, which, being a wild and desolate spot at a distance from ...
Dame Ellen Terry, was considered the leading Shakespearean actress in Britain.
Edward John Edwards was a rector of Essendon in the late 19th century who had to flee the county after being accused of gross indecency.
A Victorian Gentlewoman with a Passion for Entomology.
Emily Davies, Founder of Britain’s First Women’s College.
The Mill on the Floss and Middlemarch Author spent a Summer in Rickmansworth.
This splendid array of trophies prompted an investigation into the story behind horse racing in the area around Colney Heath. ...
James Allen was a "Female Husband" who lived in Hertfordshire for a time with his wife Mary.
Margaret Murray, The Pioneer Egyptologist.
The unconventional Viceroy - Robert Lytton's time in India and his legacy
My Hertfordshire Hidden Heroine: Dare Devil & Pioneer Edwardian Lady Parachutist, Miss Dolly Shepherd.
How much have lives changed in the century that divides us and the contemporaries of Jane Austen? In a small ...
Same-sex relationships have been legislated since the Tudor period.
World Travelled: Violet Olivia Cressy-Marcks.