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Proposed Almshouses
Proposed almshouses have been reported in local papers and the likelihood is that they were not pursued. Indeed most reached ...
Titan of the Thames:The life of Lord Desborough
Delighted to report that our book on Lord Desborough comes out on February 8th 2024. It is a product of ...
Radclyffe-Hall and the Well of Loneliness
Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall, was born August 12th 1880 in Bournemouth, Hampshire. Though born in Bournemouth, Radyffe Hall spent their final moments ...
Letchworth Garden City’s statue of Sappho
Since 1907, a bronze statue of Greek poet Sappho has resided in Letchworth Garden City. Sculpted by Thomas Nelson MacLean ...
Tring. Church Lane
There seems to be a solitary reference to several houses in the parish of Tring, occupied by poor persons placed ...
Ware. Crib Street
Laurence Armatrading, James Birch James Hitch and unknown donors are the relevant names for this article. David Perman notes that ...
Lists of people receiving the Poor's Money, Barley
Workhouse records can be an invaluable source for researching Disability history. An extract from Barley Parish records, dated January 1800 from ...
Poet Edward Thomas and Hertfordshire
Edward Thomas, poet and casualty of war, did not it is true to say, spend many months in Hertfordshire. But ...
Searching for old friends from Bovingdon
My name is Eileen Kavanagh (Nee Smith) I would love to hear from anyone who attended Corner Hall School (Hemel) or ...
Tring Charities
While Tring has a long history – there are records dating back to before the Norman Conquest – and provision ...
Henry Kingham, 1817-1882, Watford Grocer, Origins
Henry Kingham was a well-known grocer and prominent citizen in Watford, Hertfordshire during the 19th century. His business continued until ...
The Special Operations Executive (SOE) in Hertfordshire
Fans of the James Bond films will be familiar with the range of often seemingly improbable gadgets and gizmos that ...
Walnut Tree House / Halsey Hall
I am researching the history of Walnut Tree House, known locally as Halsey Hall, the Masonic Centre. I have the Masonic ...
Cheshunt's Palmer railway
Some unconventional ideas create amusement on the basis of ‘who could ever have thought that could work’. The Palmer railway ...
Annie Hindle: celebrated male impersonator
Annie Hindle (c.1844 – after 1904) Annie Hindle was an extraordinary woman. She was also an extraordinary man. For many years ...
Hertfordshire's Female Barman: Thomas / Mary Anne Walker
NB: in order to avoid confusion when changing between genders, the author is using ‘they/them’ pronouns to refer to Thomas/Mary ...
Hitchin. John and Ralph Skynner
The histories of the two separate foundations by brothers John and Ralph Skynner are so interlinked that they have been ...
St Albans. Marlborough Buildings
We’d all like history, motives and conservation to be neat and tidy matters, but they rarely are. The Marlborough almshouses ...
St Albans. Churchyard Cottages
Nestling at the eastern end of St Peter’s churchyard, at the end of Clifton Street, you can find Church Cottages, ...
St Albans. Bennett & Dudding or St Peter's Road
William Bennet & Horatio Dudding were the double act responsible for these 4 almshouses in St Peter’s Road. They would ...
Chipping Barnet. Eleanor Palmer
London’s need for expansion may have been the catalyst for building these almshouses 280 years after Eleanor Palmer died a ...
Memories of Cooper McDougall and Roberstson Ltd
I was born 1934, and qualified as a Veterinary Surgeon in 1961. This is unusually late for a vet, but ...
Watford. Bedford and Essex
The oldest continuously-inhabited building in Watford was on the point of demolition in 1931. A suggestion was made to the ...
10th October 1972 – A Day in My Life
A tale of leaving Uganda
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