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People


A county is the people who live in it, and their memories build its identity. These are some of the people who've lived in Hertfordshire through the ages - rich and poor, internationally famous or unknown outside family and community.

  • A Day in the Life of a Hertfordshire Mercury Reporter c.1959
    A Day in the Life of a Hertfordshire Mercury Reporter c.1959
    A fascinating view of life 60 years ago – A Day in the Life of a Hertfordshire Mercury Reporter
  • A father and son massacred in the New Hebrides
    A father and son massacred in the New Hebrides
    The son eaten by cannibals
  • A Hard Life But a Happy One
    A Hard Life But a Happy One
    The Memoirs of Margaret Hurst, a Hertfordshire Land Girl
  • A heroine who loved life (and more)
    A heroine who loved life (and more)
    Heroism is most often associated with individuals braving physical or mental challenges, often for the good of others or for ...
  • A SHOOTING IN WATTON - AT - STONE
    A SHOOTING IN WATTON - AT - STONE
    'Rough Justice' handed out in 1833
  • A Short Personal Profile
    A Short Personal Profile
    I was born in 1944 at Benslow Nursing Home Hitchin, now long gone. My father worked for Shelvoke & Drewry ...
  • Annie Swan, Suffragette
    Annie Swan, Suffragette
    Annie Swan, Journalist & Suffragist.
  • Audrey Collins OBE, Cricketer
    Audrey Collins OBE, Cricketer
    Audrey Collins OBE, The Pioneer of Women’s Cricket and a Trail Blazer for women.
  • Audrey Peattie, 1950's NHS Pathology Technician
    Audrey Peattie, 1950's NHS Pathology Technician
    Audrey Peattie, helped pioneer pregnancy tests.
  • Æthelflæd, Warrior Queen of the Mercians, 10th Century
    Æthelflæd, Warrior Queen of the Mercians, 10th Century
    10th Century Warrior Queen: Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians.
  • Barbara Follett, Member of Parliament
    Barbara Follett, Member of Parliament
    Read about: Barbara Follett MP, Government party transformer & Founder of networks & groups supporting women into government.
  • Boudicca and her daughters, 30- 61 AD; the Terrorist – or freedom fighter?
    Boudicca and her daughters, 30- 61 AD; the Terrorist – or freedom fighter?
    Come and read about the brave warrior Queen of the Iceni, Wife & Mother: Boudicca.
  • Charles John Brewster Ray
    Charles John Brewster Ray
    Born Rye House c.1883
  • Children of Hertfordshire
    Children of Hertfordshire
    The youth of Hertfordshire have always brought enthusiasm and life to the county. While their customs, traditions and clothing have ...
  • Christina of Markyate, Religious Visionary.
    Christina of Markyate, Religious Visionary.
    Christina of Markyate Priory & Prioress of St. Albans
  • Cissi Pratt - Memories of St Ippolyts and Gosmore
    Cissi Pratt - Memories of St Ippolyts and Gosmore
    Cissi Pratt was born in 1899 and spent her childhood before the First World War in St Ippolyts (apparently then ...
  • Coleman connections
    Coleman connections
    I am looking for connections to Thomas Coleman b 1800 Redbourn to Lawrence & Susannah Coleman. & Rebecca his wife b 1806 Hertford daughter of ...
  • Cuffley Take Care
    Cuffley Take Care
    How did “Take Care” begin and grow into The Leonard Cheshire Foundation in Cuffley?
  • Dame Elizabeth Fuller, Education Pioneer.
    Dame Elizabeth Fuller, Education Pioneer.
    Watford's Elizabeth Fuller (1644–1709) founder of a Free School.
  • Dame Ellen Terry, Actor
    Dame Ellen Terry, Actor
    Dame Ellen Terry, was considered the leading Shakespearean actress in Britain.
  • Dame Juliana Berners, Writer
    Dame Juliana Berners, Writer
    Juliana Berners: English writer on heraldry, hawking and hunting.
  • Dame Margaret Tuke, Academic/Educator
    Dame Margaret Tuke, Academic/Educator
    Hitchin Born Margaret Tuke.
  • Decorated Will
    Decorated Will
    Hertfordshire is landlocked
  • Delarivier Manley, Journalist
    Delarivier Manley, Journalist
    Delarivier Manley: 17th Century Author, Play-write and "a journalist in the making".
  • African & Caribbean people in Herts before 1830

    African & Caribbean people in Herts before 1830 (8)

    Hidden Histories
  • Armed Forces

    Armed Forces (29)

    Hertfordshire's military experience
  • Artists and Illustrators

    Artists and Illustrators (16)

    Hertfordshire's artistic legacy
  • Businesses

    Businesses (28)

    Hertfordshire's commercial history
  • Doctors and Nurses

    Doctors and Nurses (3)

    Hertfordshire's health workers
  • Ebenezer Howard

    Ebenezer Howard (4)

    Founder of the Garden City Movement
  • Edward Lawrence - A Hertfordshire Man Remembers

    Edward Lawrence - A Hertfordshire Man Remembers (5)

  • Famous / Infamous

    Famous / Infamous (20)

  • George Paul: A Life in Hertford

    George Paul: A Life in Hertford (8)

  • Gypsies, Travellers and Showmen

    Gypsies, Travellers and Showmen (8)

  • Hertfordshire Centenarians

    Hertfordshire Centenarians (8)

  • John Gravestock

    John Gravestock (3)

  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer

    Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (32)

  • Local Folk

    Local Folk (27)

  • My Story

    My Story (97)

    Be part of Hertfordshire's story
  • Nobility

    Nobility (44)

  • Novelists, playwrights and poets

    Novelists, playwrights and poets (10)

  • Politicians

    Politicians (11)

  • Radcliffe Family and Hitchin Priory

    Radcliffe Family and Hitchin Priory (6)

  • Royalty

    Royalty (17)

  • Scientists and Inventors

    Scientists and Inventors (20)

  • Servants

    Servants (15)

  • Sportspeople

    Sportspeople (12)

  • Ted Humphreys BEM

    Ted Humphreys BEM (2)

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