• Skip to content
  • Websites in the network
  • Herts Memories
  • Herts Past Policing
  • Our Dacorum
  • Our Hatfield
  • Our Hertford and Ware
  • Our Oxhey
  • Our Stevenage
  • Our Welwyn Garden City
  • Out of Sight, Out of Mind
  • Herts Memories
  • Herts Past Policing
  • Our Dacorum
  • Our Hatfield
  • Our Hertford and Ware
  • Our Oxhey
  • Our Stevenage
  • Our Welwyn Garden City
  • Out of Sight, Out of Mind
 
  • Log in
  • Contact us
Herts Memories
Herts Memories
Gateway to Hertfordshire's community archive network
  • Home
  • About us
  • Herts history
  • Advice and Resources
  • Noticeboard
  • Blog
  • Get involved
  • Follow us on Twitter
You are here: Home>Herts history>People

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.

  • Jane Wenham, The Accused Witch!
    Jane Wenham, The Accused Witch!
    Jane Wenham: Wise Woman, Healer or Witch?
  • Judy Fryd CBE, Harpenden, campaigner & founder of Mencap.
    Judy Fryd CBE, Harpenden, campaigner & founder of Mencap.
    Judy Fryd CBE, Harpenden, campaigner and founder of Mencap.
  • Katherine Ferrers: The Wicked Lady - or was she?
    Katherine Ferrers: The Wicked Lady - or was she?
    Katherine Ferrers, ‘The Wicked Lady'...?
  • Katherine Warington and Winifred Brenchley - Scientist
    Katherine Warington and Winifred Brenchley - Scientist
    Meet The Hapenden Scientists.
  • Kitty Hart-Moxon, Survivor
    Kitty Hart-Moxon, Survivor
    Kitty Hart-Moxon, Survivor.
  • Lady Constance Lytton
    Lady Constance Lytton
    Lady Constance Lytton By Bethan Hughes
  • Lady Constance Lytton, Suffragette
    Lady Constance Lytton, Suffragette
    Suffragette & Campaigner: Lady Constance Lytton of Knebworth House.
  • Lady Fanshawe - a Brave and Persistent Wife
    Lady Fanshawe - a Brave and Persistent Wife
    Lady Anne Fanshawe (1625 – 1680) It might be considered slightly old-fashioned to heap praise on the memory of woman who ...
  • Lavinia and William de Lautour
    Lavinia and William de Lautour
    I read with interest the article relating to the slaughter and cannibalism of William (Willie) Hope de Lautour, together with ...
  • Lisa Buckingham OBE
    Lisa Buckingham OBE
    Read About: Lisa Buckingham, OBE Journalist & Former City Editor of the Mail on Sunday.
  • Liz Hobbs MBE, Watersking Champion, Businesswoman
    Liz Hobbs MBE, Watersking Champion, Businesswoman
    Liz Hobbs MBE, Water-Skiing Speed World Record Holder & Successful Businesswoman.
  • Looking for Katy Phillips
    Looking for Katy Phillips
    Hello, My name is Raquel Rosa and I’m writing to you from Lisbon, Portugal. I’m trying to find some news from a ...
  • Looking for relatives of F/Lt Richard PICTON
    Looking for relatives of F/Lt Richard PICTON
    Pilot of Lancaster LL836 BQ E of 550 Squadron and buried in France ACHIET LE PETIT
  • Lorna Paulin, Hertfordshire County Librarian.
    Lorna Paulin, Hertfordshire County Librarian.
    Lorna Paulin: Hertfordshire County Librarian and first woman President of the Library Association.
  • Louisa Puller, Suffragette
    Louisa Puller, Suffragette
    Louisa Puller, Suffragette & WW1 Campaigner For Women's Right To Work.
  • Lucy Shepherd, Explorer
    Lucy Shepherd, Explorer
    Meet: Lucy Shepherd, Hertfordshire World Explorer & Adventurer.
  • Margaret & Annie Johnson - The First Hertfordshire Women Police Officers.
    Margaret & Annie Johnson - The First Hertfordshire Women Police Officers.
    Hertfordshire First Women Police Officers.
  • Margaret Murray, Egyptologist
    Margaret Murray, Egyptologist
    Margaret Murray, The Pioneer Egyptologist.
  • Margaret Tyrwhitt Drake's Reference Book
    Margaret Tyrwhitt Drake's Reference Book
    Her diary from 1883 to 1923
  • Martine Wright, Paralympian & Campaigner
    Martine Wright, Paralympian & Campaigner
    Meet: Martine Wright, Tring Resident, Award Winning & Honoured Campaigner & World Paralympian.
  • Mary Stout, Campaigner!
    Mary Stout, Campaigner!
    Mary Stout: Campaigner and Outsider who took on the Legal Establishment of her day.
  • Mayor Lynne Sparks Speaks!
    Mayor Lynne Sparks Speaks!
    "It’s such a fantastic honour to be part of the Herts Hidden Heroines project." Read More Here!
  • Micci Gorrod, Founder & Artistic Director of The Conscious Creative.
    Micci Gorrod, Founder & Artistic Director of The Conscious Creative.
    Micci Gorrod, Artistic Director, nominated as a modern-day Herts Heroine.
  • Mum's Story
    Mum's Story
    Growing up in pre-war Hertford
  • 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)

PAGE:< Previous1234Next >
Herts history
  • A Brief History of Hitchin’s Train Station
  • Diaries and Letters
  • Leisure
  • People
  • Places
  • Topics
  • Towns and Villages
  • Work
  • Terms and conditions
  • Privacy and cookies
  • Accessibility
  • Copyright
Designed and built by Community Sites

Copyright Hertfordshire County Council. All rights reserved.

Heritage Lottery Fund (opens in new window) Hertfordshire County Council (opens in new window)