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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.

  • Victoria Farmer, Aviator
    Victoria Farmer, Aviator
    Victoria Farmer, Aviator, Flying School Director, Examiner & Instructor Based In Borehamwood.
  • Violet Olivia Cressy-Marcks  1895-1970
    Violet Olivia Cressy-Marcks 1895-1970
    World Travelled: Violet Olivia Cressy-Marcks.
  • Wartime Nursing Memories
    Wartime Nursing Memories
    As told to me by Gwen Mottram
  • Yvonne Maslinksa, War Intelligence Worker
    Yvonne Maslinksa, War Intelligence Worker
    Meet Yvonne Maslinksa who worked for MI6 during WW2
  • 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 (30)

    Hertfordshire's commercial history
  • Doctors and Nurses

    Doctors and Nurses (4)

    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)

    From his Memoirs, 1960
  • Famous / Infamous

    Famous / Infamous (21)

    Celebrities of Hertfordshire
  • George Paul: A Life in Hertford

    George Paul: A Life in Hertford (8)

    From the 1930s to the 1960s
  • Gypsies, Travellers and Showmen

    Gypsies, Travellers and Showmen (9)

    Hertfordshire's travelling people
  • Hertfordshire Centenarians

    Hertfordshire Centenarians (8)

    Hitting a hundred in Hertfordshire
  • John Gravestock

    John Gravestock (3)

    Hertfordshire to Gallipoli
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer

    Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (41)

    Hertfordshire's LGBTQ+ community
  • Local Folk

    Local Folk (32)

    The people of Hertfordshire
  • My Story

    My Story (97)

    Be part of Hertfordshire's story
  • Nobility

    Nobility (47)

    Hertfordshire's aristocracy
  • Novelists, playwrights and poets

    Novelists, playwrights and poets (10)

    Literary figures of Hertfordshire
  • Politicians

    Politicians (11)

    Political life in Hertfordshire
  • Radcliffe Family and Hitchin Priory

    Radcliffe Family and Hitchin Priory (6)

    A Hertfordshire dynasty
  • Royalty

    Royalty (18)

    Hertfordshire's connections with the royal family
  • Scientists and Inventors

    Scientists and Inventors (21)

    Hertfordshire's contributions to science
  • Servants

    Servants (15)

    Below stairs in Hertfordshire
  • Sportspeople

    Sportspeople (12)

    Hertfordshire's contributions to sport
  • Ted Humphreys BEM

    Ted Humphreys BEM (2)

    A Hertfordshire life
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