It seems that George Byng, 2nd Earl Strafford, had some involvement in two almshouses. He purchased the site of the ...
There were shortages and, for many families, little reason to celebrate Christmas in 1917 but commerce encouraged celebration.
Re-drawing the county boundary
The Justinian Pagitt who instituted this almshouse does not seem to be as well known as his father, also named ...
These almshouse have been in use for over four centuries. They are built in the style that most people would ...
Snow 100 years ago also disrupted schooling. The log-book for Monken Hadley Infants School (HALS/HEd2/4/2) recorded: 24 Feb 1916: Snow so deep ...
The watercolour paintings shown here are just some of the numerous images in the County Views collection that is held at HALS ...