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Harpenden

For further information visit Harpenden History, the website of Harpenden Local History Society.

  • A great feat of engineering
    A great feat of engineering
    The Skew Bridge
  • Ace of Herts
    Ace of Herts
    Harpenden corps of drums
  • An introduction to Harpenden
    An introduction to Harpenden
    2,000 years of history
  • Annables donkey wheel
    Annables donkey wheel
    Dink the donkey replaced by a mechanical pump
  • Armistice Day - Harpenden 1918
    Armistice Day - Harpenden 1918
    Two people met on the morning of 11 November 1918 in Harpenden. Both left a record of this encounter.
  • ARP Warden post C4a (Harpenden?)
    ARP Warden post C4a (Harpenden?)
    Log book from 7 June 1940 - 11 June 1945
  • Christmas shopping 100 years ago
    Christmas shopping 100 years ago
    There were shortages and, for many families, little reason to celebrate Christmas in 1917 but commerce encouraged celebration.
  • Church Green c.1895
    Church Green c.1895
    A panoramic view
  • Claud & Jean Bradshaw
    Claud & Jean Bradshaw
    c.1948
  • Coronation Day May 12th 1937
    Coronation Day May 12th 1937
    Pictures of Harpenden and Selfridges
  • Dame Ellen Terry, Actor
    Dame Ellen Terry, Actor
    Dame Ellen Terry, was considered the leading Shakespearean actress in Britain.
  • Do you remember the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II 60 years ago?
    Do you remember the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II 60 years ago?
    Towns and villages in Hertfordshire celebrated the Coronation with a format which had been used for many previous Royal occasions ...
  • Food shortages 100 years ago
    Food shortages 100 years ago
    2018 has not been kind to farmers, gardeners and allotment holders but similar problems were faced 100 years ago.
  • George & Hilda Hooper
    George & Hilda Hooper
    c.1982
  • George Coburn and Sons
    George Coburn and Sons
    Builder, Cowper Road
  • Going a-Thomasing in Hertfordshire
    Going a-Thomasing in Hertfordshire
    Like most parts of the country, Hertfordshire had a number of “Mumping” days, when people could go around to homes ...
  • Harpenden Corps of Drums
    Harpenden Corps of Drums
    Ace of Herts.
  • Harpenden Memory
    Harpenden Memory
    When my Great Grandmother died in her 30s, my Great Grandfather could not care for the younger children. My Great ...
  • Harpenden: the growth of a village (1)
    Harpenden: the growth of a village (1)
    The coming of the railway
  • Harpenden: the growth of a village (2)
    Harpenden: the growth of a village (2)
    A changing community
  • Harpenden: the growth of a village (3)
    Harpenden: the growth of a village (3)
    The late 20th century
  • Harpenden. Maple Flats
    Harpenden. Maple Flats
    Furniture, horses and philanthropy could summarise Sir John Blundell Maple’s life. He took over the family business, supplying good quality ...
  • Harpenden. Southdown Road
    Harpenden. Southdown Road
    While Nikolaus Pevsner (p158) and Kate Thompson (Historical Atlas of Hertfordshire p151) state these were almshouses, it seems more likely ...
  • Hilary Ratcliffe OBE, Gender Equality Campaigner
    Hilary Ratcliffe OBE, Gender Equality Campaigner
    Hilary Ratcliffe OBE, Soroptimist.
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