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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. 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.
  • Hobbs & Catlin

    Hobbs & Catlin

    Manland School, Harpenden
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