‘Robert Hodgkinson, late of this parish, by his last will and testament bearing date 2 August 1593 bequeathed £20 to ...
In 1830 nationwide protests erupted as agricultural labourers struck for a living wage. The countryside was in flames. Ashwell was in ...
Just 11 years into the reign of ‘Good Queen Bess’, with its religious and political tensions, Richard Raynshaw wrote his ...
The Retreat is next to the M25 and the main railway line, just 25 minutes from the centre of London, ...
If your favourite walks in Hertfordshire take you alongside a river, the chances are that will be a chalk stream. ...
The various livery companies have a long tradition of supporting charities, and the Leathersellers Company is no exception. The 15th ...
William Brown, of Lyle’s Row, Hitchin, died in early 1929 at the age of 88, leaving his widow Mary as ...
The ancestry of the “Gorham” surname in England began with a Goeffrey De Gorham, from France c 1130, to join ...
How did Hertfordshire respond to the expulsion of Asians from Uganda in 1972?
In August 1972, Uganda ordered the explusion of its Asian population, many of whom were British passport holders.
In the early 17th century Beech Farm was held by John Clark. In 1605, just 2 years after James I ...
It’s a three storey red brick block of flats in a residential area, so you’d be forgiven for not taking ...
