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  • St Albans. St Stephens
    St Albans. St Stephens
    The system for workhouses in St Albans was a success. One result of this was that in 1725 St Stephens ...
  • WW1 Royston and the mystery postcard
    WW1 Royston and the mystery postcard
    Every picture tells a story and the same is true of local postcards. In the heyday of this not-quite-instant messaging medium ...
  • Braughing village historic photographic collection
    Braughing village historic photographic collection
    The Braughing Society was set up in 1972. The following year, local vicar, The Rev’d D.R.Smith, sold to the society ...
  • Hold My Tongue Hitchin
    Hold My Tongue Hitchin
    An evening of poetry and art, we hosted three fantastic performers, including Sophie Gresswell (Hitchin’s Artist in Residence). A crowd ...
  • Old Cottages, Broxbourne
    Old Cottages, Broxbourne
    Memories of Broxbourne
  • Eggs Mornay
    Eggs Mornay
    "The first meal I ever served up for a girlfriend was Coq au Vin in the romantic surroundings of the school cookery room."
  • Stevenage. Hellard
    Stevenage. Hellard
    Until recently Hellard’s almshouse was the oldest continuously-occupied almshouse in Hertfordshire, fulfilling its purpose for half a millennium. That ended ...
  • Leavesden Hospital Cemetery Project
    Leavesden Hospital Cemetery Project
    Winners of the Best Community Archive & Heritage Group 2021
  • Cheshunt. Turners Hill or Beaumont
    Cheshunt. Turners Hill or Beaumont
    A number of benefactions were amalgamated under the title of The Beaumont Charity in October 1859, under a scheme approved ...
  • St Albans. Pemberton
    St Albans. Pemberton
    We all like a good anecdote whether it’s true or not. The story behind Roger Pemberton’s almshouse is that he ...
  • Cheshunt. King James Compensation
    Cheshunt. King James Compensation
    It’s hard to say no to a king. James I preferred Theobalds Palace to his own at Hatfield, so arranged ...
  • Cheshunt. George Robson
    Cheshunt. George Robson
    Cussans reports that George Robson, by a deed dated in 1616, gave 12 poles of land (303 sq m) ‘whereon ...
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