A few remains of Theobalds House (later Palace) can still be seen in Cedars Park, Cheshunt. William Cecil Lord Burghley, ...
We’re accustomed to think of graves purely as places of remembrance. In these days when cremation is the norm, there’s ...
To listen to the audio clip, click play on the bar below the image on the right. 4/7/18 My dear Mammy Am afraid ...
The last of the great landmark events of life, death has been regarded by almost every culture on earth as ...
In the mid-18th century, there was an extremely popular song doing the rounds. It was called The Maid of the ...
Gilbert Scott later designed or restored about 850 buildings, including the Midland Hotel at St Pancras station, the chapel of ...
‘I am not cynical but my own view is that these memorials when organised in moments of enthusiasm by living ...
Following in their father’s footsteps, Carr Wigg and Elizabeth Ann Oliver paid for three almshouses. This was in 1890 when ...
Frogmore House in this article is not the royal property at Windsor, nor the listed building in High Street Watford ...
During the Middle Ages, St Albans Abbey, like most of the country’s larger abbeys, grew very rich. The place was ...
The Westminster Bail Bonds (HALS/SH14) provide another source for family historians and also anyone who is interested in litigation in ...
While Nikolaus Pevsner (p158) and Kate Thompson (Historical Atlas of Hertfordshire p151) state these were almshouses, it seems more likely ...
