Poor relief was a major expenditure for local people and many ways were sought to reduce the costs over the ...
1773. The year of the famous Boston Tea Party was also the year in which Elizabeth Simpson founded some almshouses ...
As yet only one reference has surfaced about this almshouse. It can be found in a book by William Minet, ...
The Church and Poor Lands were comprised in an indenture dated 20 July 1652. The English Civil War had ended. ...
Tales of feral children brought up in the wild have long been popular. While the best known are fictional (from ...
An exhibition at Tate Britain celebrates Van Gogh’s time in Britain. He worked in Covent Garden and lived in Brixton and ...
Squatlife explored the hidden heritage of homelessness in St Albans, with a photographic exhibition of Dave Kotula’s gritty images of ...
Herts Young Homeless is a unique charity in Hertfordshire providing services to support vulnerable people. Their free services empower young ...
“About your proposal for a second Garden City. The more I think of this, the more convinced I am that ...
It’s now the custom everywhere to eat hot cross buns on Good Friday, but there’s good evidence to suggest the ...
On the night of Christmas Eve 1932, a group of people met at a bridge over Pymms Brook in East ...
Squatlife, an arts and heritage project curated by St Albans Arts Team, explored the issues surrounding homelessness from the 12th ...
