These are not almshouses but model designs for dwellings for working people. As at least three people had mentioned them ...
The earliest reference to Black Nest was 1657. The name changed to Beesnest from about 1839. In 1885 it was ...
Fortunately, Alma Gertrude Vansittart Strettell is an unusual name. Alma (1853 – 1939) was an internationally-known translator who married the ...
Few almshouses could boast of a Royal visit, but Princess Alexandra paid a visit to these almshouses in 1888 when ...
The Historic England list refers to this building as the pound keeper’s cottage, at one time a ‘charity cottage’ for ...
There is a report that Sir George Knighton had leanings towards ‘the old faith’ of Roman Catholicism, which could be ...
This is one of the oldest Town Houses in the country, built around 1530 (probably 1526). Henry VIII was still ...
‘Crased in body but in perfect memory’ was how Richard Platt described himself when he wrote his will. A brewer ...
Along with birth and death, marriage is one of the three great milestones of a life in most traditional societies. ...
Hertfordshire has a number of icons, from historical events to modern celebrities. One of the most unique and enduring, though, ...
You can’t always believe what’s written in stone. The dedication stone states these almshouses were erected by the great-grand-daughters of ...
The original almshouses were built in about 1686 at Kitts End, on a site now occupied by Lower Kitts End ...
