Of the various bogeymen believed to have plagued people over the centuries, Spring-heeled Jack exerted a particularly strong fascination during ...
The Devil is a common figure in folklore everywhere, and Hertfordshire is no exception. Besides featuring prominently in such tales ...
It seems there was some sort of almshouse provision near St Ippolytts church for over 300 years, from about 1612 till ...
‘Four lodging houses for the impotent poor’ which had lately stood next to the churchyard are mentioned in an indenture ...
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 ...
