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Street by Street

The thoroughfares, lanes and alleyways of Hertford

  • Arriving in Hertford
    Arriving in Hertford
    County Hall By Gavin Henderson The first time I visited Hertford was in August 2005 when I was interviewed for my job ...
  • Bayley Hall Sale Document 1898
    Bayley Hall Sale Document 1898
    Bayley Hall suffered when in the 1960s Gascoyne Way was built.  The grounds have disappeared under the tarmac and the ...
  • Clibbon's Post
    Clibbon's Post
    During the late eighteenth century, local traders at Hertford’s markets,had more reason than usual to fear the footpads, who regularly ...
  • County Hall
    County Hall
    Modern architecture for the county
  • County Hall - A photo gallery
    County Hall - A photo gallery
    In the spring of 2010 I was volunteering at Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies. I took these pictures during the ...
  • Cowbridge in 1851
    Cowbridge in 1851
    The 1901 census for Cowbridge exposed the fact that many of the residents were not born in Hertford – or ...
  • Daring escape from Hertford Gaol
    Daring escape from Hertford Gaol
    This article appeared in ‘The Monthly Chronologer’ in July 1741 and describes in great detail, the last desperate actions of four condemned ...
  • Dimsdale Arms
    Dimsdale Arms
    The name refers to a local prominant family. These pictures show the details of some of the varied architecture to ...
  • Elephants in Fore Street
    Elephants in Fore Street
    This is something we don’t really see any more. It must have been very exciting when the circus was in ...
  • End of an Era
    End of an Era
    Tuesday the 12th September 2017 at 4pm, Waitrose in Hertford’s Bircherley Green shopping centre closed its doors for the last time. Waitrose ...
  • Fire at 6 Maidenhead Street 1917
    Fire at 6 Maidenhead Street 1917
    In his diary Captain Henry North Grant Bushby1 gives a first hand account of a fire in Number 6, Maidenhead ...
  • FIRE AT HERTFORD CLUB IN THE MID 1970S
    FIRE AT HERTFORD CLUB IN THE MID 1970S
    Fire fighters were called to put out a blaze at the Hertford Club in Bull Plain after a fire in ...
  • Fire at the Hertford Club in the mid 1970s
    Fire at the Hertford Club in the mid 1970s
    15th century fireplace discovered
  • Fore Street as it was in the past and how it is today
    Fore Street as it was in the past and how it is today
    'Then and now' photos of Hertford's main street
  • Great Sawmill Fire 1907
    Great Sawmill Fire 1907
    Ewen and Tomlinson's goes up in smoke
  • Hertford County Gaol Before 1702
    Hertford County Gaol Before 1702
    On 25th March, 1702 an indenture was made between William Clake, the owner, and Sir Thomas Bygrave, Bart., Charles Caesar, ...
  • Hertford County Maps - Some beautiful illustrations
    Hertford County Maps - Some beautiful illustrations
    The illustrations show just one of the County Maps held at Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies. The map itself is dated ...
  • Hertford in 1973 - The Bus Station, Fore Street & Railway Street
    Hertford in 1973 - The Bus Station, Fore Street & Railway Street
    Then & Now I am a relative newcomer to Hertford …1971; not born & breed in these parts. I am an ...
  • Hertford Library in Dolphin Yard
    Hertford Library in Dolphin Yard
    The Official Opening
  • Hertford Through Time
    Hertford Through Time
    By Peter Ruffles, Jean Purkis & Stephen Jeffery-Poulter
  • Hertford Town Centre, Now and Then
    Hertford Town Centre, Now and Then
    Hertford town centre has been through much change in the past, and even more so in the past 40 years. ...
  • Hertford: 40 years on
    Hertford: 40 years on
    ...then and now photographs of Hertford
  • Hertford. Prince Albert Cottages
    Hertford. Prince Albert Cottages
    These are not almshouses but model designs for dwellings for working people. As at least three people had mentioned them ...
  • Hertford's Ever Changing Past
    Hertford's Ever Changing Past
    I recently got the chance to look at some old OS Maps while doing work experience with Hertfordshire Archives and ...
  • Hertford's Riverside Yards
    Hertford's Riverside Yards
    Inland Revenue map, c. 1911, showing the yards in Maidenhead Street, Hertford (credit: Hertfordshire Archives & Local Studies) At the beginning ...
  • Mystery Photographs
    Mystery Photographs
    Do you recognise any of the people or places in these photos? Do you know when they were taken or what’s happening? If you ...
  • North Crescent Motor Works 1923
    North Crescent Motor Works 1923
    More recently Waters Garage
  • Photos of Hertford - Gallery of pictures from the late 1980s
    Photos of Hertford - Gallery of pictures from the late 1980s
  • Prefabs on Horns Mill
    Prefabs on Horns Mill
    The first photograph was taken from Prefab 52, circa 1958. The fields in background provided the children’s route to Morgan’s ...
  • Queen's Road - Early Photographs
    Queen's Road - Early Photographs
    These photographs are from the Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies collection.
  • Hertford in 1911

    Hertford in 1911 (16)

  • Hertford in 1914

    Hertford in 1914 (10)

  • Hertford Library at Old Cross

    Hertford Library at Old Cross (5)

  • People's Views on the Hertford Library at Old Cross

    People's Views on the Hertford Library at Old Cross (7)

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