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Hertford CC 2021
Hertford 1st XI 20 Over Hertfordshire Champions beaten by Ealing CC in Regional Final Standing: A Carlson, J Regan, A ...
Maidenhead Street, Hertford, 1921
Maidenhead Street, looking towards the gates to the Castle grounds, c. 1930 (credit: Hertfordshire Archives & Local Studies) With the ...
Unfolding History of Envelopes in Ware
Half-burnt envelopes were strewn about the ground, and many of the tall piles [of paper] were still red-hot inside, several hours after the fire had been got under control
Trail-blazing botanist and academic
On a day in December 1904, Hertford resident Margaret Jane Benson, met 14 other women outside Burlington House, London. This was the home of the Linnean Society and this day was momentous in its history
Fore Street in 1921 odd numbers
The publication of the 1921 census allows a comparison to be made with the people who occupied the shops and ...
Swimming up hill: the tribulations of Hertford’s Swimming Pool
Something must be done to remedy this nuisance at once or ladies will be entirely excluded from a delightful walk throughout the entire summer
Growing up in Raynham Street, Hertford
Number 46 in the 1940s
American Heiress helps transform care of Wounded Soldiers
Pauline Payne Whitney Paget and the Military Massage Corps
Permanite: Smart Moves in Construction
The blitz was the signal for Permanite to increase production at the Hertford site
Claud Hamilton Way
A few years ago, there was a development of flats and houses on what had previously been railway land to ...
THE STORY OF COWBRIDGE SCHOOL, HERTFORD: 1915-1953
In last year’s journal I traced the story of Cowbridge School from its foundation in 1863 up to 1915. The ...
SHIRE HALL, HERTFORD: A LOST SCHEME FOR REVAMPING ITS APPEARANCE
In last year’s journal Gill Cordingley described the background to the building of Shire Hall in Hertford in 1768-73. The ...
HERTFORD'S GRAND PAGEANT 1914
Just over a hundred years ago Hertford was gripped with “Pageant Fever”. The centenary of this event took place in ...
THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN RAILWAY: FROM THE ARCHIVES The Reformer August-September 1842
Between 1830-50 England was swept up in a movement known as “railway mania”, whereby vast sums of money were invested ...
ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE: HIS LIFE AND WORK
The naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace died in November 1913 and when the centenary of his death came round in 2013, ...
JOHN GILPIN’S RIDE
Last year saw the brief, but very successful, return to Ware of its “Great Bed”, so it is perhaps an ...
THE STORY OF COWBRIDGE SCHOOL, HERTFORD: 1863-1915
In late 2010 I retired from teaching at Morgans Primary School, a job which I had enjoyed for the previous ...
A WALK ALONG THE NEW RIVER
On Sunday 29 September 2013 several HWLHS members took part in a walk along the New River to commemorate its ...
SOME CURIOSITIES OF HERTFORD MUSEUM: SEDAN CHAIRS AND UMBRELLAS
During the past year I’ve been working at Hertford Museum indexing their bound volumes of Notes & Queries. This is ...
“OUR LITTLE ADVENTURE”: A STORY FROM AUGUST 1914
It’s very hard for us to appreciate today that, when the new year dawned on 1 January 1914, few people ...
SHIRE HALL, HERTFORD: THE STORY OF ITS CONSTRUCTION, 1768-73
My first visit to Hertford was in the late 1960s. It struck me as a dusty, musty old place that ...
FOUR FUNERALS AND A WEDDING: THE HADSLEY FAMILY AT WARE PRIORY
The Hadsley Dynasty From 1685 to 1847 Ware Priory was owned by the Hadsley family, although they did not occupy it ...
REFORM FESTIVALS - HERTFORD (FROM THE ARCHIVES)
Hertfordshire Mercury 7 July 1832 Universal as has been the feeling throughout the country in favour of Parliamentary Reform – magnificent ...
THE MYSTERY BENEFACTRESS OF ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH
In 2010 I contributed an article to the HWLHS Journal entitled All Saints’ Church – The disastrous fire of 1891. ...
HERTFORD’S CLOCKMAKERS & PUBLIC CLOCKS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
In previous issues of the HWLHS Journal I’ve traced the story of Hertford’s clockmakers since the 17th century.1 This article ...
“LORD SALISBURY’S SPLENDID GIFT” : THE OPENING OF HERTFORD CASTLE TO THE PUBLIC, 1912
It’s now one hundred years since the grounds of Hertford Castle were opened to the public, the formal ceremony taking ...
Steadfast to the Liberal life: Miss Ginn
At the end of October 1929, Hertford’s Shire Hall was the venue for a large meeting of representatives and supporters from across the party-political divide
ROBERT THOMSON: A SEVENTEENTH CENTURY HERTFORDSHIRE INTERNATIONAL ENTREPRENEUR
Robert Thomson led an extraordinary life. Amongst his many exploits, he emigrated to America, fought in the English Civil War, ...
HERTFORD’S 19TH CENTURY CLOCKMAKERS
In the 2010 Journal we looked at some of the men who were engaged in the clockmaker’s trade in Hertford ...
A CULTURAL EVENING IN HERTFORD, 1901
At the dawn of the 20th century the cultural life of Hertford was dominated by the Hertford Literary & Debating ...
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Geoffrey Cordingley
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Yes, Tom, you are correct. It came under the auspices of Hertfordshire County Council in 1904 with the name 'Hertford...
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Bengeo Nursing Home
Please correct ‘were brought her’
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