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THE WOOLWORTH STORE AT HERTFORD
The Woolworth Store in Maidenhead Street, Hertford holds many fond memories for me as both a customer and an employee. There ...
THE DIARY OF SARAH PARKER OF WARE PARK
Sarah Parker was 22 years old and had been married for four years, when she moved to Ware Park in ...
A NEW ORGANIST FOR ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH: MALCOLM HEYWOOD (c.1849-1900)
It must truly have felt like the end of an era when, in December 1872, Charles Bridgeman resigned as organist ...
Caring for the poor in East Hertfordshire in the early 1630s
In 1629 and 1630 there were two consecutive poor harvests, the latter being 50% deficient across England. This had devastating ...
HERTFORD'S GRAND BAZAAR AND BALLOON ASCENT OF 1891
The scene opposite was captured by Hertford’s renowned photographer, Arthur Elsden, and it remains one of his most memorable pictures. ...
HUNTING FOR A BEAR AT BENGEO
FROM THE ARCHIVES Hertfordshire Mercury 23 June 1900 An amusing but somewhat exciting hunt for a bear which was supposed to ...
TWO ORGANISTS OF ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH: THE LIVES OF THOMAS GREEN & CHARLES BRIDGEMAN
Charles Bridgeman resigned from the post of organist at All Saints’ Church in Hertford just seven months before his death ...
PURGING HERTFORD CORPORATION
All regime changes, be they never so mild, inevitably lead to a purge of some kind. The Restoration of Charles ...
A Formidable Undertaking: TRANSPORTING SEVEN HORSES FROM LONDON TO FLORENCE IN 1787
The Cowpers were one of the most notable families in Hertfordshire in the 18th and 19th centuries. In last year’s ...
HERTFORD’S 18th CENTURY CLOCKMAKERS
In order to trade within the Borough of Hertford it was necessary to be a Freeman of the Borough. There ...
ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH: THE DISASTROUS FIRE OF 1891
The night of the fire It’s not known when the original church of All Saints was built at Hertford. The Domesday ...
A milestone on the road to eradicating smallpox
By the mid 18th-century, 1 in 10 deaths in London was due to smallpox; but in epidemic years this could rise to 1 in 7
THE LIFE & TIMES OF A HERTFORD MP Abel Henry Smith, 1862-1930
By the end of the 19th century the citizens of Hertford had come to feel rather nostalgic about the days when ...
HUMPHREY CLARKE, Clockmaker of "Hartford"?
Hertford’s earliest recorded clockmaker appears to be Humphrey Clarke, son of Thomas Clarke, possibly of London. According to the records ...
Location, Location, Location
17th century directory for Hertford? Six years ago I gave a talk to the Society entitled “Hertford and Ware on the ...
FROM THE ARCHIVES
From a local newspaper The Fire in Ware To the Editor of the Hertfordshire Mercury, 15th July 1903: Sir, the promptness of the ...
"A LEWD NAUGHTY FELLOWE"
Language is not a static thing: it changes over time, gradually but inexorably. Words change their meaning, some fall into ...
MY BACK DOOR - AND BEYOND
I remember living in the family house in Jeffries Road, Ware. The 1939-45 war was over, the sun always shone, ...
Panshanger Garden Party 1901
An account of the Panshanger Garden Party, held on 6 July 1901, appeared in the Hertfordshire Mercury. The party took place ...
Stratton Park School
Stratton Park School was founded as a private preparatory school for about 50 boys, although precisely when it was founded ...
Keeping the Judges Happy
In my article on the Jacobean Assizes in last year’s Journal I wrote that Hertford Corporation routinely complained about the ...
William Cowper's Grand Tour, 1729-30
Cole Green House (west Front) – drawing made by John Charnock, c. 1780 Reminders of this former grand family are ...
Attempted Murder by a Madman
from the Annual Register, or a View of the History and Politics of the Year 1843 11 July 1843. The inhabitants ...
Memories of Mead Lane and the Surrounding Area
Although little over half a mile long, Mead Lane is today one of the busiest roads in Hertford, with hundreds ...
Bayley Hall, Hertford
On May 22nd, 1952, writing about the dwelling adjoining his own in West Street, Gordon Moodey recorded in his diary: ‘Great ...
18th Century Ware News Items
WARE JULY 1721 A Gentleman who hath a Seat in Ware Park near Hertford, having ordered some Ground to be dug, ...
John Carrington (1726 - 1810) and Bramfield Church, September 2006
Early in 2006, Jean Riddell and I were contacted by Miss Dorothy Abel Smith. She knew that we were both ...
FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD!
JOHN CARRINGTON was a public servant: one of the four High Constables of the Hundred of Cashio, Tax Assessor and ...
'Votes for Women' caravan tour
Women's Freedom League: Dare to be Free
Fire at Panshanger in 1855
In January 1855 there was a major fire at Panshanger which was reported In the Saturday, 3rd February 1855 edition ...
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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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