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Chapter 1: Gabriel Newton's Gift & the Early History
Gabriel Newton’s Gift In 1760, Gabriel Newton, Alderman of Leicester, decided to devote a large part of his considerable wealth to ...
Memories of Ware Grammar School 1957-1963
I’m happy to have found this article by Linda Clark (Chappell) who was in my class at Ware Grammar School. ...
H&WLHS Publications
The Society has published a number of ‘Occasional Papers’ on various aspects of Hertford and Ware history. They are: No. 1: ...
The Bridge at Cowbridge
Any of us who have ever written, or even thought, about the inconvenience of road or building works hindering both ...
Hertford Revisited
Hertford Revisited from the Nicholls’ Scrap Book. No date but thought to be circa World War One “Dear Hertford! Once again ...
"Tumbledown Dick" alias Richard Cromwell
Quite recently it was in a national paper that Oliver Cromwell was followed by Charles II as ruler of this ...
HOME IS THE SOLDIER
Every picture tells a story. Many thousands of photographs like the one opposite must have been taken during the 1914-18 ...
Gerard Gosselin 1855-1946 and St. Leonard's Church Bengeo, Hertford's Oldest Building
Gerard Gosselin was the grandson of Admiral Gosselin of Bengeo Hall. When he was a child, he had fallen out of ...
Much Ado About Tippling
Dramatis personae: Elizabeth King, widow, the appropriately-named landlady of The King’s Arms, Hertford Robert Stevens, woolcomber George Thorowgood, his apprentice Nicholas Onyon & Edward ...
Ware Almanack, Year Book & District Directory, 1904
CISTERNS ought to be cleaned out once a year, and all deposit removed. SOME OF THE BAD RESULTS of neglecting to ...
Hertford in the Future - from The Hertford Directory 1904
”The town has progressed in the past, therefore there is every reason why it should go forward in the future ...
Kenneth Murchison and the 1903 Automobile Demonstration
The coming year will be the centenary of the 1903 London to Hertford automobile rally and local Rotary clubs plan ...
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, ...
Rare Find Near Buntingford
In 1999 a small silver-gilt figure, measuring less than two inches (4.4 cms) in height was unearthed, by a metal ...
Sydney Harrington 1859-1946
In the report of his death the Hertfordshire Mercury described Sydney Harrington as ‘One of Hertford’s oldest and most interesting ...
Hertingfordbury W.I.
Edna Holden
Edna Holden, one of the Society’s founder-members and its third and longest-serving Chairman, sadly passed away on 19 July this ...
Boy for Sale!
No, not “Oliver”, but a rather unpleasant item culled from the Minutes of the Hertford Borough Months Court meeting of ...
Miss Mary and Miss Charlotte Gosselin of Bengeo Hall
In Holy Trinity Church Bengeo, there are two fine stained glass windows dedicated to the memory of these ladies. One ...
TURNPIKE ROADS IN EAST HERTS
TURNPIKE ROADS IN EAST HERTS Highway maintenance in medieval times was, in theory at least, a manorial responsibility. Notwithstanding encouragement – ...
A Painter of the Dramatic and Heroic: Richard Westall
Princess Victoria's first drawing master
Bengeo's Admiral
Admiral Gosselin was born in Guernsey in 1765 and died in Bengeo in 1857 at the age of 92. The ...
Poor Relief in Stuart Hertford
(This article is an edited version of my talk to the Society in April 2002, omitting the discussion of the ...
Lilian Moody (1906-1988) Voluntary Work at War-Time Nurseries
Lilian Moody and her husband, Herbert, slept downstairs in the specially strengthened half during the first few nights that they ...
Bengeo Garage Development 2021
Two photographs of Bengeo Garage which at that time was used as a car showroom to the side of which ...
Two versions of the Same Wedding
Below are two versions of the same event – the marriage of Mr Ludlow to Miss Peacock that was reported ...
Starr Wood 1870 - 1944
The 1890s and early 1900s were a heyday for caricature and comic drawing. It was a great age for the ...
DR JOHN DAVIES (1796 -1872) A Pioneer of Plastic Surgery
John Davies Edwards, the son of a ”respectable farmer” was born, on November 9th 1796 at Llanbadarnfawr, a village on ...
The Pebble
Since childhood I have been fascinated by the large stone that stands outside the Hertford Castle Gatehouse. It measures 391/12 ...
The Hertford Sessions House
Attempting to unravel the history of a building long since demolished can be an intriguing but frustrating exercise. Such a ...
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Geoffrey Cordingley
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The Hale Grammar School Building
Yes, Tom, you are correct. It came under the auspices of Hertfordshire County Council in 1904 with the name 'Hertford...
Nick Gough
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Bengeo Nursing Home
Please correct ‘were brought her’
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