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    Forward
    I have always been intrigued by the two fine stained glass windows in Holy Trinity Church, Bengeo on the north ...
  • INNSIDE INFORMATION
    INNSIDE INFORMATION
    Sorry about the pun – it’s probably something I caught from reading the “Mercury” – but browsing through my collection ...
  • A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PROVISION AND EARLY YEARS OF HERTFORD'S UTLILITIES
    A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PROVISION AND EARLY YEARS OF HERTFORD'S UTLILITIES
    It has to be said of Hertford Borough Corporation that it was quick to provide the town with amenities that ...
  • The Draper's Tale
    The Draper's Tale
    On an August day in 1683 a Hertford draper approaching the proverbial three score and ten made his will. For ...
  • Foreward
    Foreward
    Rev. Colin Weale, B.A., S.Th., M.Phil. Rector of Bengeo and current Chairman of the Newton Exhibition Foundation. It is a pleasure to welcome ...
  • Appendix 6: Receipts and Payments, Green Coat School c.1832
    Appendix 6: Receipts and Payments, Green Coat School c.1832
      Receipts £ s d Ald. Gabriel Newton’s annuity from Leicester Corporation 26 0 0 £2,533 8s 7d 3% Consols, £100 Butteris bequest, the Leicester fund and savings from income 76 0 0 £350 ...
  • Appendix 5: Thomas Smith, F.R.I.B.A. (1799 - 1875)
    Appendix 5: Thomas Smith, F.R.I.B.A. (1799 - 1875)
    Thomas Smith, born in Surrey, established his practice in Fore Street 1826 or 1827. He designed Hertford County Hospital (1833) ...
  • Appendix 4: Hertford Municipal Charities
    Appendix 4: Hertford Municipal Charities
    This body was set up in 1839 to administer the Green Coat School, Hale’s School and the Butteris Charity. When ...
  • Appendix 3: The Green Coat School for Girls
    Appendix 3: The Green Coat School for Girls
    According to Lewis Turnor, little was known in his day of the origins of this establishment. At that time (1830), ...
  • Appendix 2: Benjamin Cherry's Legacies to Schools
    Appendix 2: Benjamin Cherry's Legacies to Schools
    These legacies give some information about schools in Hertford in 1817. ‘To the Treasurer or Treasurers for the time being of ...
  • Appendix 1: Gabriel Newton and his Preamble
    Appendix 1: Gabriel Newton and his Preamble
    Newton was born in Leicester in 1683, the son of a jersey comber, and was himself apprenticed to the woolcombing ...
  • Chapter 4: The Newton Exhibition Foundation: Newton Scholars and Costeker Exhibition
    Chapter 4: The Newton Exhibition Foundation: Newton Scholars and Costeker Exhibition
    The Newton Exhibition Foundation On 21 November 1895 the official announcement was made of the acceptance by Her Majesty, advised by ...
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