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Vol. 6 No. 21 Little Gaddesden Parish Church Principal Contents of this issue
Vol. 6  No. 21   Summer 1951
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Frontispiece: The Clock Tower, St Albans 9 An Hertfordshire Artist, by John Keane, F.R.P.S. 22
Bournes and Stream, by Ben Howorth 10 A Glance at Bulwer Lytton's Knebworth, by R. Robert 24
Two Prizewinning Photographs 11 Early History of Alleyn's Grammer School, by Geoffrey A.
The Wood-turners of Berkhamstead, by Percy C. Birtchnell 12     Gibbons 25
Salisbury Hall and Nell Gwynne, by R. Roberts 13 The Passing of Goff's Oak, by Harold Adshead 27
A Hitchin Poet, by Harold Armitage 14 Youth Hostels, by Ian Stuart 28
On Moneybury Hill,  by S. R. Meager 16 Hertfordshire's Girl Guides, by Phyllis M. Stevens 29
Heraldry in Hertfordshire, by the late E. J. Woolley, F.S.A. 18 Education in Hertfordshire, by J. H. Newsom 30
St. Mary's Church, Hemel Hempstead, by D.G. Plowright 20 Our Readers' Forum 32
The Village of Cottered, by H. A. Roberts 36

 

 

 

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Vol. 6 No. 22 Old half-timbered house near Braughing Principal Contents of this issue
Vol. 6  No. 22   Autumn 1951
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Frontispiece: St. Andrew's Church, Hertford  49 History Come to Life, By Robert Drage 60
Bournes and Streams - Part II: Shallow Holes, by Ben The First Lord Hunsdon, by Harold Armitage 62
    Howorth 50 Royston Parish Church and the Death Watch Beetle, by
The Hertfordshire Society 51     Anthony M. Foster 66
A Centenary of Aldbury Interest, by Lily Titman 52 Watford and the Grammar School, by Joan Heath 67
John Bunyan in Hertfordshire: (1) Town and Village, by "Beer at her Crying Out," by W. Branch Johnson 68
    John Lea 54 Our Readers' Forum 70
First a Funeral Toll, then a Wedding Peal, by Dora Fry and Round and About Hertfordshire, by Lily Titman 76
    Claude Eastwall 56
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Vol. 6 No. 23 The ford at Redbournbury Principal Contents of this issue
Vol. 6  No. 23   Winter 1951-2
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Frontispiece: River Gade, Water End 89 John Bunyan and Hertfordshire: (2) Town and Village -
The Tomb of Lady Grimston, by Harold Armitage 90     continued, by John Lea  104
Round and About Hertfordshire, by Lily Titman 91 The Hymn-writer of St. Albans, by F. A. J. Harding 105
A Church that wasn't good enough, by Richard Ounsworth 92 The Fair Parish of Sarratt, by C. W. Footer 106
A Hertfordshire "Woe-water," by Percy C. Birtchnell 94 Tennyson's Christmas in Hertfordshire, by Lily Titman 108
The Hertfordshire Local History Council 95 The Village of Flamstead, by Mabel Fathers 109
The Kelshall Mystic, by Harold Armitage 96 Our Readers' Forum 110
The Patron Saints of Hertfordshire, by Frederick Brittain 98 Hertfordshire sticks to its Standards 114
The Rib: a charming Hertfordshire Stream, by Ian Stuart 100 The murder of William Weare, by J. R. Milsome 116
The Freemen of the River Lea, by G. E. Fox 102

 

 

 

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Vol. 6 No. 24 Fishing in the Gade at Hemel Hempstead Principal Contents of this issue
Vol. 6  No. 24   Spring 1952
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Frontispiece: Knebworth Parish Church 129 John Bunyan and Hertfordshire: (3) Bunyan and Agnes
Cycling Across Hertfordshire, by H. B. 130     Beaumont, by John Lea 142
Customs and Dialects in West Hertfordshire, S. R. Meager 132 Some Parish Registers of Hertfordshire, by W. Branch
A Hertfordshire Puritan, by Harold Armitage 134     Johnson 144
East Barnet's Ancient Church, by W. Stanley Taylor 136 Crime and the Hertfordshire Inn, by F. A. Richadson 146
Round and About Hertfordshire, by Lily Titman  137 Markyate and William Cowper, by Mabel Fathers 147
An Introduction to Hertfordshire Place Names: (1) Present- Castle Street, Berkhamstead, by Percy C. Birtchnell 148
    day Methods of Investigation, by Cedric R. Austin 138 Coursing at Bygrave in the 1880's, by J. W. P. Carnegie 149
The County Records Office, by W. Le Hardy 139 Our Readers' Forum 150
Aldenham Church, by D. G. Plowright 140 The Church in Danger, by E. C. Woodall 154
Hertfordshire County Cookery of the Eighteenth Century,
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Vol. 7 No. 25 The Parade, Watford High Street Principal Contents of this issue
Vol. 7  No. 25   Summer 1952
(Our copy has pages 13 to 28 duplicated and stapled in the middle)
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Frontispiece: Entrance to a shady lane, Great Hormead 9 An Introduction to Hertfordshire Place-names: (2) Romans,
Robert and Henry Oldaker: Famous Hertfordshire Sports-     Celts and Scandinavians, by Cedric R. Austin 18
    men, by J. H. Busby 10 Three Stories from Offley, by John Lea 20
The Case of Spencer Cowper, by J. R. Milsome 11 A Baldock Romance: The Celebrated Lass (Part I), by
Women Writer in Hertfordshire, by R. Robert 12     Harold Armitage 22
The Friendly Urchin 13 "Mad Lucas," the Hermit of Hertfordshire, by Roy Willis 24
St. Albans and the Peasants' Revolt, by R. Robert 14 Hertfordshire Hymn Writer, by Gertrude Hale 26
Four Dogs, by H. W. Bailey 15 The Lepers' Hospital at Baldock, by Harold A. Roberts 27
Some Parish Registers of Hertfordshire, by W. Branch John Sayer and his Almshouse, by S. R. Meager 28
    Johnson 16 Our Readers' Forum 29
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Vol. 7 No. 26 Fresians going for milking in the summer sun at Aspenden Principal Contents of this issue
Vol. 7  No. 26   Autumn 1952
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Frontispiece: A malting House on the River lea at Ware 49 A Baldock Romance: The Celebrated Lass (PArt II), by
The Hertfordshire Society ; its Work for the County 50     Harold Armitage 58
Schooldays of a Famous Scientist, by John Lea 52 And night has fallen 60
The Bowmen of Berkhamstead, by Percy C. Birtchnell 53 Cussans's History of Hertfordshire, by Ben Howorth 62
Piers Shonks and the Dragonof Brent Pelham, by Harold A Winding Lane ... A Wayward Nun ... A Wailing Voice,
    Adshead 54     by Dora Fry 64
Francis Bacon and St. Michael's CHurch, St. Albans, by Paul A Land Surveyor from Hitchin, by Anthony M. Foster 66
    Casimir 55 The Mystery of Sulloniacae, by Kenneth Myers 68
An Introduction to Hertfordshire Place-names: (30 Sounds County Digest 69
    and Spellings, Cedric R. Austin 56 Our Readers' Forum 70
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Vol. 7 No. 27 King's Walden Parish Church Principal Contents of this issue
Vol. 7  No. 27   Winter 1952-3
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Frontispiece: Gilstone Church, near Sawbridgeworth 89 A Well-remembered Hunting Personality, by Jessie Patterson 99
An Introduction to Hertfordshire Place-names: (4) Natural Artificial Lakes of the Lea Valley, by Ben Howorth 100
    History, Religion and Social Customs, by Cedric R. Austin 90 The Village of Barkway, by T. E. Dimsdale 102
Bird Haunts in Hertfordshire, by Bryan L. Sage 92 The Empire Builder from Hertfordshire, by John Lea 104
The Manor House of Temple Dinsley, by R. P. Mander 94 The 49th of Foot, by J. H. Busby 107
Pope Ladies, by Jean Morrison 95 Temple Bar, by E. Dawson 107
Hertfordshire Landscape Menaced by Modern Progress, by Rare Treasures from Tring, by Peter Minall 108
    T. V. Williams 96 Christmas in Hertfordshire, by Lily Titman 109
The Legend of Jack o' Legs of Weston, by Harold Adshead 98 Our Readers' Forum 110

 

 

 

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Vol. 7 No. 28 Sunlight and shadow at Great Hormead Principal Contents of this issue
Vol. 7  No. 28   Spring 1953
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Frontispiece: Springtime in Benington 129 North-east Hertfordshire, Land of Tremendous Views, by
Hertfordshire's Gravel Pits and Reservoirs, by Ben Howorth 130     Mary Blake 138
At the Top of Ridge Hill, by Frederick Brittain 131 City Beneath the Soil, by C. W. Footer 140
Hertfordshire and the Marian Persecution, by Raymond The Sun Inn at Hitchin, by R. P. Mander 142
    H. Belton 132 Beacon in Hertfordshire, by Mabel Fathers 143
The Black Prince in Hertfordshire, by Margery Roberts 134 Aldbury, Gem of North-east Hertfordshire, by J. G.
Stanborough Park, by A. J. Woodfield 135     Craufurd 144
The Empire Builder from Hertfordshire, - Part II, by John The Fanshawes of Ware Park, by Harold Armitage 146
    Lea 136 Hexton Manor 148
Players . . . . Please, by W. Branch Johnson 137 Book Reviews 149
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Vol. 8 No. 29 Cricket on the Green at Redbourn Principal Contents of this issue
Vol. 8  No. 29   Summer 1953
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Frontispiece: Peacful England - Aldbury Church from Hertfordshire's Neglected Painter, by Helen MacGregor 19
    Ashridge slopes 9 Fore Street and the Old Palace, Hatfield, by R. Roberts 20
Aldbury Church and its connections, by S. R. Meager 10 The Old Constables of Berkhamsted, by S. R. Meager 22
The "Picture House" of Bricket Wood, by C. W. Footer 12 When Hitchin Housed a Murderer, by Harold Armitage 24
The Hertfordshire Chieftain who denied Julius Caesar, by  The New Towns in Hertfordshire, by W. G. S. Crook 26
    J. R. Milsome 13 The Boxmoor Highwayman, by Percy. C. Birtchnell 28
Ravenburgh Castle: an Ancient Earthwork, by CHris. H. Stories of the French Horn Inn at Ware, by R. P. Mander 29
    Cooke 14 Our Readers' Forum 30
A Little-known Hertfordshire Museum, by H. J. Willis 16 Literary Associations at the Hertfordshire Inn, by F. A. 
When the Devil came to Hertfordshire, by S. H. Ward 17     Richardson 36
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Vol. 8 No. 30 Rickmansworth "Aquadrome" boating pool Principal Contents of this issue
Vol. 8  No. 30   Autumn 1953
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Frontispiece: The church by the ford at Walkern 49 News from Yesterday, by Kenneth Myers 62
Steam on the Hertfordshire Roads, by H. J. Willis 50 The little-known Martyr of St. Albans, by J. W. West 63
The Hertfordshire Society's Great Work 52 The Preston Army, by Harold Adshead 64
The Witch of Walkern, by J. R Milsome 53 Historical Brickfield at Radlett, Gilbert Cole 66
The Hertfordshire Boy who became a Cardinal Archbishop - Hertfordshire Nine Hundred Years Ago - Part I, by
    Part I, by John Lea 54     W. Branch Johnson 68
Fowls are Sensible, By H. W. Bailey 55 The First Garden City is Fifty Years Old 69
Lady Fanshawe's Memoirs, by Harold Armitage 56 Our Readers' Forum 70
Hertfordshire County Boundary, by Geoffrey Bowell 58 Book Reviews 74
The 600-year Saga of Hitchin Priory  60 Farewell to Lord Ebury's Railway, by C. W. Footer 76

 

 

 

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Vol. 8 No. 31 The River Gade at Water End Principal Contents of this issue
Vol. 8  No. 31   Winter 1953-4
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Frontispiece: Yachting at Broxbourne 89 Round and About Hertfordshire, by S. R. Meager 102
When Fire Brigades used to stand and jeer, by G. V. Blackstone 90 "Kebworth: the Story of our Village" (book review) 103
The Hertfordshire Boy how became a Cardinal Archbishop -  The Icknield Way in Hertfordshire, by Geoffrey R. Allenby 104
    Part II, by John Lea 92 "A Breath of Fresh Air," by W. G. S. Crook 105
The Founding of Berkhamsted School, by R. P. Mander 94 St. John's Well, by Dora Fry 106
Hertfordshire Nine Hundred Years Ago - Part II, by W. East Barnet Parish Church, by R. Howe 107
    Branch Johnson 95 A Hertfordshire Outpost, by J. H. Plumer 108
The Hoddesdon Story, by R. P. Mander 96 Thomas Manning and Hertfordshire, by Lily Titman 109
The Hertfordshire Puddingstone, by S. M. Charlett 97 Our Readers' Forum 110
Curious Names of Hertfordshire Inns, F. A. Richardson 98 Hertfordshire Mineral Springs, by H. J. Willis 116
From Ancient Manor to Modern Research Station, by Claude Friendship for Newcomers 118
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Vol. 8 No. 32 A sixteenth-century cottage at Croxley Green Principal Contents of this issue
Vol. 8  No. 32   Spring 1954
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Frontispiece: Thatched Cottages at Westmill, near Ickleford, a Hertfordshire Village, by Geoffrey R. Allenby 141
    Buntingford 129 Perils on the Roads of Hertfordshire, by H. J. Willis 142
Hatfield House and its Art Treasures, by R. Robert 130 The Burrs of Barkway 143
The Church on the Hill, by B. O. Bubbear 133 Scott in Hertfordshire, by Harold Armitage 144
The Early Days of Haileybury, by Chas. H. Cooke 134 Round and About Hertfordshire, by S. R. Meager 146
England's First Paper-maker, by Harold A. Roberts 136 The Stream of Death, by J. E. Craven 148
Immortality and Mrs. Fletcher, W. Branch Johnson 137 Book Reviews 149
The Village in the Middle of a Town, by R. Fitchett 138 The Patron Saint of Ippollitts, by Harold Adshead 150
Mary Lamb and her Affection for Hertfordshire, by Lily Sir Hubert Herkomer, R.A., of Bushey , by John Lea  152
    Titman 139 Our Readers' Forum 154
Issac Watts, D.D., by John Lea 140 Test Reports of our Motoring Correspondent 160

 

 

 

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Sunlight and shadow at Ardeley Principal Contents of this issue
Vol. 9  No. 33   Summer 1954
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Frontispiece: Picking Primroses 9 The First Queen Elizabeth had an affection for Hertfordshire,
St. Lawrence's Church, Abbots Langley, by L. Rowland 10     by S. M. Charlett 24
Polo at Woolmers Park, by Stanley Denton 11 St. Margaret's Nunnery, by Edward E. Meacher 25
The Aldbury Almshouses, by W. Foster-Greenwood 12 The Heritage of Whippendell Woods, by T. H. Hook 26
Life in a Hertfordshire Workhouse, by Kenneth Myers 14 Lich-gates in Hertfordshire, by D. M. Palmer 28
A Hertfordshire Namesake in America, by Michael Day 16 Hertfordshire Millers and Bakers of the Past, by Frank
Robert the Faintheart, by W. Branch Johnson 17     A. King 29
The Abbots of St. Albans, by Chas. H. Cooke 18 A Lost Hertfordshire Manor 29
Beating the Bounds 19 Lady Caroline of Brocket Hall, by J. R. Milsome 30
The Ashwell Story, by R. P. Mander 20 Bishop Ken's Birthplace 31
Charms Chenies 21 Our Readers' Forum 32
Round and About Hertfordshire, by S. R. Meager  22 An Ancient Craft: Straw Plaiting, by A. E. Hopkins 38
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Vol. 9 No. 34 Enfield Chace Foxhounds meet at Leggatt's Park, near Hatfield Principal Contents of this issue
Vol. 9  No. 34   Autumn 1954
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Frontispiece: Sundown at Chandler's End 49 Modern Hertfordshire uses an Ancient River, by W. G. S. 
The Abbots of St. Albans, Part II, by Chas. H. Cooke 50     Crook 64
The Ancient Village of Cheshunt, by Peter E. Rooke 52 A Memorable Day for the County Regiment, by Claude
Shire Lanes, by L. V. Reason 53     Hamilton 66
The Eccentric Parson of Letchworth Hall, by Harold Adshead 54 Arms of Rickmansworth, by G. Abbott 67
Dickens had a Liking for our County, by B. S. Breed  56 Our Readers' Forum 68
Prince Edmund of King's Langley, by Margery Roberts 57 A Weekend with a Vauxhall Wyvern, by our Motoring
The "New Boy" in the Old Days, by Eileen Elias 58     Correspondent 72
Round and About Hertfordshire, by S. R. Meager 60 A Zippy Zephyr Zodiac, by our Motoring Correspondent 74
Bluecoats in Hertfordshire, by Jean Morrison 62 The Good Humour of Hertfordshire 78

 

 

 

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Vol. 9 No. 35 Watton-at-Stone Principal Contents of this issue
Vol. 9  No. 35   Winter 1954-55
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Frontispiece: Winter by the Abbey gateway, St. Albans 89 County Scrapbook, by W. G. S. Crook 100
Sir George Jackson mimght have changed the history of Round and About Hertfordshire, by S. R. Meager 102
    Bishop's Stortford, by Harold A. Roberts 90 The Abbots of St. Albans, Part III, by Chas. H. Cooke 104
Barnet Fair still goes on 91 Down the Bulbourne Valley, by Percy C. Birtchnell 106
The Brasses of Hertfordshire, by M. W. Norris 92 It was Gladstone's Idea 107
A St. Albans Tragedy, by J. R. Milsome 93 Church Gate, Cheshunt, and the beauties beyond, by Peter
St. Helen's Church, Wheathampstead, by B. O. Bubbear 94     E. Rooke 108
The Water End Shallow Holes, by N. E. Whiting 95 Our Readers' Forum 110
The Bacon-Waplode Arms, by George Abbott 96 Book Review 114
Great Nast Hyde, by Ronald S. Pickersgill 98 The Colours of the Hertfordshire Regiment 116
The Hertfordshire Society is your "Watchdog" 99 Cromwell the Meek lodged at Cheshunt, by A. J. Ford 118

 

 

 

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Vol. 9 No. 36 Waterford, near Hertford Principal Contents of this issue
Vol. 9  No. 36   Spring 1955
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Frontispiece: Poplars near Codicote 129 County Scrapbook for 1888, by W. G. S. Crook 144
Richard Hale's Free Grammer School, by C. Mahony 130 Book Review 145
A Hertfordshire Newspaper's Centenary, by Claude Hamilton 131 The Beauty of Our Medieval Churches, by M. V. Murphy 146
Looking Back, by H. S. Chambers 132 Early Theatricals at St. Albans, by R. P. Mander 148
Some Wood-carvings in Hertfordshire Churches, by John Lea 134 Cheshunt, Prehistoric and ROman, by Peter E. Rooke 149
Hertfordhsire Water Carriers, by T. H. Hook 136 Did Dick Turpin Know Hertfordshire? by W. Branch
The "Harvey Combe" 137     Johnson 150
The Aboots of St. Albans, by Chas. H. Cooke 138 A "War of the Roses" at St. Albans 500 years ago, by B. S.
Stevenage - the evolution of a country town, by Harold A.     Breed 151
    Roberts 140 Our Readers' Forum 152
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Vol. 10 No. 37 A scene in the village of Wideford, near Ware Principal Contents of this issue
Vol. 10  No. 37   Summer 1955
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Frontispiece: Hertfordingbury church 9 The Colours of the Hertfordshire Regiment 22
A Wanderer in Hertfordshire, by S. R. Meager 10 Samuel Pepys knew his Hertfordshire, by Margery Roberts 23
Murder Most Foul at Ware and Westmill, by S. H. Ward 12 Hertfordshire Markets, by A. J. Ford 24
The Church of All Saints at St. Paul's Walden, by R. de The Boxmoor Trust, by W. G. S. Crook 25
    Mornay Davies 13 The Village of Bramfield, by Harold A. Roberts 26
Days of the Wadesmill Turnpike, by Joan Willson 14 Hertfordshire's Revival of the Morris Dance, by Donald
The Fiery Petrol of Broxbourne, by Claude Hamilton 15     Cassels 27
Some Hertfordshire Inns in 1756, by W. Branch Johnson 16 Early Railways in Hertfordshire, by G. Woodcock 28
How Hertfordshire Helps the Blind, by R. H. Ferguson  17 Hertfordshire Countryside Digest 29
A Pioneer of Education in Hertfordshire, by T. H. Hook 18 The Mad Playwright of Hatfield, by Harold Adshead 30
A Song for Arfasheer, by Kenneth Johnson 19 In the Days of the Hertfordshire Militia, by W. G. S. Crook 32
The Beauty of Hertfordshire Churches - Part II, by M. V. The Passing of Bushey Hall, by T. H. Hook 33
    Murphy 20 Our Readers' Forum 34

 

 

 

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Vol. 10 No. 38 Two old houses at Much Hadham Principal Contents of this issue
Vol. 10  No. 38   Autumn 1955
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Frontispiece: On the Grand Union Canal at Rickmansworth 449 The Hertfordshire Inn as Community Centre, by F. A.
The Abbots of St. Albans, by Chas. H. Cooke 50     Richardson 62
A House of Music, by D. V. Mondin 52 A Straw Plating Mangle in Every Home, by E. M. Badcock 64
Witchcraft in Ware, by S. H. Ward 53 The Water End Swallow Holes, by H. M. Alderman 65
County History in Wills, by Kenneth Myers 54 O'Connerville, the Chartist Experiment, by Godfrey Cornwall 66
Markyate's Resourceful Highwayman, by P. Grassby 56 Some Hertfordshire Inns about 1620, by W. Branch Johnson 68
Markyate's Windmills Three, by P. Grassby 57 Water End House, by Ronald S. Pickergill 69
The Struggles of Aldenham Grammer School, by R. P. The Watchdog of a County's Beauty 70
    Mander 58 Centenary of a County Newspaper 71
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Vol. 10 No. 39 Christmas morning milk - St. Michael's, St Albans Principal Contents of this issue
Vol. 10  No. 39   Winter 1955-56
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Frontispiece: St. Helen's Church, Wheathampstead 89 The Mayors of the County 103
Painting for Pleasure, by E. F. Newman 90 Barnet: Its Church and Great Benefactor, by John Lea 104
Going to Extremes in Hertfordshire, by Kenneth Johnson 92 Hemel Hempstead Two Hundred Years Ago, by W. G. S.
The Abbots of St. Albans, by Chas. H. Cooke 94     Crook 106
The Croxley Mummers 95 Insulted at Election 107
Hertfordshire and Wales, by the Rev. D. Perry-Jones 96 Sir Thomas Comingsby of North Mimms, by H. M. Alderman 108
Book Review 97 A Wanderer in Hertfordshire, by S. R. Meager 110
The Diary of William Jones, by A. J. Ford 98 Our Readers' Forum 112
Oughton Head Common, Chas. H. Cooke 100 Benefactors and Benefactions, by W. G. S. Crook 118

 

 

 

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Vol. 10 No. 40 St. Albans Abbey Principal Contents of this issue
Vol. 10  No. 40   Spring 1956
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Frontispiece: Braughing 129 An Old Hertford Murder Trial, by David A. Thomas 143
The Story of Pickfords in Hertfordshire, by V. W. Lea 130 The Story of Berkhamsted Castle, by S. M. Charlett 144
A Strange Legend of Hertfordingbury, by Harold Adshead 132 Hertfordshire Byways, by C. Morris 146
The Father of Steeplechasing, by R. W. B. Keene 134 Hertfordshire's Sweet Pea Enthusiast, by Dorothy Lawson
The Beauty of Hertfordshire Churches, by M. V. Murphy 136     Barnes 148
Verulamium, the Forgotten City, by Rudolph Roberts 138 Following in Father's Innsteps, by W. Branch Johnson 149
Hertfordshire in Parliament 140 Scott of Amwell, by Harold Adshead 150
The Buntingford Almshouses, by Isabel Falcon 142 Our Readers' Forum 152
Hertfordshire Inns and History, by F. A. Richardson 158