Hertfordshire Collection (page 10)

England / West Mill
Neighbours pass the time of day in a corner of the village of West Mill, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 1950s

Aldenham Reservoir
A reservoir full of water, Aldenham, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 1939

England / Watford 1948
A birdseye view of The Parade and High Street, Watford, Hertfordshire, England. Note the Odeon Cinema, which is showing Station West. with Dick Powell and Jane Greer! Date: 1948

Sopwell Priory
The ruins of Sopwell Priory (or Nunnery), St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, which was founded by Geoffrey of Gorham in the middle of the 12th century. Date: 12th century

Wheat Harvest
A harvest scene on a farm in Hertfordshire, England. While the engine goes for water, the bagged wheat is wheeled away from the thresher. Date: 1930s

Woodland Trackway
The sunken trackway approaching Goldings Wood, Hertfordshire, England, which acts as a parish boundary between Great Amwell and Stanstead St. Margaret s. Date: 1930s

Cycling Stop
A young male tour cyclist stands beside a tandem to admire the unusual combination of a farm and church at Graveley, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 1930s

Cycling Storm

Muddy Cyclist

Friendly Horses

Village Well House
This odd-shaped building on the village green at Offley, Hertfordshire, England is a well house, within which is modern pumping machinery providing water on tap. Date: 1930s

Hemel Hempstead Pump
An unusual combination of an old water pump cum lamp standard, at Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 1960s

Tudor Cottage
An ancient Tudor cottage (now a museum) in the picturesque village of Ashwell, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 16th century

Old Roman Road
A section of the Roman road at Datchworth Green, Hertfordshire, England, which points to the ford at Ayot St. Lawrence. Date: 1930s

No Mans Land Common, near Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England; a favourite parking place on any summer afternoon. Date: 1930s

Prehistoric Markstone
A Prehistoric Markstone, near the bridge and ford on the River Ver at St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England. Date: BC

ROMAN BACK LANE
The Roman Road known as Back Lane, south west of Buntingford, Hertfordshire, England. Here it is seen running by the side of a field hedge. Date: 1930s

St Albans - Verulamium - The Roman Theatre, one of the best preserved in the UK. Date: 1910s

COACH AND HORSES SIGN
A very fine inn sign illustrating the method of travelling in bygone days - the Coach and Horses, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 1950s

Houses in Letchworth
A row of houses on a wide road in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire Date: 1950s

Letchworth / Pastoral 1913
Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire: a Garden City Pastoral Date: 1913

Prams, Babies & Mothers
Population explosion: prams and babies lined up outside a building in Ware, Hertfordshire; several women mind the children Date: circa 1965

Aldenham House Gardens, Hertfordshire, in the snow
A view of Aldenham House Gardens, near Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, with a scattering of snow. An ivy-covered bridge can be seen, crossing some water

Gardens at Aldenham House, Hertfordshire
View of the gardens at Aldenham House, near Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, with pink and white rhododendrons (a flowering plant of the Ericaceae family), growing on either side of a grassy pathway

The Lane at Aldenham House, Hertfordshire
Part of the gardens known as The Lane, at Aldenham House, near Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. A wrought iron gate opens onto a pathway between tall hedges

Scots Pines at Aldenham House, Hertfordshire
Two tall Scots Pines (Pinus Sylvestris of the Pinaceae family) at Aldenham House, near Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. Part of the gardens can also be seen, with grass, shrubs, flowerbeds, a statue

Interior, Cheshunt Great House, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire
An interior shot of the hall at Cheshunt Great House, at Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, showing a large fireplace, two unusual wooden chairs, and various suits of armour

Cheshunt Great House, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire
View through trees of Cheshunt Great House, at Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. The building dates back to the 15th century. For much of the the 19th

Chipperfield Common, Hertfordshire. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Bushey - Hertfordshire - Cottages
View over the fields toward a cottage and outbuildings near Bushey, Hertfordshire. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Cottages near Bushey, Herts
Cottage and old barn nestling into the countryside near Bushey, Hertfordshire. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Village pond at Shenley, Hertfordshire
Daffodils on the banks of the village pond at Shenley, Hertfordshire. Painting by Raymond Sheppard

Leys Avenue, Letchworth
A view of Leys Avenue in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, with people out shopping and several parked bicycles

Leavesden Asylum, Hertfordshire
Male attendants in a ward at the Asylum for Imbeciles opened in 1870 at Leavesden near Abbots Langley in Hertfordshire. The Asylum, with its twin at Caterham

Dispensary, Napsbury War Hospital, Hertfordshire
Scene in the Dispensary of Napsbury War Hospital, which operated during the First World War at the Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum, originally opened in 1905 on Shenley Lane, London Colney, near St

Bovingdon, Herts
Cyclists and dog in the street at Bovingdon, Hertfordshire

HITCHIN - 1921
Market Place Hitchin Hertfordshire

Heath & Heather
The largest retail herb warehouse in the world - Heath & Heather, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, has a floor area of over 24, 000 superficial feet

THE JOHNNY GILPIN PUB
The inn sign of the Johnny Gilpin at Ware, Hertfordshire, England

England / Great Amwell
The New River at Amwell Spring, Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, England. The small monument written by Archdeacon Nares in 1818, asks the spring to perpetuate

Pembridge Church
The octagonal detached bellfry of Pembridge Church, Hertfordshire, isolated so that the vibrations of the bell ringing do not rock the foundations of the church

Ruined Norman Church
Fine Norman arches on a hilltop in Shobdon Park, Leominster, Hertfordshire, ruins of a church built in the 11th century, but demolished in the 18th century

Retire Steam Threshers
At rest. A weekend study of retired steam threshers in a field at Thorley, Hertfordshire, England

Driving through a Ford
A car makes a splash at Barwick Ford, Hertfordshire, England

Chestnut Sunday at Bushey Park
Chestnut Sunday, a day in May celebrated in Bushey, Hertfordshire. Many people would journey to Bushey Park to see the famous avenue of chestnut trees in their full glory

Cottages at Much Hadham
Picturesque black and white timber and plaster cottages in the street at Much Hadham, a charming Hertfordshire village

Fore Street, Hatfield Hertfordshire, in which James, 2nd Marquis of Salisbury, first experimented with wood block paving, a pioneer in this type of road surfacing

Braughing, Herts
The village of Braughing, which nestles among the chalk hills of East Hertfordshire. Two little girls chat and play beneath a huge tree

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