Herts Collection

Hitchin, Herts 1940S
The corner of Bridge Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, where the speed limit for W.D. (War Department) vehicles is 15 m.p.h. The Half Moon pub, sells Noted Luton Ales, too

Stanstead Abbotts - The Bridge
The village of Stanstead Abbott in Hertfordshire lies on the Greenwich Meridian. Date: 1907

Hitchin, Herts 1940S
The corner of Bridge Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, where the speed limit for W.D. (War Department) vehicles is 15 m.p.h. A horse and cart keeps strictly to this limit

Rickmansworth / Herts / 50S
A sylvan glimpse in one of Rickmansworths pretty lanes, one of the beauty spots of Hertfordshire

Guessens Court, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. Date: circa 1920

Ashridge House is in Herts and Bucks. The seat of Earl of Brownlow. Date: 1907

Laundry at National Childrens Home, Harpenden, Herts
Girls iron and fold clean washing in the laundry at the National Childrens Home, Harpenden, Hertfordshire

Poster, Explore Your Country through the YHA
Poster, Explore Your Country through the Youth Hostels Association. circa 1955

Map of the Greater London area with council areas marked. Date: mid-20th century

Robey Tri-Tandem Road Roller number 45655 Herts Wanderer, reg. VL 2773, at Pirton on 28 May 1971. Date: 1971

Steam train picking up water from a trough, Bushey, Herts
Steam train picking up water from a trough, Bushey, Hertfordshire

Aldenham Church Rood Screen, Herts
An architectural drawing of the highly decorative rood screen inside Aldenham Church, Herts, the approach to the original medieval rood loft is still in existence. Date: circa 1910

Photograph of George Alexander, actor, theatre producer and theatre manager (1858-1918) with his dog. captioned, D'Arcy of The Guards At Home'

Whitehall Films, offices and studio, Elstree
Whitehall Films, offices (left) and studio (right), Elstree, Hertfordshire Date: 1929

Whitehall Films Ltd, film studio, Boreham Wood, Elstree
Whitehall Films Ltd, new film studio, Station Road, Boreham Wood, Elstree, Hertfordshire Date: 1929

Street setting for film Kitty, by Burlington Studios
Aerial view of street setting for film Kitty, by Burlington Studios, at BIP Studios, Elstree, Hertfordshire Date: 1929

British International Films Studio, Welwyn Garden City, Hert
Interior and Exterior of British International Films Studio, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire Date: 1929

Film studio London street setting, Welwyn Garden City
British film studio London street setting at Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, for Anthony Asquith's production of Princess Priscilla's Fortnight

British International Pictures Ltd, film studio, Elstree
British International Pictures Ltd, film studio at Elstree, Hertfordshire Date: 1929

St Albans Abbey, Hertfordshire
The massive (and rather disliked) west end of St Albans Abbey designed by Edmund Beckett, First Baron Grimthorpe. Potentially the site of the place of death of Britain's First Christian Martyr

St Albans Abbey, St Albans, Hertfordshire. circa 1875

Advert, Travel Metro to Watford, Metro Extension Line, underground to overground. Date: 1926

View of the mansion at Moor Park, Hertfordshire
View of the Palladian mansion at Moor Park, Hertfordshire, dating back to the 17th century. By the time of this illustration, it was possible to travel by train to Rickmansworth

Swiss Cottage, Cassiobury Park, near Watford, Hertfordshire
Swiss Cottage at Cassiobury Park, near Watford, Hertfordshire. By the time of this illustration, it was possible to travel by train to Watford, and enjoy a railway ramble to view the building

Cassiobury House, near Watford, Hertfordshire, ancestral seat of the Earls of Essex, dating back to the 16th century. By the time of this illustration

Monumental Brass Rubbing, John and Maud Pecock (Pecok, Peacock), St Michaels Church, St Albans, Hertfordshire. circa 1380

Monumental Brass Rubbing, Elizabeth Parker, Radwell, Hertfordshire. 1603

Christmas in Windsor Ward, West Herts Hospital. Reverse reads Windsor Ward ? West Herts Hospital, Hemel Hempstead. Sister A.M. Smith & Nurses about 1949 Date: circa 1949

Nurse holding child next to Christmas tree
Senior Nurse Else holding a child next to a Christmas tree at West Herts Hospital Date: 1951

Nurses and female patients
Nurses and patients in female ward of West Herts hospital, which is decorated for Christmas Date: 1950

High Street, Watford, Hertfordshire. Date: circa 1906

The Clock road house, Welwyn, Herts 1920s
The Clock at Welwyn, Hertfordshire, one of a number of so-called road houses established along major road routes out of London during the inter-war years that variously offered swimming, dining

Lullingstone Silk Farm, Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire
Skilled Silk Operator at her reeling machine at the Lullingstone Silk Farm, Ayot, House, Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire. Date: circa 1930s

Barnet Fire Station, Hertfordshire, built in 1905

Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret at St. Pauls Walden Bury
Princesses Elizabeth (1926-2022) (later Queen Elizabeth II) and Margaret (1930-2002) playing in the sandpit at St. Pauls Walden Bury, Welyn

Cowper / Birthplace / Herts
WILLIAM COWPER English poets birthplace at Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire Date: 1731 - 1800

St. Albans Abbey, west front, St Albans, Hertfordshire
St Albans Abbey (Cathedral), west front, before Grimthorpes additions in the early 1880s. circa 1870s

View of The Skittles Inn, Letchworth, Hertfordshire
View of The Skittles Inn at Letchworth, Hertfordshire. Date: 20th century

Houses in Delcott Close, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. Date: circa 1920

Houses in Valley Road, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
Houses and front gardens in Valley Road, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. Date: circa 1930s

Newlyn House, East Hill Estate, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. Date: 1930

Col E. H. Carlile MP, Vanity Fair, ELF
SIR HILDRED CARLILE, 1st Baronet CBE (1852-1942) English businessman and Conservative Party politician. MP for St Albans. His brother Wilson Carlile was founder of the Church Army

Hertfordshire Territorial - Herts Regiment - Pre-WW1
A Hertfordshire Territorial poses for a photograph in an unknown camp - Herts Regiment - Pre-WW1. Date: circa 1911

Hertfordshire Territorials - Herts Regiment - Pre-WW1
Two Hertfordshire Territorials pose for a photograph with their officer - Herts Regiment - Pre-WW1. Date: circa 1911

Lamp Chimney from Triangular Temple, Verulamium
Lamp Chimney from the Triangular Temple at Verulamium, St. Albans, Hertfordshire - early 2nd century AD. Date: 2nd century AD

Zeppelin Downed 1916 - 1
Zeppelin L-21 is shot down over the Plough Inn, Cuffley (Herts) by lieutenant William Leefe Robinson VC. 3 September 1916

Zeppelin Downed 1916 - 4
Zeppelin L-21 is shot down over the Plough Inn, Cuffley (Herts) by lieutenant William Leefe Robinson VC. 3 September 1916

Zeppelin Downed 1916 - 5
Zeppelin L-21 is shot down over the Plough Inn, Cuffley (Herts) by lieutenant William Leefe Robinson VC. 3 September 1916

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