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Buntingford, Hertfordshire
Buntingford maps
Historic maps of Buntingford and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Buntingford maps
Historic map of Buntingford
Illustrated Victorian map of Hertfordshire
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Buntingford books
Displaying 3 of 4 books about Buntingford and the local area. View all Buntingford books
Hertfordshire Living Memories
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Hertfordshire Photographic Memories
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Hitchin Town and City Memories
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4 Buntingford photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Buntingford
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The Bell Hotel, Hare Street, Buntingford
I have recently discovered that my Great Grandfather John Main originally from Devon (a shoe maker) and then in Brixton, London as a Dairy Manager owned the Bell Hotel in Hare Street around 1905.
My Grandmother lived there as a little girl and would often tell us stories as children about how it was haunted and about secret panels etc and... [more]
Shared on 15 April 2007
My Grand parents - Christopher and Dorothy McHugh nee Roblett, of Archers in Buntingford. They married here sometime between 1940-1950, the church was open air and they married on Christmas Eve. They have three children, Christopher, Bernadette (my mother) and John. They passed away over 20 years ago now.
Shared on 29 April 2009
Looking after Mungo Walker at Wyddial Hall
My mother - Peggy Barker - looked after Mungo Walker, the grandson of the Heaton-Ellises when he returned from Kenya as a 7 year old in the late 1930s. This was only for a few months until he went to boarding school. She was supposed to be teaching him Maths but I think from the sound of it, they just had... [more]
Shared on 02 November 2009
Hertfordshire memories
My father's people were from Wyddial, their name was Pinner. I was baptized at St. Giles, along with my sister. (My parents felt I should be old enough to remember this event). The dish in the font was cracked. I later stayed with my cousin Angela, she lived in Buntingford, her parents were from Aspenden. For the six weeks I was... [more]
Shared on 04 December 2008
Memories of the Bentley family
This photo, along with the other 4, attracted my attention because the thatched cottage on the left is where my father, Arthur Sidney Bentley, was born in 1926. He lived all his life in Barkway until his death in 2005. Married to Pamela Mary Sharp of nearby Therfield, he had 3 children, one of them myself, Jeffrey born in 1952. Linda... [more]
Shared on 17 August 2009
My great great grandparents were born and married in Barkway before coming to the US in 1854. I am wondering if there are any relatives of John and Sarah (Butler) Welch in Barkway. I will definitely have to visit some day.
Shared on 09 February 2009
Last year, as part of a two month trip from New Zealand, in mid September, my wife and I made a pilgrimage to Walkern, the place of my paternal ancestors. During the war I was taken by my mother and grandfather to Clay End, near Walkern where we stayed for a few days to avoid the bombing in London. I don't... [more]
Shared on 04 July 2009
I lived in Standon from the 1950s onwards till 1969 & then came back!!
My dad ran the butchers shop in the High Street from 1951-1969, Victor John Ward. I went to the school at the far end of the High Street (now residential). Headmaster was Mr Eric Norman Butler. I remember May Day, and dancing in the High Street ... more memories than I can write! School journeys? Sports days on the rec...Westwoods newsagents....Catons... [more]
Shared on 22 July 2009
Extracts From Buntingford & Hertfordshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Buntingford, inspired by Frith photos.
North and East Hertfordshire Photographic Memories
The bridge over the Rib, built in 1852, leads to the Causeway and Layston church. The Cottage, on the corner, faces onto River Green and looks towards the right of the photograph and Pig's Nose, originally a c1500 farm shed but now a residence. The reasons for it name are lost in obscurity, although it has been suggested that the shape... [more]
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Hertfordshire Photographic Memories
It is towards the end of market day, an event which was revived in 1920. Pens for cattle and sheep can be glimpsed under the trees, and a large lorry waits to carry its four-footed cargo away. The manse, which was the home of the Reverend George Elliot, the congregational minister, was turned into a shop during the nineteen thirties.
This is an extract from Hertfordshire Photographic Memories.
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North and East Hertfordshire Photographic Memories
The Causeway leads from the town of Buntingford to the original, and now derelict, parish church of St Bartholomew, Layston. The trees on the left fell victim to Dutch elm disease, and have now been replaced. On the right is the garden wall to Little Court, and behind the trees stands Layston School, skirted on the west by Paddock Road. The... [more]
This is an extract from North and East Hertfordshire Photographic Memories.
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