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Charlton, Hertfordshire

Charlton photos

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Charlton maps

Historic maps of Charlton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Charlton maps

Charlton map

Historic map of Charlton

Hertfordshire map

Illustrated Victorian map of Hertfordshire

Charlton map

Historic Map of any Charlton postcode

Charlton maps
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Charlton books

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Hertfordshire Living Memories
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Hertfordshire Photographic Memories
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Hitchin Town and City Memories
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Charlton books
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Memories of Charlton

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Hertfordshire memories

My Heritage

Personally I don't have a memory of the Sun Hotel, but my late mother told me once that she thought her father's family either owned or ran the hotel. Their name was Taylor and they came from Hitchen and the surrounding area.

Shared on 11 May 2009 by Margaret Cadger.

Halsey's Delicatessen

Our grandparents used to visit Halsey's weekly from Old Stevenage to buy their provisions. Now I with my sister visit regularly especially as we love the new owners' Kirsty and Damien's Tea Room. We take our children for 'tea' there and they think it's a real treat! Christmas simply wouldn't be Christmas without our Christmas Pudding Coffee, and Wild Boar and... [more]

Shared on 30 October 2008 by Sharon Dudley.

Hitchin

The scene is the rear of The Sun Hotel.

Shared on 30 September 2008

Queen Street

The road is called Queen Street and shows St Mary's Square on the left where the market was held on Tuesday and Saturday every week. Beyond that is Portmill Lane and the back of shops and offices at the top of Hermitage Road. On the immediate right is the Telephone Exchange.

Shared on 30 September 2008

Car in the Churchyard

This car was parked in the Churchyard outside the provisions shop Halseys.

Shared on 30 September 2008

Man in Picture 1965

The white-haired man in the photograph, I believe, is my father John Neville. He was a police sergeant in Hitchin from 1941 until his retirement in the late '50s.

Shared on 26 January 2008 by John Neville.

Visiting

The lady in the centre of the photograph walking towards the camera is Mrs Kate Silsby my grandmother who lived at 8 Tilehouse Street. When this was taken we think she would have been walking to St Ippollytts to visit her daughter Mrs Babs Brown.

Shared on 29 June 2006 by Maureen Raine.

This is not a memory but a plea!

My late wife was born in March, Cambridgeshire but her mother was born in Great Wymondley in 1911, the date being 2nd July, 1911. This was just after the Census of that year. However, I would like to find the rest of the family on the 1911 Census which should give me names and ages of the rest of the family.... [more]

Shared on 19 May 2009 by Peter Frost.

Extracts From Charlton & Hertfordshire books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Charlton, inspired by Frith photos.

Hitchin Town and City Memories

Charlton was the birthplace of Henry Bessemer, inventor of the Bessemer converter.

This is an extract from Hitchin Town and City Memories.
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North and East Hertfordshire Photographic Memories

The village of Charlton lies about 3/4 mile to the south-west of Hitchin. At the time of Domesday it was held by King William himself - before 1066, it was included in Earl Harold's estates as part of Hitchin. The River Hiz has its source just south of the village, and a watermill is recorded in the village in Domesday. In... [more]

Hitchin Town and City Memories

In 1901, Hermitage Road was a pleasant, open avenue. The building on the left in view 46642, left, is the Hermitage, home of Frederick Seebohm; very little of it still remains. Windmill Hill is just visible in the background.

This is an extract from Hitchin Town and City Memories.
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