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Graveley, Hertfordshire

Graveley maps

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

Graveley map

Historic map of Graveley

Hertfordshire map

Illustrated Victorian map of Hertfordshire

Graveley map

Historic Map of any Graveley postcode

Graveley maps
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Graveley photos

We have no photos of Graveley, although we do have photos of these nearby places: Stevenage, Hitchin, Letchworth Garden City, Charlton, Baldock, Walkern, Norton, Ickleford, St Pauls Walden, Knebworth

Graveley books

Displaying 2 of 8 books about Graveley and the local area.   View all Graveley books

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Hitchin Town and City Memories
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Hitchin Town and City Memories
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Hemel Hempstead - A History & Celebration
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Graveley books
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Memories of Graveley

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Hertfordshire memories

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. They all eventually moved into Cambridgeshire but to find entries on the Gt. Wymondley Census would be a start.
What details I have are -
     Father - William Henry Rose.
     Mother - Florence
     A known address - Nine Springs, Gt. Wymondley. Baldock(or Hitchin) Herts
     Father's occupation given as Cowman, could have lived on a far

If this a first posting on the message board I'm sorry it is not a memory but this is a brick wall I cannot get through. But if someone could come up with some ideas it would be very much appreciated.

Shared on 19 May 2009 by Peter Frost.

Heaven

This is simply my most favourite place in the whole world! No words can describe the peace and tranquility I feel when I walk along The Avenue with my family and dogs. The autumn months are my favourite! The range of colours in the trees, the conkers falling to the ground, and the sound of the branches swaying in the wind. Here I am at peace with the world. I wish it were longer, I could walk for ever!

Shared on 30 October 2008 by Sharon Dudley.

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 Black Seal Rum Pate!

Shared on 30 October 2008 by Sharon Dudley.

Extracts From Graveley & Hertfordshire books

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

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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Hitchin Town and City Memories

A view of St Marys church in 1931, with the War Memorial in the foreground. In 1752, the Rewd William Cole wrote that the tower was `one of the most clumsy and heavy ones I ever saw`. Perhaps `solid` is a kinder description.

This is an extract from Hitchin Town and City Memories.
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Hitchin Town and City Memories

In the 1960s, the Sun Hotel’s yard did not include fire escapes from the upstairs rooms, as it does now. Otherwise, there is little but the parked cars to give a clue to the date of this photograph. The timber- framed buildings, on the left, are believed to date from the 16th century.

This is an extract from Hitchin Town and City Memories.
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