You are here: Explore your past > Great Amwell
Great Amwell, Hertfordshire
Great Amwell maps
Historic maps of Great Amwell and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Great Amwell maps
Historic map of Great Amwell
Illustrated Victorian map of Hertfordshire
Historic Map of any Great Amwell postcode
Memories of Great Amwell
Displaying a selection of personal
memories of Great Amwell
.
Add your memory of Great Amwell
or of a photo of Great Amwell.
Nineteen years pleasurable living in Great Amell.
My family of four childen, my husband and I, moved into part of a large country house known as 'Ravenscourt', standing in 3 acres of land: we named our semi "Little Ravenscourt'. Within our back garden stood a beautiful large 'Indian Bean Tree' (catelpa), which the children loved to climb on: in the spring it was covered in small orchid-like... [more]
Shared on Saturday, May 05, 2007
Hertfordshire memories
Not really a memory - rather a request for information. My grandfather, Alfred Pain, was licensee of the Crown Inn from possibly the late 1920s through to the middle 1930s. If anyone has any memories/information/photos of the public house and/or my grandfather's time there, I would be most grateful to hear them.
Incidentally, my mother, Doris Bird, used... [more]
Shared on Thursday, May 29, 2008
Wow, I have many fun memories about St Andrew's Church, living next door for many years and being a member in my younger years. To me it was like my second home. Does anyone remember Skipp? He was a lovely man, I got many a telling off for ringing the church bells, which I did on most days ,driving the neighbours... [more]
Shared on Thursday, December 04, 2008
Netherfield House is now up for sale, the estate agent lists it beautifully, I have photos of the house as it was, and am glad to see that the current owners kept it beautifully as a house of that age should be
Shared on Saturday, September 13, 2008
I would be pleased to hear from anyone with connections or memories of the village --- I was born & grew up there.
Feel free to e-mail me on --- greenviewpark&yahoo.co.uk
Leslie
Shared on Tuesday, January 27, 2009
I have a sketchy memory of my childhood in Easneye, between the ages of around 3-5 years old. I remember my mother dropping me off and being terrified. She said I was having a holiday but never came back for me. All I can remember of my time was the dormitory, just a row of unfriendly beds, and the "farm" with... [more]
Shared on Saturday, December 29, 2007
What was at the top of the hill?
At the top of Cats Hill were three large houses, one was called Netherfield House and had been donated by the Booth family to the Salvation Army. My father ran the house as a residential home for 29 gentlemen, and I worked with him for several years. The house now, I believe has been converted into luxury apartments, and I would... [more]
Shared on Monday, June 11, 2007
I was born in 1966 and lived in the Red Lion. My dad and mum were married in 1961. My dad lived in the village all his life, moving to the Red Lion on his marriage. My dad was formerly of Temperance Hall, down the road from the village stores.
Mum and Dad lived in the Red Lion in one room... [more]
Shared on Saturday, October 18, 2008
