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Hare Street maps
Historic maps of Hare Street and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Hare Street maps
Historic map of Hare Street
Illustrated Victorian map of Hertfordshire
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Hare Street books
Displaying 3 of 4 books about Hare Street and the local area. View all Hare Street books
Hertfordshire Living Memories
Paperback
£14
Hertfordshire Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Hitchin Town and City Memories
Paperback
£13
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Memories of Hare Street
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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
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
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
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
Extracts From Hare Street & Hertfordshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Hare Street, 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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