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 Hitchin, Bancroft Recreation Ground 1931 (ref. 84208) | The people of Hitchin are fortunate in living in a rural district. Even today, open fields are within walking distance of every part of the town. In addition, there are playing fields, commons and parks within the town itself. Numerous footpaths and bridleways offer access to surrounding villages and towns. |  Add your own Memory Add to your Album |
 Hitchin, Girls Grammar School 1931 (ref. 84211) | This building allowed both grammar schools to expand. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Hitchin, Walsworth Road 1922 (ref. 71895) | Walsworth Road again, this time in 1922 and at the junction with Highbury and Verulam Roads. The pub on the left is the Radcliffe Arms, named for the Delmé-Radcliffe family who lived in the Priory for more than 400 years. The awnings over the shop windows next door are more extensive than most modern ones. The railings far left surround the Sacred Heart Convent. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Hitchin, Hermitage Road 1901 (ref. 46642) | 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. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Hitchin, the Inner Courtyard, The Biggin 1903 (ref. 49743) | This view was taken in 1903, although it appears earlier. The timber colonnades are an unusual feature. The pump standing beneath the awning on the left was removed in 1960. On the right, a wooden water butt gathers rainfall, via a pipe from the guttering. At about this date, 18 needy women occupied the Biggin, receiving about 10s each. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Hitchin, Churchyard c1955 (ref. H89031) | The view looking north in the Churchyard in the mid 1950s was much the same then as it is today. In 1963, a well was found in the premises fac- ing us, then Wendy's Hat Shop. Believed to be early medieval, it was lined with a soft chalky stone, and contained 15 feet of clear water. A bakery now occupies the premises. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Hitchin, St Mary's Church from Market Place 1908 (ref. 60881) | This 1908 view of the churchyard from the south shows the gates that once protected the dead from body snatchers. J Shipley Slipper, a dentist, held a surgery at Waldock's on the left, but only on alternate market days - a long wait if you'd just missed him. George Savage's draper's shop is by the gates on the right, and next door to him is Allsop's, trading as a cash tailor under the slogan: 'The Novelty House for Neckwear'. The façade of his shopfront has been rendered, and scoured with lines to give the impression that it is built of stone. Unfortunately, the years have taken their toll and the render is slowly falling off. Halsey's is on the right: an advertisement in the window draws attention to 'Halsey's Dog Food' - packets of puppy biscuits surround it. Strictly speaking, the buildings from Savage's to Halsey's are in the Market Place, whilst those on the other side are in the Churchyard. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Hitchin, the Sun Hotel c1965 (ref. H89301) | 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. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Hitchin, St Mary's Church and War Memorial 1931 (ref. 84195) | 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. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Hitchin, Hermitage Road c1965 (ref. H89079) | 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. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
