Walkern, Hertfordshire
Walkern photos
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Walkern maps
Historic maps of Walkern and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Walkern maps
Walkern books
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Last year, as part of a two month trip from New Zealand, in mid September, my wife and I made a pilgrimage to Walkern, the place of my paternal ancestors. During the war I was taken by my mother and grandfather to Clay End, near Walkern where we stayed for a few days to avoid the bombing in London. I don't... [more]
Shared on 04 July 2009
Hertfordshire memories
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.... [more]
Shared on 30 October 2008
I remember when I was just a young teenager... you could roam around the village and just about everyone knew you.
I loved to wander down to Mill Stream Lane with my jam jar and fishing net and walk along the stream searching for stickle backs and anything else I could catch. The fields behind us would whisper in the... [more]
Shared on 04 June 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
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
Seeing the fountain in this picture brings back childhood memories from the 1950/60s of sailing boats up and down the paddling pool at weekends or when your parents took you down on a sunny afternoon. Summer fetes and funfair on the grass area between the paddling pool and Norton Way South, last but not least playing in the small wood behind... [more]
Shared on 05 June 2006
Extracts From Walkern & Hertfordshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Walkern, inspired by Frith photos.
North and East Hertfordshire Photographic Memories
The River Beane runs close to the church, and is liable to heavy flooding. The church stands on a slight mound to the north-east where it is safe from damage, although photographs of flooding show water lapping up against the path leading to the south porch. In 1340 an outbreak of 'murrain', possibly anthrax, made farming impossible and left large areas... [more]
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Although in 1960 Walkern was a peaceful village, its history included many scenes of violence. During the Civil War, the rector, John Gorsuch, was smothered in a haystack by two of Cromwell's supporters. Later on, in 1728, when returning from the market at Hertford, Thomas Adams was violently murdered in the High Street.
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North and East Hertfordshire Photographic Memories
The White Lion, one of many public houses in the village, was called the Rose and Crown in 1766, when it formed part of a marriage settlement between Mary Field and John Smith of Hitchin. Although the marriage settlement is the earliest mention of the house, much of the building dates from the 16th century. Around 1800 the name changed to... [more]
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