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Wareside, Hertfordshire
Wareside maps
Historic maps of Wareside and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Wareside maps
Historic map of Wareside
Illustrated Victorian map of Hertfordshire
Historic Map of any Wareside postcode
Wareside books
Displaying 3 of 4 books about Wareside and the local area. View all Wareside books
Hitchin Town and City Memories
Paperback
$26
Hertfordshire Living Memories
Paperback
$28
Hertfordshire Photographic Memories
Paperback
$28
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Memories of Wareside
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I remember many happy childhood days spent at my grandparents' cottage up the hill towards the railway station. There was a block of four cottages on the right hand side of the road. My grandfather's name was Silas Wren, and he was well into his eighties in 1952. We had moved to Southend on Sea because my father had risen through... [more]
Shared on 22 March 2009
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 18 October 2008
Visits to Wareside 1964 - present
My dad was born at Hillside Cottages in Wareside in 1929 (I think). I remember visiting my Grandmother there up until she moved to Ware round about 1978/9. She lived in the house with the "Hillside Cottages" sign on the front. I remember going to visit every Saturday afternoon. The front garden was a typical cottage garden where I would collect... [more]
Shared on 13 December 2007
Hertfordshire memories
My parents, Peggy and Stan Pinner, moved to Hunsdon from Leyton in 1957. Stan's family was from Wyddial and Aspenden, so Hunsdon was a good fit for them. A small estate was being erected on Wicklands Road and they bought number 3. Our next door neighbours were the Duddys, other neighbours were the Porters, the Joyces, the Fergusons, the Richardsons and... [more]
Shared on 15 March 2009
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 29 May 2008
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 05 May 2007
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 04 December 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 13 September 2008
Extracts From Wareside & Hertfordshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Wareside, inspired by Frith photos.
North and East Hertfordshire Photographic Memories
These houses, built in 1933, are called Coanwood Cottages. They face onto the road leading to Wareside village centre. The van (right) is driving down Fanhams' Hall Lane from Ware, and may be about to turn left past Appleton Farm and Baker's End. The ditch on the right drains across the road into the delightfully named Nimney Bourne near Holy Trinity... [more]
This is an extract from North and East Hertfordshire Photographic Memories.
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So often forgotten by travellers through Hertfordshire, Wareside is one of the county's prettiest villages. Situated on the uplands to the south of the River Ash, it straddles the B1004 road between Much Hadham and Ware. Up to the time of Dr Beeching's 'axe', its station at nearby Mardock was served by the single track Buntingford Branch railway line which also... [more]
This is an extract from Hertfordshire Living Memories.
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North and East Hertfordshire Photographic Memories
Wareside is known by locals as the Treacle Mines! Philpot's General Stores was also used as a slaughterhouse until the early 1950s, when it became the post office. It closed in 1990, and for a short while was an antiques shop which only opened on Friday afternoons. The property is now a private residence. It is said that in 1834, the... [more]
This is an extract from North and East Hertfordshire Photographic Memories.
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