Berkhamsted, High Street And St Peter's Church c.1950
Photo ref:
B407003
More about this scene
As late as 1930, parts of the High Street at Berkhamsted were not fully made up; but with the increase of traffic on this main arterial road, it had one of the first junctions in Hertfordshire to become controlled by traffic lights. Pilkingtom Manor, mostly hidden by the trees on the left, was demolished in 1959, and today only the Dower House (the white gabled building in the centre of the photograph) survives. In the early 1800s, Berkhamsted was renowned for its high quality bobbin lace. There was a resurgence of the industry in the early 1900s, but with the importation of the cheaper 'Maltese Pattern' lace, the industry faded and disappeared.
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