Hertford, Port Hill 1929
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Photo ref: 81776
Photo of Hertford, Port Hill 1929

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Still recognisable today, this steep hill leading towards Bengeo must have posed a challenge to early motor vehicles. The Reindeer Inn on the left was originally a house called The Running Deer in 1740, owned by the Dunster family. The Reindeer was first licensed in 1837, and is still a public house - but renamed The Hodden Horse Too.

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This is where my father (1924) and grandfather (1896) were born, their cottages were just round the corner slightly further up the hill, Gt Grandfather (1844) rented 2 cottages for his family of himself, his wife and 9 children, when Grandad married he evntually moved to the cottage near where the car is with his wife and my Dad. It is larger so it was as he got a little better off! The wooden stable buildings ...see more