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'This still stands on the corner of Cromer Hyde lane a mile or so north of Lemsford on the Hatfield to Wheathamstead road, and to Mary and I in our youth and to Eileen and I when we were courting it was a well known spot. ' The Memories of The Chequers ( Crooked Chimney) featuring Ernest Brown my Uncle. Click here to read Article |
Life in a Victorian
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'My grandfathers whole existence, together with his fellow keepers, was to rear , tend and guard the thousands of pheasants, bred for the great shoots for which Brocket was famous. The future King George V was a renowned shot and sometimes went to Brocket, so it was important that everything, including a generous supply of birds, was the best possible.' The story of H.J.Browns grandfather and his life as a Victorian Gamekeeper Click here to read Article |
Alfred Henry Brown
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'Alfred Henry Brown was born at Basingstoke, Hampshire on April 3rd 1867,where his father, Joseph Brown, worked on the railway. He had a good voice when he was a boy and sang in the choir of Winchester Cathedral, where he won a gold watch. When he died it was buried with him' The life of H.J.Browns Grandfather Click here to read Article |
Herbert Brown.
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'My Father, Herbert Brown, was the second son of Alfred and Mary Ann Brown and was born in the left hand cottage that still stands outside the gates of St. Pauls Walden church, Herts. His Father was under gamekeeper on the Earl of Strathmores estate. When Alfred went to work for Lord Mount Stephen at Brocket Park, Lemsford, the family lived in a four roomed cottage (one of a pair) at the end of Cromer Hyde lane.' |
Mary Ann Adams
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Mary Ann Childs was born at Hertford Heath, near Hertford, the seventh child of James and Mary Ann Childs. We could not find her in the Register, nor could we find any of her brothers and sisters, but when registration was introduced in 1837, it was not compulsory and did not become an offence not to do so until many years later. The story of Mary Ann Childs as told by H.J.Brown Click here to read Article |
May Hawkins
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When she was about five years old she and her brother Percy joined her older brothers at Lemsford school, about two and a half miles from home. It had been built in the 19th century by the wealthy Desborough family, who had built others in Hertfordshire including one at Birch Green, near Hertford, Of all my aunts and uncles, and Mum came from a family of six and Dad from a family of eleven, it was my dear Auntie May that I knew the best
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Mary Ann Brown
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'Mary Ann was the eldest daughter of George and Ann Abbey and was born at St Pauls Walden, Herts., on June 3rd 1873 where her father was a gardener.'
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One day, about 100 years ago, a Victorian photographer set up his apparatus in Hertingfordbury, a village just outside Hertford, and the few people about paused to see what he was up to, or came out to see what was happening.
Read about 100 Years ago in Hertingfordbury. click Here |
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