You can buy many of our publications. Members enjoy a special discount if they order by post - postage is free until the end of September 2020. Otherwise, you can order:
by visiting our online Bookshop. The price shown includes free delivery in the St Albans area; by post. Print out the Publication Order Form , and send with a cheque (or pay by bank transfer). Free delivery in the St Albans area; members also enjoy an extra discount; at our lectures at Marlborough Road Methodist Church (see Events for details); at selected local bookshops such as Waterstones (St Peter’s Street), St Albans Museum + Gallery, Verulamium Museum Shop and the Cathedral Gift Shop (not all publications are available). This collection of probate documents dating from 1600 to 1615 provides rich insights into the lives of the people, their occupations and trades, and the economy of the town.
By Patricia Broad, Sue Mann and Jonathan Mein, this fully illustrated book tells the story of a very gifted man with a passion for good design. After a career spanning just over 40 years Percival Blow’s architectural work has left a lasting legacy in St Albans.
By Chris Green. This book charts the history of St Albans iconic old town hall over almost 200 years. Chris Green has drawn on his extensive knowledge and experience to write this definitive, fully illustrated guide, including original plans for the neo-classical building by architect George Smith.
Edited by Jonathan Mein, Anne Wares, & Sue Mann. Much has been written about the men who left to fight in the First World War but what was life really like for those left behind on the Home Front? A bustling market town profoundly touched by the war, St Albans is the perfect place of which to ask this question, thanks in part to the survival of exceptionally rich archives of records from the period.
Edited by J.T. Smith & M.A. North. This study of the small cathedral city of St Albans offers a rare insight into social change in a typical English community between 1650 and 1700. Examination of the town's domestic, religious and commercial buildings and a unique attempt at family reconstitution coupled with an analysis of social structure provides urban historians with an important resource.
By Gillian Harvey. The story of Walter Lawrance, the first Dean of St Albans Abbey. It reveals his pivotal role in the development of the Abbey, its rise to Cathedral status, and its present important role in the life of the city.
Illustrated pamphlet celebrating the 450th anniversary of the granting of the borough charter by the boy king Edward VI in 1553. Explains its importance in providing the foundations for our local government, establishing the Mayoralty and authorising the town's markets.
Available from our online bookshop, this paperback edited by Brian Moody includes a selection of essays on notable past members and events from the first 150 years of the Society.
Edited by John G.E. Cox and Ann Dean. A history of the unique collection of street memorials commemorating 110 men who lived in the streets around St Albans Cathedral and died in the First World War. This new edition includes the stories of the men and provides a thought-provoking companion for anyone interested in the city's modern history.
Available from our online bookshop, this paperback by Brian Moody provides a short history of the St Albans & Hertfordshire Architectural & Archaeological Society, from 1845 to 1995.
This history of a National School founded in St Albans in 1848 illustrates the immense task undertaken by philanthropic societies in the mid-nineteenth century to provide a rudimentary education to thousands of children who would otherwise have remained illiterate.
By Clare Ellis and Pat Howe. A brief account of the origins and history of the Pemberton Almshouses in St Albans. Includes a transcription of the Will of Roger Pemberton, written in 1624, that set out how the Almshouses were to be set up and administered.
By Norman Alvey. In 1813 Andrew Reed founded a charity for educating orphans which eventually became Reed’s School. Subscribers to the charity were awarded votes and widows had to lobby for these to gain admission to the school for their children.
