The ethics of the 'Celebrated One Arm and One Leg Cricket Match' of 1868 might raise eyebrows today, but it probably benefited the participants financially, as well as making money for the organiser.
One of the Society's Victorian predecessors, Dr Ridgway Lloyd, died from typhoid during the 1884 outbreak in the city, one of many typhoid epidemics in Victorian Britain. Tony Cooper explores its causes and effects.
Given the success of Herts Memories, a website for posting photos, memories and stories about Hertfordshire, we have decided not to post further contributions of this nature on the Society’s website.
Here is a non-exhaustive list of other relevant organisations with an interest in social history that you may find useful. Cathedral ...
St Michael’s C of E VA Primary School , St Albans (Dave Skinner) Early educational efforts Education was an important feature of ...
Raising revenue without annoying voters has always been a preoccupation of politicians, and the eighteenth century was no exception.
