Additions to the Library, November 2023
Here is a brief list of the new additions to our library during November 2023. For fuller details, please search our online catalogue or contact the library via email: library@stalbanshistory.org
Books and pamphlets
The Abbey of St. Alban.
Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge. Committee of General Literature and Education
1833
The Bluecoat children in Ware, 1564-1761.
Rowe, Violet A. (Violet Anne)
1983
Hertfordshire through time.
Jeffery-Poulter, Stephen.
2013
The Priory Church of St. Peter
Dunstable Historic & Heritage Studies
[2005]
Saint Alban : an essay.
Henderson, Stuart
No Date
The St. Alban’s Abbey guide : containing an historical account of the decline of Verulam; foundation of the Monastery of St. Alban, biography of its abbots, and its dissolution; present state of the abbey church; an account of the churches of St. Michael, St. Stephen and St. Peter; with their antiquities and monuments, together with an appendix, &c.
R. Barnet
1824
St. Peter’s Church, Benington : historical notes.
[1995]
Take 6 carrots, 4 heads of celery, 8 large onions… : the receipts of a Hertfordshire family.
Pieris, Maya (ed.)
1994
Journals and articles
Action needed to restore former Butterfly World site.
03 August 2023
Art in the Barn.
03 August 2023
The best view in town, 93 steps to unmissable views over the city centre & beyond.
13 April 2023
Blue plaque unveiled for E. R. Hughes: ‘The Last Pre-Raphaelite’.
27 July 2023
City’s gift to the Queen.
Jolly, Jean.
July 1982
Closed by Covid, but what next for Batchwood Hall?
06 April 2023
Codpieces, farthingales and some seriously weird Tudor fashions.
27 July 2023
Contaminated land fears for new housing development.
17 August 2023
The Coronation : so what could possibly go wrong?
20 April 2023
Could heritage manifesto be at the heart of SADC’s new plans?
03 August 2023
Damning dossier demands county council reconsiders Radlett rail freight sale.
13 April 2023
Destruction of a large area of farmland will change the town forever.
13 April 2023
Discover the forgotten battle of St Albans at museum exhibition.
06 April 2023
Echolands : a journey in search of Boudica.
Mackay, Duncan.
2023
End of the line.
Newman, P.
July 1982
Fresh fight to save district’s precious heritage from ruin.
20 April 2023
Green belt view which will be forever blighted by rail freight.
30 March 2023
The Hertfordshire days of a Viceroy of India.
Strickland, Margot.
April 1982
Hot baths, beer and cricket: recreation in the 18th century
06 April 2023
‘How can we object if we don’t know what’s happening?’
17 August 2023
Land agent on a great estate.
Wyn Hughes, D.
April 1982
Large-scale geophysics in the community.
Lockyear, Kris
2023
[Paine Bridge over the lake at Brocket Hall].
Thrift, R. J.
July 1982
Public inquiry launches into launches into green belt homes.
20 April 2023
River Colne bridge.
Lavender, Richard.
July 1982
Thirty years of Open Door.
03 August 2023
Threat to Park Street village by further Green Belt homes.
17 August 2023
Tory councillor downplays wider impact of rail freight.
13 July 2023
Vandals target signs protesting green belt housing development.
13 April 2023
War of words over rail freight ‘misinterpreted claim’
30 March 2023
Images
[Graffito in Ashwell Church]
No Date
“Pop – ladies”.
Kent, E. S.
No Date
E. S. Kent photographs ; 30b
Sopwell Lane; Park Corner with the White Lion and Hare and Hounds 1924.
Kent, E. S.
1924
[E. S. Kent photographs] ; 27d
Wall of Verulamium prior to 1930.
Kent, E. S.
No Date
[E. S. Kent photographs] ; 28a
Wall of Verulamium prior to 1930.
Kent, E. S.
No Date
E. S. Kent photographs ; 28b
Wall of Verulamium prior to 1930.
Kent, E. S.
No Date
E. S. Kent photographs ; 28c
Wall of Verulamium prior to 1930.
Kent, E. S.
No Date
E. S. Kent photographs ; 29a
Wall of Verulamium prior to 1930.
Kent, E. S.
No Date
E. S. Kent photographs ; 29b
Wall of Verulamium prior to 1930.
Kent, E. S.
No Date
E. S. Kent photographs ; 29c
Wall of Verulamium prior to 1930.
Kent, E. S.
No Date
E. S. Kent photographs ; 30a
Wall of Verulamium prior to 1930.
Kent, E. S.
No Date
E. S. Kent photographs ; 30c
Maps and plans
Barnett’s Berkhamsted and Tring street plan with index.
G. I. Barnett & Son Ltd.
[October 1970]
Barnett’s Cheshunt and Cuffley street plan with index.
G. I. Barnett & Son Ltd.
[1975]
Barnett’s Cheshunt and Cuffley street plan with index.
G. I. Barnett & Son Ltd.
[April 1977]
Barnett’s Elstree and Borehamwood street plan with index.
G. I. Barnett & Son Ltd.
[1970]
Barnett’s Harpenden street plan with index.
G. I. Barnett & Son Ltd.
[July 1970]
Barnett’s Hatfield street plan with index.
G. I. Barnett & Son Ltd.
[1970]
Barnett’s official street plan of Berkhamsted and Tring with index to streets.
Barnett
No Date
Barnett’s official street plan of Bishop’s Stortford with index to streets.
Barnett
No Date
Barnett’s official street plan of Elstree and Borehamwood with index to streets.
G. I. Barnett & Son
No Date
Barnett’s official street plan of Harpenden with index to streets.
G. I. Barnett & Son
No Date
Barnett’s official street plan [of] Hatfield and Welwyn Garden City.
G. I. Barnett
No Date
Barnett’s official street plan of Hatfield with index to streets.
G. I. Barnett & Son
No Date
Barnett’s rural district map with index to streets. Bishop’s Stortford and Sawbridgeworth.
G. I. Barnett & Son
No Date
Barnett’s rural district map with index to streets. Hatfield and Welwyn Garden City.
G. I. Barnett & Son
No Date
Bishop’s Stortford.
Ordnance Survey
1956
Buntingford.
Ordnance Survey
1956
Cheshunt.
Ordnance Survey
1967
Cheshunt : official street plan.
No Date
Fieldpath map of Berkhamsted, Ashridge and district.
Berkhamsted Citizens’ Association
July 1960
Flamstead, Markyate.
Ordnance Survey
1955
Hatfield.
Ordnance Survey
1963
Documents
[Diary].
Grimston, Robert.
1884
Housing survey 1924.
