Archive index
A Provisional Reference Index of Documents in the Archives of the Lemsford Local History Group
| B | Buildings |
| F | Flora and Fauna |
| H | History |
| M | Maps, Land registry, Roads |
| N | The Villagers, Names, Census Records |
| P | Photographs, Paintings |
| R | Research |
| T | Trades, Industry, Shops |
| V | Village News & Relevant Publications |
| Also Avaliable: | |
| Alphabetical index of names of people | |
| Alphabetical index of places and items of intrest | |
| Card index to the photographic collection | |
| File 1 | Documents B and F |
| File 2 | Documents H, M and N |
| File 3 | Documents P, T and V |
| File 4 | Census forms |
| File 5 | 1868 maps and land registry M.1.3 |
| File 6 | The mill and millhouse, B.8.2 |
| File 7 | (and Box file) Publications - Lemsford news, Parish news, Church guide book, LLHG publications, More memories, Hertfordshire Countryside from April 2004 |
| File 8 | Research documents R.1 |
| File 9 | The David Spence series of maps, M.2.14 |
| File 10 | Photographs of Great North Road 1926/27 M.3.1.7 |
| File 11 | The Great North Road |
| File 12 | Lemsford Springs Managment Plan 1981 |
| File 13 | School admissions, computer print-out data from school register book 1 (B.4.17.1) - see also File 14, Album (B.4.17.3) |
| File 14 | Album of register of school admissions 7th May 1888 to 7th Jan 2002 |
| File 15 | Pupils at the school prior to introduction of admission registers, 4th March 1872 to 6th May 1888 inc. |
| Note | H.C' in this index refers to the magazine Hertfordshire Countryside |
| Section | Title |
| B | Buildings |
| B.1 | St. John's Church |
| B.1.1 | General history - 125 years Anniversary booklet 1984 by Ron Ingamells, Vicar |
| B.1.2 | The Church Bells by Edith E. Roden, 1977 |
| B.1.4 | Burial Register - album retained in Church - see below* |
| B.1.5 | Memorial Inscriptions, by Richard Busby |
| B.1.6 | Guide book, background. A copy of the Guide Book is in File 7 |
| B.1.7 | The Lemsford I knew - Part 2 St Johns Church, by Keith Ladbury |
| B.1.8 | Description by Keith Ladbury |
| B.1.9 | Easter preparations - description |
| B.1.10 | 125th anniversary concerts - a newspaper cutting |
| B.1.11 | General history -1935 by W.C. Horn |
| B.1.12 | Lemsford Views (1)Keith Ladbury letter in 'H.C' (2)Response from E.F. And V.J. Cull |
| B.1.13 | A print by Corridan Graddon |
| B.1.14 | Lemsford War Memorial 1914 - 1918 |
| B.1.15 | An unofficial fly past - an excerpt from A Hatfield Memoir 1953-1956 by John Ricard, Nov 2002 |
| B.1.16 | Ron's story - from Parish Magazine, May - Sept 2002 |
| B.1.17 | In Memoriem and Roll of Honour, Hatfield 1914 - 1919 - maintained ast the church |
| B.1.18 | List of Vicars and Church wardens |
| B.1.19 | Miscallaneous cuttings from local newspapers |
| B.1.20 | The Licensing Of the Rev. Ronald S. Ingamells, June 1979 |
| B.1.21 | * Marriage Register} Albums Returned in Church. Computer print-out records avaliable |
| B.1.22 | * Baptism register } - See below* |
| * | B.1.4 Computer print-out records available (MDS) 1863 - 2003 |
| B.1.21 1859 - 1970 | |
| B.1.22 1859 - 1978 | |
| B.2 | Brocket Hall |
| B.2.1 | Memories of Brocket Hall, by Rupert Robert parts 1,2,3,and 4 |
| B.2.2 | Melba at Brocket |
| B.2.3 | Brocket Hall - a brief history - author unknown (see also B.2.4) |
| B.2.4 | Brocket Hall - a brief history by Lord Brocket, 1947 |
| B.2.5 | The Steps at Lemsford |
| B.2.6 | Lord Mount Stephen |
| B.2.7 | Lord Lawrence of the Punjab |
| B.2.8 | Williard P. Brocket, and his ancestors |
| B.2.9 | A Tale of Passion - Lord Byron & Lady Caroline Lamb |
| B.2.10 | Sir James Reade - Info from Leslie Dickenson |
| B.2.11 | The owners since 1341 - from Leslie Dickenson |
| B.2.12 | Lady Caroline Lamb at Brocket Hall |
| B.2.13 | A royal honeymoon |
| B.3 | The Chapel |
| B.3.1 | A brief history - copies of articles from newspaper and Parish News |
| B.4 | The school - St. John's |
| B.4.1 | The school log books, 5 volumes retained at the school |
| B.4.2 | Opening of the canteen, copy of newspaper article |
| B.4.3 | Example of a pupil's school report |
| B.4.4 | (1.) A brief history, 1872 - 1963 by E.L. Temple, also published in it's entirely in Time and Tide 1972 as:- (2.) The Romantic Story of an English Village School |
| B.4.7 | Extracts from the school log books |
| B.4.8 | Memories of the school (circa 1902 - 1922) by Keith Ladbury |
| B.4.9 | School Centenary Party, invitations to Miss Carrie Clarke - newspaper article 10th March 1972 |
| B.4.10 | Memories of 'Lemmy' By Ellen Willox (nee Murray) |
| B.4.11 | Miscellaneous St. John's school report in 'Parish News' |
| B.4.12 | The school gardens 1925 a drawing by Percy Eagles and school report in Parish News (B.4.11) Sept 2003, by Shirley Khapp |
| B.4.13 | "Midsummer Memories" programme for the school play celebrating St. John's church 125h anniversary (1984) and listing all the players |
| B.4.14 | "The Enchanted Rose" - a list of all the players in the schools production 13 and 14 Feb 1919 |
| B.4.15 | The new School Hall 2004 - 2005 |
| B.4.15.1 | Proposals and Exhibition |
| B.4.16 | Summary of documents and photographs held at the school |
| B.4.17 | School Admission Registers |
| B.4.17.1 | Admission Registers - original two books retained at the school. Computer printout date from Admission register book 1 retained in File 13 (See also file 14 album) Addendum to Admission Register book 2 - Alphabetical list of 395 names (01/09/1936 - 03/06/1946 inc) omitted from the Register |
| 2 - Alphabetical List of 395 names (01/09/1936 - 03/06/1946 inc) | |
| B.4.17.2 | Admission of Pupils after 07/01/2002 recorded on school computer. Some data provided |
| B.4.17.3 | Album of Register of Admissions 07/05/1888 (File 14) to 07/01/2002 compiled from computer printout data |
| B.4.17.4 | Names of pupils at the school prior to 07/05/1888 compiled from school log book 1 and 2 - in course of preparation for computer. Retained in File 15 |
| B.4.18 | Teachers |
| B.4.18.1 | Head teachers since 1872 when the school was opened; see also file 14 album |
| B.4.18.2 | Other teachers |
| B.4.19 | Memories of Lemsford school 1966 - 1971 by Richard Borrie: see also file 14 album |
| B.4.20 | Memories of St. John's school 1945 - 52 by Margret Pugh, nee Killick, see also file 14 album |
| B.5 | The public houses, ale houses, beer houses, hostleries |
| B.5.1 | Some notes about the Village pubs, past and present - L.L.H.G booklet - see also B.5.2 - B.5.5 inc |
| B.5.2 | Eating out - the 'Crooked Chimney' pre 1968 and March 1982 |
| B.5.3 | "The Long and The Short Arm" |
| B.5.3.1 | Puzzle over the name - see alsoB.5.1 and N.3.11 |
| B.5.3.2 | Excise Transfer of Licence 13/10/1937; ! ! 14/03/1938 (unknown text) |
| B.5.4 | The Coach Days of Lemsford |
| B.5.5 | Additional Notes and Info. Not included in B.5.1 see also B.5.6 |
| B.5.6 | Hertfordshire Brewers |
| B.5.6.1 | McMullen - "Peter the Poacher" from H.C; Dec 1991 |
| B.5.6.2 | Searancke and others - some hotels |
| B.5.6.3 | The Public Houses of Preston |
| B.5.7 | The A-Z Guide to Hertfordshire Pubs - see "H.C" monthly magazine articles from Jan. 1992 |
| B.6 | The Cottages and Houses |
| B.6.1 | (Not yet allocated) |
| B.6.2 | Description history and occupants of the cottages and houses given below. Estate agents brochures included where applicable |
| B.6.2.1 | Cress Cottages (nos. 13 and 15) |
| B.6.2.2 | The Bridge House (no. 29) |
| B.6.2.3 | Cottage Homes of Hertfordshire including nos. 22/24 |
| B.6.2.4 | Nos. 33 and 35 (four documents); see also B.6.2.5 |
| B.6.2.5 | No. 37 |
| B.6.2.6 | The Gamekeeper's Cottage (no. 34): see H.1.2 and T.6.1 |
| B.6.2.7 | No. 5 |
| B.6.2.8 | Nos. 2/4; nos. 26/28 |
| B.6.2.9 | No. 40 |
| B.6.2.10 | No. 4 |
| B.6.3 | Some draft notes on the recent history of some of the Lemsford properties ~ (in course of preparation) |
| B.6.5 | "Dying Village? No ! " newspaper article, 1961 |
| B.7 | The Cottages and Houses at Crome Hyde |
| B.7.1 | Sketch map drawing locations and names of occupants (Circa 1940 - 1960) - see also H.5.4 |
| B.8 | The Mill and Mill house |
| B.8.1 | 1) Estate agent's sales brochure Nov. 2003 2) Photo of the River Lea at Lemsford Mill By Daid Hughes ('H.C') |
| B.8.2 | Copies of letters, agreements, invoices accounts and other documents, 1907 - 1937; retained in file 6 |
| B.9 | Redbournbury Mill |
| B.9.1 | Life at the mill - 'H.C' Feb. 1996 p.11 and 30 |
| B.10 | The Handside Barn and The Frythe |
| B.10.1 | The Handside Barn |
| B.10.1.1 | Theatre in a Barn, by Rudolph Robert 'H.C' Spring 1958 |
| B.10.1.2 | Handside Barn, agricultural uses 1830 - 1940 |
| B.10.1.3 | Photographs of the Barn, and Lane |
| B.10.2 | Welwyn and The Fythe, by F. E. Ballin 'H.C' Spring 1958 |
| B.11 | Other Schools |
| B.11.1 | Cromer Hyde } |
| B.11.2 | Brocket pre-school } No data as yet, May 2005 |
| B.11.3 | Montessori school } |
| B.12 | The Village Hall |
| No data as yet | |
| F | Flora and Fauna |
| F.1 | Flora |
| F.1.1 | Woodland - Sherrads Park - see H.7.1 |
| F.1.2 | Wild flowers - see wild flowers of the month in 'H.C' - eg May 1993, Feb 1995, July 1995, Feb 1996, and others. |
| F.2 | Fauna |
| F.2.1 | Butterflies in Hertfordshire |
| F.2.1.1 | Types and sites where they may be seen from 'H.C' April 2004 and July 1990 |
| F.2.1.2 | The Elusive Duke, from 'H.C' July 1995 |
| F.2.2 | Birds of Hertfordshire |
| F.2.2.1 | General - see 'H.C' magazine articles eg. Jan. 1991 and 1992 |
| F.2.2.2 | The cuckoo - from 'H.C' Spring 1958 - Filed at B.10.2 for convenience. |
| F.2.2.3 | The Perils of Winter from 'H.C' 1995 |
| F.2.3 | Herts and Middlesex wildlife trust - see 'H.C', magazine artricles eg. January 1990, July 1995 etc |
| F.2.4 | Animals in Hertfordshire |
| F.2.4.1 | Otters return to Lemsford - 'W-H' review 30/09/2004 |
| H | History |
| H.1 | Lemsford village history |
| H.1.1 | General notes on history of village (but see also H.1.3) |
| H.1.2 | Memories of Lemsford 1937, by Patricia Parrot nee Harper (see also T.6.1) |
| H.1.3 | A history of Lemsford 1935 by W. C. Horn |
| H.1.4 | Land use history - by Barry Trevis |
| H.1.5 | The landscape of the area - by Rex Tait |
| H.1.6 | Rex's walk through Lemsford village - L.L.H.G. Booklet |
| H.1.7 | Village developement, Lemsford and Ayot Green, and the example set by the titled landowner - two theses by college student Ella Woolenden 1981 (available via S.F.B) |
| H.1.8 | The Lemsford I knew - by Keith Ladbury |
| H.1.9 | Miscellaneous local place names and early names for Lemsford |
| H.1.10 | The steps at Lemsford (copy also filed at B.2.5) |
| H.1.11 | Village life - from Welwyn Hatfield Life, Autumn 2003 |
| H.1.12 | Directories |
| H.1.12.1 | Kelly's 1914, an excerpt - Lemsford |
| H.1.12.2 | Hertfordshire 1859 an excerpt - Hatfield |
| H.1.12.3 | (Hertfordshire?) Circa 1925, Lemford |
| H.1.13 | (not yet allocated) |
| H.1.14 | History of the village fete, from Parish News April 2003 |
| H.1.15 | Lemsford parish - the early days, by Jack Beswarick from parish news 2001 |
| H.1.16 | Lemsford Charities, from Parish News, Nov. 2003 |
| H.1.17 | A few thoughts, from Kenneth Holton to his sister Rosemary Pickering 2002 |
| H.1.18 | Notes on the Cochrane family - see N.3.19.1/.2 |
| H.1.19.1 | Memories of Lemsford/Cromer Hyde in the 1940's by Peter Cochrane |
| H.1.19.2 | Memories of Welwyn Garden City in the 1930's by Peter Cochrane |
| H.1.20 | Ivy Croft (neé Blatchford) notes - see N.3.17 |
| H.1.21 | The Chapman family, notes - see N.3.18 |
| H.1.22 | History of Lemsford - significant dates (also in file 11) |
| H.1.23 | Sketch map depicting the locations of cottages along the vilage road from the Gt. North Road to the mill, circa 1909, including the names of inhabitants |
| H.1.24 | Moore Memories of Lemsford and Hatfield 2001 by Marion Moore - the book - and additional notes by Rex Tait to be read in conjunction with The book |
| H.1.25 | The storm of 1795, the bridge destroyed |
| H.1.25.1 | Extract from Old Hertfordshire Calendar by Doris Jones-Baker |
| H.1.25.2 | An account form the Welwyn parish register and reference also to flooding of the river Ver in St. Albans and the Met office historic weather event |
| H.1.26 | Native Fields of Hertfordshire': Water end - Brocket park - Lemsford, included in a letter H.5.5, from Leslie Dickenson |
| H.1.27 | History of Lemsford - compiled by Merion J. Trow From articles she wrote for 'Parish News' |
| H.1.28.1 | Memories of Lemsford by Lily Matthews (1914 - 2003) |
| H.1.28.2 | Reminiscences from Eleanor Marshall |
| H.1.28.3 | Extract from a book of Womens Institute reminiscences referring to Lemsford (by Elsie Lillian Hayes neé Smith) |
| H.1.29 | Memories - Bill Dance, unedited notes written by Rex Tait |
| H.1.30 | Aerial bombing of the area - info, from HALS written by Rex Tait |
| H.3 | Ayot St. Peter |
| H.3.1 | Ayot St. Peter - And Parish History, avaliable in public library |
| H.4 | Manor of Hatfield |
| H.4.1 | Manor of Hatfield from the Domesday book |
| H.4.2 | Lay subsides of 1307 and 1334 |
| H.5 | Cromer Hyde |
| H.5.1 | The manors of Cromer Hyde |
| H.5.2 | The 'Doodle Bugs' and bombs - note from Jennie Reed |
| H.5.3 | Jeremy's Walk through Cromer Hyde - L.L.H.G Booklet |
| H.5.4 | Sketch map, 1945, depicting events, location of dwellings, and names of inhabitants |
| (H.5.5) | Leslie Dickenson - visit to his birth place - see H.1.26 |
| H.6 | Birchwood, Hatfield |
| H.6.1 | The Birchwood Millenium Loop - booklet |
| H.7 | Sherrards Park Wood |
| H.7.1 | Sherrards Park - an Ancient Wood, 'H.C' June 1992 |
| H.8 | (Not yet allocated) |
| H.9 | A Hertfrodshire Childhood - filed at M.3.12 (in file 11) for convenience |
| H.10 | The Heritage of Hertfordshire |
| H.10.1 | Folk lore of the Month - see regular feature in 'H.C' |
| H.10.2 | The Cultural Chronicals of Hertfordshire - Bloomin' June by Win Bennett, 'H.C' June 1991 |
| H.10.3 | John Edwin Cussans - article on the herald and historian by Arthur de C. Cussons, 'H.C' spring 1958 |
| H.10.4 | Review of 'The Heritage of Hertfordshire' by Rudolph Robert, an article by E.V.Scott of a new book, 'H.C' Feb. 1969 |
| H.10.5 | HALS - Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies - articles on the services avaliable, published in Hertfordshire Direct, Nov. 2004, Feb. 2005, June 2005, Oct. 2005 |
| H.11 | Stanborough |
| H.11.1 | WW2 memories of Mrs Jean Tait (neé Taylor) 1930 - 41 |
| M | Maps, Land registry, Roads, Footpaths |
| M.1 | Title map and Land registry |
| M.1.1 | Tracing of the 1838 tithe map and copy of the land registry, relating to Lemsford |
| M.1.2 | Plot numbers from Hatfield parish map, 1824 |
| M.1.3 | File 5 1868 land registry associated with ecclesiastisal Parish map (see also M.2.10 and M.2.11) |
| M.2 | Other maps of the Society |
| M.2.1 | 1766, mid-Hertfordshire, Welwyn-Essendon area |
| M.2.2 | 1857 a plan of the district of Lemsford (File 11) |
| M.2.3 | 1859, Lemsford parish |
| M.2.4 | 1990, Welwyn Garden City |
| M.2.5 | 1992, maps used by Strutt and Parker in auction of cottages nos. 22/24 Lemsford and three cottages at Ayot Green |
| M.2.6 | Undated. A1(M) and proposed widening to 4+4 lanes (and marked up to show 1838 roads) (File 11) |
| M.2.7 | Circa 1923. Lemsford Village (two maps one 25" with field numbers and acerage, and one without at expanded scale) |
| M.2.8 | Undated composite map of the area showing old and modern features (Barnetts 1000 series) |
| M.2.9 | British geological survey map of Hertford - sheet T.239 1:50 000 series (retained by M. de S.) |
| M.2.10 | 1868 Lemsford Village } from ecclesiastisal parish map 1868 giving |
| M.2.11 | 1868 Cromer Hyde } location of buildings and names of occupants |
| M.2.12 | Location of the pubs in and around Lemsford, as described in L.L.H.G booklet B.5.1 |
| M.2.13 | 1. 1752 plan of Brocket Hall park 2. 1752 part of plan of Brocket Hall park at larger scale |
| M.2.14 | Welwyn Garden City history from maps - by David Spence (File 9] a series of IB maps from the bronze age to 1990) |
| (M.2.15) | The 'topographical map of Hertfordshire' issued 1st May 1766 republished by HALS and avaliable there |
| M.2.16 | Stylised diagram of original Town plan of WGC 1920 (File 11) |
| M.2.17 | 1836 map of the Old and New North Road (File 11) |
| M.2.18 | 1698 John Ogilby map of the North Road from Barnet to Oakeham (two sheets) (File 11) |
| M.2.19 | Digswell manor (File 11) |
| M.2.20 | 1676 map of Hertfordshire by Seller (File 11) |
| M.2.21 | 1695 map of Hertfordshire by John Oliver (File 11) |
| M.2.22 | 1720 - 23 map of the WGC acres by John Warbuton (File 11) |
| M.2.23 | 1749 John Warbuton map dedicated to the nobility and gentry of Hertfordshire (File 11) |
| M.2.24 | 1766 map of Welwyn and Digwell area by Dury and Andrew (File 11) |
| M.2.25 | 1776 an actual survey of the GNRs between London and Edinburgh Mostyn John Armstrong (File 11) |
| M.2.26 | 1822 map of the area around Lemsford by Bryant (File 11) |
| M.2.27 | Reprint of the 1st edition of OS of England and Wales sheet 62, Woburn and Aylesbury (File 11) |
| M.3 | Roads |
| M.3.1 | The Great North Road - for maps see also section M.2 |
| M.3.1.1 | The Great North Road, by W. Branch Johnson - 'H.C' Oct. 1967 (File 11) |
| M.3.1.2 | The Great North Road by Peter Rumby} from 'H.C' Feb. 1995 (File 11) |
| A Hertfordshire Childhood } | |
| M.3.1.3 | The Wrestlers Bridge by Brian Lawrence - 'H.C' Feb 1996 (File 11) |
| M.3.1.4 | The New Great North Road, article dated 1927 (File 11) |
| M.3.1.5 | Remembering Hafield (and the Great North Road) forty years ago - by Brian Lawrence - 'H.C' Oct. 1983 (File 11) |
| M.3.1.6 | Milestones and Mileposts, including 1754 John Roogue map of the North Road, Hatfield to ! In (and correspondence with John Donoran) |
| M.3.1.7 | Album of photgraphs showing improvements made 1926/1927, donated by Richard Kenzie (File 10) |
| M.3.1.8 | The Great North Road by Norman W. Webster, 1974 (File 11) |
| M.3.1.9 | The Great North Road from 'Hatfield and it's peoples part 5' (File 11) |
| M.3.2 | Tollhouses and the Turnpike |
| M.3.2.1 | The Toll House at Ayot Green - see also N.3.19 (1) (File 11) |
| M.3.2.2 | The Toll House at Jack Olding's corner (File 11) |
| M.3.2.3 | The turnpike road to Hatfield and the turnpike system by A.C.Lynch (File 11) |
| M.3.2.4 | Welwyn Turnpike Trust (File 11) |
| M.3.3 | Horse troughs (File 11) |
| M.3.4 | (Not allocated) |
| M.3.5 | Lemsford Village |
| M.3.5.1 | Traffic problems, accidents |
| M.3.5.2 | Car crash into 'The Crooked Chimney' |
| M.3.6 | Lemsford Village road |
| M.3.6.1 | Traffic proposals - consultation Document - Nov. 2003 |
| M.3.6.2 | Amended locations for 'Humps' and lamps - Feb. 2004 |
| M.3.6.3 | The 'Notice' and schedule of roadworks - Dec. 2003 |
| M.4 | Footpaths |
| M.4.1` | Rights of way from Lemsford village into Brocket Park - 'H.C.C' investigation report 21st Jan 2002 |
| N | The villagers, information and names |
| N.1 | General reflections |
| N.1.1 | Reflections at Lemsford - the houses and people - 'H.C' 1981 |
| N.2 | Census records |
| N.2.1 | Census records of family groups 1851, - 61, -71, -81, -91 |
| N.2.2 | The inhabitants of Lemsford village, 1882, by K. F. James (including occupations and names of landlords) |
| N.2.3 | Census records for the pub and beerhouses, 1851 - 1901 |
| N.2.4 | The complete census records for 1841 - 1901 and additional alphabetical list of all surnames (File 4) |
| N.3 | Named individuals and families |
| (N.3.2) | The gamekeeper - Harry Harper, see T.6.1 and H.1.2 Alfred Henry Brown, see T.6.2 |
| - Alfred Henry Brown, see T.6.2 | |
| N.3.3 | 2nd Lord and Lady Brocket - 1942 opening the school canteen (see also B.4.2) |
| N.3.4 | The 6th marquees of Salisbury - obituary |
| N.3.5 | Names and notes on inhabitants of cottages in the main part of Lemsford circa 1909, including copy of postcard |
| N.3.6 | 3rd Lord and Lady Brocket (1) 1994, drugs investigation (2) 2004 'Member of Benighted Baron' |
| (2) 2004 'Mempir of a Benighted Baron' | |
| (N.3.7) | Lord and Lady Palmerston - see B.2.1 (part 4) |
| (N.3.8) | Lord Melbourne - see B.2.1 (part 3) |
| (N.3.9) | Lady Caroline Lamb and Lord Byron - see B.2.1 (part 2) |
| N.3.10 | William and Caroline Lamb - See B.2.1 (part 1) |
| N.3.11 | Nellie (y) Dean |
| N.3.12 | Corridan Graddon - see also B.2.13 |
| N.3.14 | Names of people shown in Mary Moore's photographs in album of photographs no. 1 |
| N.3.17 | Notes and names of people from Ivy Croft (Nee. Blatchford) Nov. 2001 |
| N.3.18 | The Chapman family - notes from Dot. Waugh. |
| N.3.19 | The Cochrane family |
| N.3.19.1 | Notes on the Cochrane family - John and Robert } see N.4.2 |
| N.3.19.2 | Notes on James Cochrane } for family |
| N.3.19.3 | Memories from Peter Cochrane (see H.1.19) } tree |
| N.3.20 | George Hoffman |
| N.3.21 | William Cooper Horn, and copy of photograph of the Horn family |
| N.3.22 | The Lines 'family' (relationship to be established) |
| N.3.22.1 | Death of Doris and wedding of Lillian to A.H.Philip |
| N.3.22.2 | Miss M. E. Lines obituary |
| N.3.22.3 | Frank Lines and the rescue of James Cochrane |
| N.3.23 | Leslie Francis Oughton and copy of photograph - info from Peter Oughton |
| N.3.24 | Fred Hobbs - a newspare article |
| N.3.25 | The Spriggs family - marriage certificate of Joseph to Sara Clarke - 1879 |
| N.3.26 | May Moore's memories, Feb. 2002 - see also H.1.2.4 |
| (N.3.27) | Occupants of Cromer Hyde cottages - see B.7.1 |
| N.3.28 | Miscellaneous info on the villagers |
| N.3.29 | Copy of 'Chivers' ad. in Radio Times, 1955, depicting Mrs. Wren and Joe Wackett |
| N.3.30 | Lambs, Lyttons and literature - 'the Albany' Piccadilly |
| N.3.31 | The un-attached Miss Emily Eden in Hertfordshire |
| N.3.32 | The Mount Stephen family -comprehensive date, in two parts, from Leslie Dickenson - see also B.2.6 |
| N.3.33 | Lord Lawrence of the Punjab - see B.2.7 |
| N.3.34 | Willard N. Brockett and his ancestors - see B.2.8 |
| N.3.35 | The Feitney family |
| N.3.36 | The Eagles family |
| N.3.36.1 | The Eagles family - summary } |
| N.3.36.2 | The Eagles family - details } see N.4.1 |
| N.3.36.3 | Arthur Eagles obituary } for family tree |
| N.3.36.4 | Percy Eagles 'wedding } |
| N.3.37 | Charles Wager |
| N.3.37.1 | My memories, by Jack Beswarwick, parish news Feb. 2004 |
| N.3.37.2 | Obituary, W.H.T 7th Jan. 2004 |
| N.3.38 | Jean Dance - Parish News, Feb. 2004 |
| N.3.39 | The Halseys - an ancient Hertfordshire family - 'H.C' Feb. 1973 |
| N.3.40 | Marion Wilmot - copies of school and church certificates and asigned letter from the church choir on the occasion of her marriage |
| (N.3.41) | The names of the millers of Lemsford - see T.1.4 |
| N.3.42 | The known descendants of James Peisron Smith and Mary Ann Ward |
| N.3.42.1 | Elsie Lilian Hayes - by Jean Bardle |
| N.3.42.2 | Elsie Lilian Hayes - her story |
| N.3.43 | The Warden family |
| N.3.44 | The Williams family of the Mill House |
| N.3.45 | Jenny Duncan - obituary notice; cremation service (3rd April 2005) |
| N.3.46 | Guy Charles Scott - ordination cermony, Peterbourgh 01/07/2001 |
| N.3.47 | Dorothy Brooks of 'Quincey & the Chequers' |
| N.4 | Family Trees |
| N.4.1 | The Eagles family |
| N.4.2 | The Cochrane family |
| N.4.3 | The Wilmot family |
| N.4.4 | The Smith Family |
| N.5 | Names of the head of each household |
| N.5.1 | Lemsford and Cromer Hyde, April 2003 |
| N.5.2 | Names of previous occupants of the houses - see archive notebook; see also N.2 and N.3 |
| N.6 | Women of Herts |
| N.6.1 | Famous women of the county - 'H.C Aug. 1997 an extract covering Lady Caroline Lamb and Mary Lamb' |
| P | Photographs, Paintings |
| P.1 | Albums and Photographs - retained by Mary de Soyres |
| (P.1.1) | Lemsford and Cromer Hyde - then and now - houses, inhabitants, activities, and general views |
| (P.1.2) | Lemsford - Spring 2003 - The buildings with their owners or occupiers |
| (P.1.3) | Lemsford - the complete collection with notes |
| P.1.4 | Miniature copies of the photographs in the above albums are filed here in the documents archive for reference |
| P.2 | Miscellaneous Copies of Photographs Associated with Archive docs. |
| P.2.1 | The River Lea at Lemsford mill - see B.8.1 (2) |
| P.2.2 | The Brownies of Welwyn Garden City and Lemsford circa 1930's |
| P.2.3 | Copies of photos of nos. 5, 7, 9 and 11 Cromer Hyde |
| P.2.4 | Copy of photo of John Bunyan's cottage, Coleman Green |
| P.2.5 | Photo dated 1924 of general view of the village taken from along side the L.A and S.A of the road up the hill to the church |
| P.2.6 | Copies of six photos of Lemsford and article from "Historic Hertfordshire" by Rudolph Roberts |
| (P.2.7) | Copy of postcard circa 1909 of chapel and cottages - see N.3.5 |
| P.3 | The Laurie Paintings |
| P.3.1 | Background information from Bob Williams and S.F.B notes |
| R | Research |
| R.1 | 'Mrs Murvill' |
| T | Trades, Industry and Shops |
| T.1 | Agricultural, farming |
| T.1.1 | Hatfield farms and agriculture - excerpt from 'Hatfield and it's People' part 9 |
| T.1.2 | Hertfordshire agricultural shows |
| T.1.2.1 | Tales from the Cochrane family - by Shirley Knapp |
| T.1.2.2 | History - see 'H.C' April 2004 |
| T.1.2.3 | The shows - from 'H.C' Spring 1947, see also Sept 2004 |
| T.1.2.4 | Premiums to be awarded at the 1807 show |
| T.1.3 | The names of the millers of Lemsford - notes |
| T.1.4 | Hertfordshire honey - history, see 'H.C' Sept 2004 |
| T.2 | Straw plaiting |
| T.2.1 | Straw plaiting - from Luton museum services |
| T.2.2 | Straw plaiting and the straw hat industry in Britain, by Marian J. Nichols |
| T.2.3 | Notes on the local straw hat industry |
| T.2.4 | The straw plait trade - by Alison Barnes (H.C Dec 1991) |
| T.3 | Dairy - see B.5.1 ('The Sun'), H.1.17 |
| T.4 | Publicans - see B.5.1 |
| T.5 | Watercress growing - see also H.1.4 |
| T.6 | Game keeper |
| T.6.1 | Lemsford - Harry Harper, (see also H.1.2) |
| T.6.2 | Cromer Hyde - life on a victorian game keepers cottage by H. J. Brown from 'H.C' Aug. 1997 |
| T.7 | Shops |
| T.7.1 | Lemsford village shops - general, by Janet Lewis |
| T.7.2 | Baker - Handside Baker's shop (File 11) |
| T.7.3 | Cobbler - Mr. Blatchford's shop in the chapel, 1946; photograph of Mr. Blatchford 1938-39 |
| (T.7.4) | Tinkers Hill shops - see H.1.17 |
| T.8 | Blacksmiths - see T.7.1 |
| T.9 | Post office - see T.7.1 and P.2.8 |
| V | Village news and other relevant publications |
| V.1 | 'Parish News' - some back numbers avaliable in File 7 |
| V.2 | Lemsford News' - all issues, File 7 |
| V.3 | Miscellaneous items from local news papers - see also B.1, B.4 and N.3 for items relating specifically to the church, the school and named individuals respectively |
| V.4 | Hertfordshire Countryside' (H.C) from April 2004 in Box File |
Published: 13 Apr 07
Author: Lemsford History Group
