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Sunday, 1st August 2010

 
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2008

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Local History Questions and Answers

 

 2008 Answers

Question on Hemp and Hemel

Question on Collett Road, Hemel

Question on Beechfield Road, Boxmoor

Question on history of Swan Inn, Boxmoor

Questions re filming of Dirty Dozen locally

Questions re Nickey Line railway

2007
Information on a First World War tank in Hemel Hempstead

Information on Pouchen End

Information on Mr Wrigley and Hemel Hempstead schools

Who was Micklem School named after?

Information please Bury Mill End area of Hemel

Information please on the mills of Hemel Hempstead

When was Two Waters School built?

Do you have any photos of Doolittle Cottages?

Have you any information on the history of Boxmoor Hall (arts centre.)

UPDATE on question re Gadebridge Park School

Do you have any information on bombs landing in Berkhamsted during WW2

When did the old St Paul's Church in Hemel close?

Do you have any information on Balderson's wharf

Why was the Post Office Arms pub called The Patch?


Have you photos of Hemel Hempstead's Midland Station?


I would like to find out some history regarding Bury Road .


Has the Boxmoor School in Box Lane an interesting History.

 

What information to you have on Beechwood House?

 

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Earlier Local History Questions and Answers

Any info on  Spotted Bull and Spotted Cow pubs in Cotterells? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER



Was their a wartime army base in what is now Pinewood Gardens? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER


Beechfield road and a German coin? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER





Do you have any pictures of Hitchcock's Cycle shop? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER




Do you have any info on the Anchor pub in Boxmoor? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER




Do you have any info on history of Shooterwsway Farm/area? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER




When were the moors of Box Moor given names? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 


Where was Maylands School? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 


Do you have any info on Alexandra Road;CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 


Have you any info on markets in Hemel Hempstead? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 


When was Belmont Road built? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 


Looking for information on Widmore Kiln? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 


Pubs of Chapel Street in the 19th century, CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

Were bombs dropped at Bovingdon Airfield? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

Why has Wootton Drive changed to Wooten Drive at one end? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

Do you know anything about Polish codebreakers in Boxmoor during WW2? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

Do you have any information on the Piccotts End medieval murals? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

Who owned the land Washington Avenue is built on? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

Do you have anything on Dickinson's Fire Brigade? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

Do you have any history on ChapelStreet and Sunmead Road? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

Do you have any information on Heath Brow School? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

Do you have any info on a plane crash in Ashridge in 1954? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

Do you have any information on Bennetts End Secondary School? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

Did Boxmoor ever have a police station? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

Why/Who/What was the Warner in Warners End? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

What is the history of the Manor Estate? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

Do you have any history on Bourne End mills,  CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

 

Do you have any history on Kent's Brushes in Apsley? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

Any information on Cheddington Airbase? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER



Do you have a picture of the old Hemel car park with orange ball on top? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER




What was HempsteadHouse? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER





Why is Doctors' Commons Road in Berkhamsted so called? CLICK HERE FOR




Any info on the old cinemas of Marlowes? CLICK HERE FOR

 


Do you have any info on Bourne Valley School ;CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 


Do you have any info on The Fountain pub in Apsley? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 


Did a plane crash near Wigginton in the 1950s? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 


What is the history of Glendale? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

What are the origins of the Water Gardens mound? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

Do you have any info on Hemel Hempstead bowling alley? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

What was there before Ashlyns School was built? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

Do you have any information on any carriage makers in Hemel? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

Do you have any information on houses in Little Gaddesden? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

Question re Old Marlowes? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

Do you have anything on a drowning in Berkhamsted about 100 years ago ? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

Do you have any pictures of the old George Street School? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

 

Do you have any information on George Rolph's shop? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

Do you have any information on the old Belswains School? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

Women's Land Army at Little Gaddesden? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

Who was the architect of Hemel new town? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

How old are the houses in Horsecroft Road? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

Do you have any information on a change of route for the canal in Apsley,  CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

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Do you have information on the old House/School in Gadebridge circa 1958?CLICK HERE for answer 



Do you have information on Cromer Cottage, Little Gaddesden?;CLICK HERE for answer 


More info on British Brush Boring Co? CLICK HERE for answer 





What's the history of Jarman Park? CLICK HERE for answer





When was the Waggon and Horses demolished? CLICK HERE FOR





Any info on Rossway Park, Berkhamsted? CLICK HERE FOR

 


Do you have any info on Nash Mills School house ;CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 


Was there a nursing home near Hemel where babies were born during the war? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 


What was Pixies Hill Infant School before it was built? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 


Did Cliff Richard appear in Adeyfield Community Centre? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 


Do you know any history of the Oddfellows Arms, Apsley? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 


Do you have any info on an old hospital building in Hemel Hempstead? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

Do you have any history of the Old Mill House? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

Do you know of a Berkhamsted shop where a historical discovery was made? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

Do you have any information on the Plait Market in Hemel Hempstead? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

What information do you have re the bus strike of 1958? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

What was Henry Vlllth's connection with Hemel? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

Do you have anything on Chaulden 100 years ago? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

Do you have any information on Miss Brocklehurt's School? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

When did Hemel FC move to Vauxhall Road? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

What is the history of Salter's basket shop? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

What school replaced Corner Hall School? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

How did Boxmoor get its name? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

Do you have any information on Northridge House? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

Where does the name Loxley Road originate from? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

 

Help US: Do you have any information on Highfield House? Click Here if YOU can help

 

 

 

 

MORE of your questions and answers
Have you any info on Oakdene Road? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Have you any details about Coombrook School? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Have you any details of witches in Little Gaddesden? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Have you any information on Pilkington Manor, Berkhamsted? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER
What is the history of The Gade? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Do you have any pictures of the old Two Waters School' CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

Do you know anything of three German wartime graves in Hemel? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

What is the history of Grovehill? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

Any info on a rail crash near Boxmoor in 1940s?, CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER What was Marlowes like before pedestrianiation?, CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER What was Hemel like 50 years ago?, CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Where are the Roman sites in/near Hemel? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER
Request for help re a Rolls Royce, Snoxall's garage and Mr Mitchell, CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER When was the Marlowes Centre built?, CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER What is the ancient monument in High Street Green? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Where did Hemel Hempstead get its name from? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER
Do you have any information on an old manor house at Grovehill?, CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Do you have any pictures of the old Boxmoor Infants School in Cowper Road? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

Do you have any pictures of Bourne Valley and Halsey Schools? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

What's the history of the area kown as Apsley Lock? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER
Do you have information on Marchmont House, CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Do you have information on Breakspear Farm? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

Where was League Square in Hemel CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

Do you have information on Hammerfield, the deserted village?, CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Which churches had choirs circa 1890/1900, CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER What is the origin of Hemel's name? , CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Information on a surgery/hospital in Piccotts End , CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER
Do you have any old pictures of the south end of Marlowes , CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Do you have any today pictures of Warners End, CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Do you have information on the history of Piccotts End School? , CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Do you have information Corner Hall?, CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER
What was the seating capacity of the old Odeon in Marlowes, CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Has Boxmoor ever had a parish council? , CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Where were the public baths in Hemel? , CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Information on history of Hemel Hospital , CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER
Do you have any info on The British Brush Boring Co ? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Any information please on starw plaiting and Victorian Aldbury/Tring Station, CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Which Prince is buried at Kings Langley Church? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER What was the mansion,at Great Gaddesden (The Hoo), CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER
When was the bridge across the entrance to Marlowes demolished ? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER What is the history of Hemel Hempstead School? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Do you have an old picture of Highfield School? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER What is the history of Cavendish School? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER
What is Berkhamsted's oldest house? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER When did the link road open? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER What was Victorian Hemel like? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Do you have any information on wartime bombs in Nash Mills? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER
Do you have any pictures of St Paul's Hospital? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER What was Boxmoor like in 1908? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Do you have any pictures of the old Hemel Midland Station? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Do you have any information on Holliday St, Berkhamsted, CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER
What was on Cuffley Court before it was built ? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Do you have any info on Hame Garage, Redbourn Road? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER What happened to Marlowes Bowls Club ? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Plaque in memory of American airman in Nash Mills? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER
Do you have any info on Bods End or Haxters End? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Where does the road name Lower Yott come from ? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Have you any information on the street names of Gadebridge? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER What is the history of Astley Cooper School ? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER
What is the origin of the name Dacorum? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Do you have anything about Stoneycroft,Warners End ? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Do you have any photos etc of Corner Hall School? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Do you know anything about the burial mound in Adeyfield? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER
When did the Old Grey Mare, Northchurch open? Are their any old pictures? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Do you have any information on Belgrave House, Boxmoor? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Why do the railway and canal take the route they do? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER When was Bovingdon Airfield Built and by who? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER
Do you have any pictures of the power saw raid on a security van in 1977? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER How do I find out about what Bedmond used to be like. Are there any old pictures? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Where can I find info/pictures of Nash Mills, CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER What was Grovehill before it was built on?,CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER
Do you have any information/pictures on old Boxmoor Station? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Do you have any details of food prices in the 1940s and 50s? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Anyone got any memories/pictures of old Pixies Hill School?, CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER Did an aeroplane land on Aeroplane Meadow, Hemel? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER
 
 

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