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  • London Road School (c.1850)
  • The Market House, Fore Street (C.1839)
  • Hatfield School swimming pool (c.1957)

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    This website records the history of the town of Hatfield, in Hertfordshire, England. Here you can browse through our collection of local historical material, which includes photos, old documents and the memories of local people.

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  • Hatfield at War
    Hatfield at War
  • Schools
    Schools
  • Walks Around Hatfield
    Walks Around Hatfield
  • de Havilland
    de Havilland
  • People
    People
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    Housing
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  • Old Hatfield photographs
    Old Hatfield photographs
    A few of my Old Hatfield memories
  • Triangle Self-build Group
    Triangle Self-build Group
    In the late 1950s, 15 enterprising families purchased adjacent plots in Cedar Rd in order to build their own homes
  • Woolco Department Store
    Woolco Department Store
    Woolco (part of F.W.Woolworth Ltd) opened in 1972 to help resolve inadequate shopping facilities in Hatfield New Town
  • Hatfield New Town
    Hatfield New Town
    In 1948, Hatfield was designated to become one of the post-war new towns under the New Town Act of 1946
  • Hatfield in the 15th Century
    Hatfield in the 15th Century
    A description of Hatfield’s past, written in 1904 by Lady Gwendolen Gascoyne-Cecil, daughter of Robert, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
  • London Road School
    London Road School
    Built 1850, the year the railway came to Hatfield. Forerunner of St Audrey’s School, now Onslow St Audrey’s
    • What's new
    • Boy Interpreter in Moscow
      Allan Richardson's adventure was a classic result of the implicit encouragement we were given at Hatfield School, to use initiative and try whatever we thought possible.
    • How learning languages at Hatfield School made me – by Lorna Bain 1963-70
      Lorna Bain, HS 1963-70, describes the outstanding Modern Language teaching offered to pupils in the 1960s, and how they shaped her life.
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