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

  • Housing

    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
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    • Timothy Francis on A Brief History of the Early Development of Hatfield c.700AD – 1500ADYou should change Doomsday to the correct spelling Domesday Book.
    • Melanie on Hatfield Tunnel Charity Day, Sunday October 19th 1986I was so happy to find this page as I did a gymnastics display at this event I couldn't remember...

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