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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
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    de Havilland
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    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
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    • Recollections of Hatfield School's first pupil - Lorna Barford
      In September 1953, Lorna Barford was one of some 120 eleven year olds who were the first intake to a new secondary school, soon to be known as simply Hatfield School. They didn't realise then how different their lives would soon become.
    • Hatfield School, a family tradition - recollections by Susan Hawkins.
      Susan Glands (nee Hawkins) attended Hatfield School from 1961-66, and both her children followed her example years later.
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    • David Edwards on Dellfield (Newtown) School Class PhotosYes, I remember that Jean West (nee Birchall) had a sister called Greta. Jean and Jack West and their sons...
    • Denis Steele on Onslow Secondary Modern SchoolI started at Onslow, School, late 1959 /60 left April 1962 15 years old. This school was not St Audrey's...

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