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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
  • 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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    • Beware the Press...........................
      The October 27th 1968 issue of the Sunday Times Colour Supplement included a two-page illustrated article reporting on 11 Hatfield School 1966 sixth-formers, and some comments about the School. The comments were fairly brief, and the selected texts leave a mostly less-than attractive message. Maybe it's possible to give those ex-pupils a chance to reply now ?
    • Thanks to Dr Hutton
      Aged 15, and determined to have a scientific career, but stuck in a school that though encouraging, could not help, Christine Hughes wrote to Kenneth Hutton directly asking for a chance to join Hatfield School. Kenneth’s reply changed the rest of her life.
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    • Rob Thomasson on de Havilland School of FlyingCan anyone tell me if Hatlfied was training purey civilian pilots in 1936? I am researching for a novel and...
    • Chris Connell on Hatfield Park plane crashHi John, it could possibly have been a marl pit, it was quite deep in my day but is now...

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