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The Archive Photographs Series Around Rickmansworth Dennis Edwards 1996 ISBN 0-7524-0660-4 Paperback Book, 23.5 * 16.5 cm, 128 pages, many photographs |
The photographs are collected under the headings: Churches and Houses; Around the town; Canal and rivers; Rails and Roads; Chorleywood; Croxley, Moor Park and Batchworth.
Sample Pictures
Basing House is one of the best-known buildings in the town. The house was constructed in 1740 on the site of the house where William Penn and his wife, Gulielma lived from 1672-76. Additions were made in the early nineteenth century and the house became a school bu 1839. A century ago it was owned by Roderick William Henderson, a local JP. It became council offices in 1930 and fart now houses the excellent Three Rivers Museum. |
The Bell Inn around 1904. It was closed in 1912 and became the offices of Swannel and Sly, auctioneers and estate agents. The buildings were demolished in 1966-67 for the construction of Northway and new shops. |
A London General County Bus crosses Cassio Bridge on the border of Croxley and Watford c. 1920. The bridge was partly rebuilt by the Hertfordshire County Council in 1922. |
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