Old Hertfordshire News

Selected news items detailed on this site.

1860-1869

 

Newspapers

1860 January 7th Bucks Advertiser Ashridge Rifle Corps
1860 March 2nd Times Incendiarism at Sawbridgeworth - 4 youths are sentences for firing a stack of straw
1860 March 31st Herts Advertiser Death in Police Cells, St Albans, 1860
1860 May 19th Herts Guardian Short Weights in the Tring & Hemel Areas
1860 May 30th Sporting Life Cricket Matches
1860 July 21st Herts Advertiser Drunk & Disorderly, St Albans, 1860
1860 September 29th Herts Mercury Funeral of Isabella, wife of Rev. Lewis Hensley, Vicar of Hitchin
1860 December 13th Herts Advertiser Poaching Rabbits at Sandridge - Cramphorn involved
1860 December 15th Herts Mercury Election of Under Bailiff, Hemel Hempstead
1861 May 18th Bucks Herald Fire at Miswell Farm, Tring
1861 Nov 2nd Herts Advertiser Poor state of the road (quoted in The Road through Harpenden)
1861 Nov 2nd Herts Advertiser St Albans Petty Sessions - Stratton convictions
1862 March Herts Advertiser Stratton conviction for setting snares
1862 March 15th Herts Advertiser School Football on Bernards Heath, St Albans, 1862
1862 June 16th Herts Advertiser Death of William Bennett (St Albans Brickmaker)
1862 July 5th Herts Advertiser William PAUL assaults ARCHER at Sandridge
1862 July 5th Herts Advertiser VIDLER assaults Mrs WALKER at Wheathampstead
1862 July 5th Herts Advertiser

HART/IVORY illegitimacy at St Albans

1862 July 5th Herts Advertiser Some County Court Cases
1862 July 5th Herts Advertiser Another Awfully Sudden Death at St Albans
1862 August 2nd/9th Herts Advertiser St Albans Perserverance Cricket Club - in ELBOURN, St Albans, late 19th century
1862 August 23rd Herts Advertiser  School Cricket in St Albans
1864 March 19th  Herts Advertiser Stealing Turnip Tops in St Peters, St Albans - Stratton and Cramphorn involved
1864 March 19th  Herts Advertiser Threatening and Abusive Language in St Albans
1864 April 2nd Herts Advertiser Petty Sessions - stealing turnip tops
1864 April 16th Herts Advertiser The Omnibus to Harpenden (quoted in The Road through Harpenden) & other adverts
1864 April 16th Herts Advertiser Petty Sessions - Killing game without a licence
1865 February 18th Hertford Mercury Sarah Rowbottom, aged 105
1865 March 21st Bedfordshire Times Night Poaching - Stratton
1865 March 25th Herts Advertiser Throwing Stones in Fishpool Street, St Albans
1865 March 25th Herts Advertiser Old Tyttenhager News - Assault - Bates on Falconer
1865 May 13th Herts Advertiser First Match of St Albans Cricket Club
1865 Oct 21st Herts Advertiser Old Tyttenhager News - Brick field to let
1865 Nov 4th Herts Advertiser The Omnibus to Harpenden is cancelled (quoted in The Road through Harpenden
1866 Jan 20th Herts Advertiser In search of conies - ELBOURN, St Albans, late 19th century
1866 Jan 20th Herts Advertiser FAWCETT, Childwick Hall, St Michaels, c1863-1890 has brief reference to problem with the poor law rates.
1866 Feb 24th Herts Advertiser Old Tyttenhager News - Bricks for the new goal
1866 April 21st Herts Advertiser Nomination of Overseers - St Michael's Parish Vestry
1866 April 28th Herts Mercury HAWKINS, Hertford Jail, 1871 Poaching case involving Hawkins family of Hatfield.
1866 June 9th Herts Advertiser Some advertisements - James Maddox with pony and phaeton for hire; Arnold Adams, carrier; W & G Messenger, sack manufacturer; Batford Mill, Harpenden for let.
1866 October 2nd Herts Guardian Inquest into Mary Ann Parish at Aldbury
1866 October 10th Herts Advertiser Trespass in search of Conies in St Michaels, St Albans
1866 October 10th Herts Advertiser Stray Pigs at Sandridge - William Paul in trouble
1866 November 17th Herts Advertiser Trespass in search of Conies in St Michaels, St Albans in 1866
1866 December 8th Herts Advertiser G F Arnold v. Charnock - Dispute over Bricks
1866 December 15th Herts Advertiser Trespassing in search of rabbits at Sandridge
1867 February 23rd Herts Advertiser The Waterworks, Baths, and Washhouses at Hemel Hempstead - opened 1867
1867 April 27th

Hertford Mercury

Athletic Sports - Hitchin Football Club
1867 April 27th Herts Guardian Athletic Sports - Hitchin Football Club
1867 July 6th Hertford Mercury Stereoscopic photographs by Downer or Watford
1867 July 16th Herts Guardian Finch/Royd Marriage at Aldenham, 1867
1867 December 28th Herts Guardian Anti-Road Act Petition - 3260 Names
1868 February 8th Herts Advertiser Assault in Wood
1868 February 8th Herts Advertiser FAWCETT, Childwick Hall, St Michaels, c1863-1890 has brief reference to problem with the poor law rates.
1868 February 21st Pall Mall Gazette Football: Wanderers v Hitchin
1868 April 18th Herts Advertiser Furious Driving in 1868
1868 May 16th Herts Advertiser Quickly back to prison - Stratton
1868 May 30th Herts Advertiser Road traffic accident - horse and cart (quoted in The Road through Harpenden)
1868 July 11th Herts Advertiser Breach of the Peace
1869 Feb 20th Herts Advertiser Assault on Hammonds Farm. Sandridge
1869 April 3rd Herts Advertiser Wheeler vs Barford - Farm labourer takes farmer to court!
1869 November 4th Herts Advertiser Mistaken Identity - Thomas Wheeler not guilty of poaching.
1869 Oct 2nd Herts Advertiser Asleep in charge of horse and cart (quoted in The Road through Harpenden)