| 1772 September 18th |
Hartford
Mercury |
Various short news items and
advertisements. |
| 1800 March 8th |
Jackson's Oxford Journal |
Hertford Assizes - house
breaking, highway robbery, sheep stealing |
| 1800 May 31st |
Jackson's Oxford Journal |
Opening of the Grand Junction Canal through Tring |
| 1800 December 6th |
Jackson's Oxford Journal |
Highway Robbery of Watford
Couple |
| 1800 May 9th |
Jackson's Oxford Journal |
A Ventriloquist visits
Hertfordshire |
| 1817 Dec 10th |
Times (County Chronicle) |
A Stage Coach accident
(quoted in The Road through Harpenden) |
| 1818 Nov 9th |
Times |
Attempted Robbery at
Berkhamsted |
| 1819 June 22nd |
County Chronicle |
Theft of Dog from John Catling of
the Swan Inn, Boxmoor |
| 1823 Nov 18th |
Morning Chronicle |
Exhumation of a
Dead Body |
| 1823 Nov 25th |
Times (County Chronicle) |
Exhumation of a dead
body. See also Resurrectionists
at Work (quoted in The Road through Harpenden) |
| 1827 April 7th |
Herts Mercury |
The
Sale of Osterhills, St Albans |
| 1827 September 15th |
Herts Mercury |
A Fist Fight at
Wigginton - resulting in a death |
| 1828 February 28 |
Times |
Advert for
property at Stoke Mandeville - by John Gibbs of Aulesbury |
| 1828 August 30th |
Herts Mercury |
An Inquest at St Albans
- following excessive drinking |
| 1828 August 30th |
Herts Mercury |
A Grand Cricket Match
at St Albans |
| 1829 February 3rd |
Times |
Registration of the Children of Dissenters
- Letter to MP, from Aylesbury |
| 1829 March 28th |
Bucks Gazette |
Attempt at Highway
Robbery (quoted in The Road through Harpenden) |
| 1829 October 3rd |
Court Journal |
Archery meeting at
St Albans |
| 1829 October 31st |
Times |
Advert for
printing press, etc. - by John Gibbs of Aylesbury |
| 1832 February 4th |
Hampshire Advertiser |
"More Burking" at
Amwell |
| 1834 June |
Hertford and Ware Patriot |
Hertford Justice |
| 1835 February |
Hertford and Ware Patriot |
The Ware
Steeple Chase |
| 1835 July 21st |
Herts Mercury |
Cricket - Tring v.
Berkhamstead |
| 1836 June 7th |
Herts Mercury |
Hunting Extraordinary - A
Panther shoot at Wheathampstead |
| 1841 April 4th |
Local
Occurrences |
Hertfordshire
to have rural policemen |
| 1841 October 2nd |
The Reformer |
See the Newspaper page for list
of topics covered. |
| 1842 January 4th |
Local
Occurrences |
Fire at Tring
Silk Mill |
| 1842 December 8th |
Local
Occurrences |
Fatal train accident at Northchurch |
| 1843 January 21st |
Aylesbury News |
Auction
of Bakehouse and Chapel at Long Marston |
| 1843 June 10th |
Pictorial
Times |
The Oddfellows Festival at Berkhamstead [No further details
available] |
| 1844 January 21st |
Sunday Times |
The First Tring
Steeplechase |
| 1845 March 1st |
Herts Mercury |
Sale of Bakehouse at Wadesmill |
| 1850 November 16th |
Herts Mercury |
Registering Insane
Homes in Harpenden & Much Hadham |
| 1851 April 26th |
Illustrated London News |
Gilston Park |
| 1852 March |
Herts Guardian |
Annual Sale of Oak
Timber |
| 1853 April 9th |
Herts Mercury |
Sale of Cannon's
Brewery, Ware, and associated properties |
| 1853 May 14th |
Illustrated London News |
Straw
plaiting near St Albans (print) |
| 1853 June 6th |
Illustrated London News |
Destructive Fire at Watford |
| 1853 October 1st |
Buckinghamshire Herald |
The
inquest of John Bagnall at Tring. |
| 1854 August 12th |
Bedford Times |
Assessment of Herts Coverage
& Darton Sale of Farm
Stock |
| 1855 July 28th |
Illustrated London News |
Watford Horticultural and Floricultural
Show |
| 1855 July 28th |
Illustrated London News |
New Laboratory
for J B Lawes at Rothamsted, Harpenden |
| 1857 July 8th |
Sydney Morning Herald |
William
Weatherhead of Hemel Hempstead missing in Australian Gold Rush |
| 1858 December 4th |
Herts Advertiser |
Infringement of the Beer
Act - The Cricketers, St Albans |
| 1859 Jan 15th |
Herts Advertiser |
Fence
needs repairing (quoted in The Road through Harpenden) |
| 1859 Feb 26th |
Herts Advertiser |
Old
Tyttenhager News - Ferreting Rabbits |
| 1859 August 13th |
Herts Advertiser |
George Farr Arnold gives
workmen a holiday |
| 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 July 21st |
Herts Advertiser |
Drunk & Disorderly, St Albans, 1860 |
| 1860 Dec 13th |
Herts Advertiser |
Poaching
Rabbits at Sandridge - Cramphorn involved |
| 1861 Nov 2nd |
Herts Advertiser |
Poor
state of the road (quoted in The Road through Harpenden) |
| 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 16th |
Herts Advertiser |
The Omnibus to
Harpenden (quoted in The Road through Harpenden)
& other adverts |
| 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 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 Oct 10th |
Herts Advertiser |
Trespass in search of Conies in St
Michaels, St Albans |
| 1866 Oct 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 Dec 8th |
Herts Advertiser |
G F Arnold v.
Charnock - Dispute over Bricks |
| 1866 Dec 15th |
Herts Advertiser |
Trespassing in search
of rabbits at Sandridge |
| 1867 Feb 23rd |
Herts Advertiser |
The Waterworks, Baths,
and Washhouses at Hemel Hempstead - opened 1867 |
| 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 April 18th |
Herts Advertiser |
Furious Driving in 1868 |
| 1868 May 30th |
Herts Advertiser |
Road traffic accident -
horse and cart (quoted in The Road through Harpenden) |
| 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) |
| 1870 June 25th |
Herts Advertiser |
Bourne v Barford
- Dispute over Bricks |
| 1870 Sept 24th |
Herts Advertiser |
Sale
of the Contents of Digswell House |
| 1871 January 7th |
Herts Advertiser |
Temperance at the Trinity Chapel, St
Albans |
| 1871 April 1st |
Herts Advertiser |
News from the Herts Advertiser - selected
items
|
| 1871 April 8th |
Herts Advertiser |
County Court
Cases |
| 1871 September 16th |
Herts Advertiser |
St
Albans Highways Board complains about removal of earth. |
| 1871 Sept 23th |
Herts Advertiser |
Charge of
Stealing a Copper Pump from a Brickfield. |
| 1871 November 4th |
Herts Advertiser |
Entertainment by the Band of Hope |
| 1872 January 27th |
Herts Advertiser |
A
Raid on the Rabbits of Bernards Heath |
| 1872 June 8th |
Herts Advertiser |
Trade
Union Meeting on Nomansland Common |
| 1872 August 8th |
Herts Advertiser |
Theft of Money
- Charles Butcher steals from his father - Miskin's Brickworks |
| 1873 April 19th |
Herts Advertiser |
Auction of Hawkswick Estate, near St Albans |
| 1873 April 19th |
Herts Advertiser |
Various adverts relating to agricultural labourers strike. |
| 1873 June 7th |
Herts Mercury |
Hertfordshire Chamber of
Agriculture - meeting discussing Sandridge Strike |
| 1873 Sept 9th |
Herts Advertiser |
Theft
of Potatoes at St Albans - An incident involving the Stratton family |
| 1873 Nov 15th |
Herts Advertiser |
Reference to Gift Ploughing in HOLINSHEAD,
St Albans area, 19th century |
| 1873 Dec 20th |
Herts Advertiser |
The St Albans Highway
Board (quoted in The Road through Harpenden) |
| 1874 February 17th |
Herts Advertiser |
Game Trespass on Bernards Heath |
| 1874 August 1st |
Pictorial
World |
Ayot St
Peter Church struck by Lightening |
| 1874 September |
Royston Crow |
Many excerpts - see
Royston Crow page |
| 1875 July |
Symons's Meteorological Magazine |
Whirlwind at
Baldock. Maltings seriously damaged. |
| 1875 Oct 2nd |
Herts Advertiser |
Advert for St Albans Almanack for 1876 |
| 1875 Oct 2nd |
Herts Advertiser |
Unsound Fish on Hemel Hempstead
Market, 1875 |
| 1875 Oct 2nd |
Herts Advertiser |
Proposal
for a Football Club for St Albans, 1875 |
| 1876 Oct 28th |
Herts Advertiser |
Joseph
Arch (leading trades unionist) visits Hertfordshire |
| 1879 Oct |
Various |
Serious Riots in Watford |
| 1880 June 12th |
Herts Advertiser |
Housebreaking at Heath Farm, Bernards Heath |
| 1880 August 21st |
Herts Advertiser |
Fire at Beech Hyde, Sandridge |
| 1880 August 28th |
Herts Advertiser |
Fearful Tragedy at Marshall's Wick |
| 1881 February 26th |
Herts Advertiser |
Death of Jonathan Cox, Hill End Farm, Sandridge |
| 1881 March 5th |
Herts Advertiser |
Funeral of Jonathan Cox, Hill End Farm, Sandridge |
| 1881 April 16th |
Herts Advertiser |
Advert - Live and Dead Stock, Hill End Farm |
| 1881 May 21st |
Herts Advertiser |
The Milk Question - alleged removaal of cream from milk |
| 1881 May 28th |
Herts Advertiser |
The Recent analysis of Milk - J Reynolds gives evidence |
| 1881 November 26th |
Herts Advertiser |
Death of
William Fisk, St Albans |
| 1881 December 16th |
Royston Crow |
Advert re building of Sandon Cat Bridge |
| 1882 March 4th |
Herts Advertiser |
Extract
on the new Baptist Tabernacle in
WATTS,
St Albans,1865-1880s also on
John Campbell, The Tabernacle, Redbourn, 1870-1884 |
| 1882 April 1st |
Herts Advertiser |
Classified
Advertisements - Situations Wanted
& Vacant - For Sale, Wanted for Purchase
|
| 1882 May 5th |
Herts Advertiser |
St Albans
Cricket Club Pavilion - long list of subscribers |
| 1882 May 5th |
Herts Advertiser |
Beer Prices in St
Albans |
| 1882 November 18th |
Herts Advertiser |
Fraudulently
dealing in Straw Plait, St Albans in 1882 |
| 1882 December 2nd |
Herts Advertiser |
St Albans Cricket Club
AGM |
| 1883 September 1st |
Herts Advertiser |
Stevenage
Petty Sessions - a collection of minor Court Cases |
| 1884 January 26th |
Herts Advertiser |
The St
Albans Pub song |
| 1884 June 21st |
Herts Advertiser |
Harrow plays St Albans Cricket Club |
| 1885 February 21st |
Herts Advertiser |
Hertfordshire Hunting
Notes |
| 1885 February 21st |
Herts Advertiser |
A
Fatal Road Traffic Accident in St Albans |
| 1886 April 3rd |
Herts Advertiser |
Board of Guardian
Elections for St Albans Union |
| 1886 April 3rd ... |
Herts Advertiser |
Obituary
of James Richardson, Cricketer of St Albans |
| 1886 April 12th |
Herts Advertiser |
Farmers Club meeting in
FAWCETT, Childwick
Hall, St Michaels, c1863-1890. reference also in
HOLINSHEAD,
St Albans area, 19th century |
| 1888 January 21st |
Herts Advertiser |
Excelsior Theatre to visit St Albans |
| 1888 March 31st |
Herts Advertiser |
St Albans
Town Clerk struck off |
| 1889 January 5th |
Herts Advertiser |
Conversazionne at the St Albans School of Music |
| 1889 February 16th |
Herts Advertiser |
The
Staghounds at Cuckman's - 1889 |
| 1889 July13th |
Illustrated London News |
Visit of the Shah of Persia to
Hertfordshire & Buckinghamshire |
| 1889 July 27th |
Herts Advertiser |
Severe Storm on Bernards Heath, St
Albans |
| 1889 Nov 30th |
Herts Advertiser |
Stealing
Lead Piping - from Mr Dickson's brick pit, St Albans |
| 1890 April 19th ... |
Herts Advertiser |
The Death
of Leonard Margrave on Bernards Heath - Drowned in a clay pit |
| 1890 March 8th |
Buckinghamshire Advertiser |
Sample of assorted items relating to Rickmansworth and
Watford to illustrate the limited Hertfordshire coverage. |
| 1890 March 15th |
Herts Advertiser |
Disorderly Conduct in St Albans involving
Mr Fisk's shop |
| 1890 April 19th |
Herts Advertiser |
Enjoyment for Workhouse Inmates, St Albans |
| 1890 June 28th |
Hemel Gazette |
A wide selection of
local news items from a typical week |
| 1890 June 28th |
Hemel Gazette |
Divisional
Sessions - The Board of Magistrates, two minor cases and links to other
cases |
| 1890 June 28th |
Hemel Gazette |
An Accident in
Ashridge Park - Mr Allison of Little Gaddesden breaks his leg again |
| 1890 June 28th |
Hemel Gazette |
Open after hours at
Frithsden - Late night drinking in a rural pub
|
| 1890 June 28th |
Hemel Gazette |
John Dickinson's
Paper Mills at Apsley - Two news stories mentioning Apsley Mills |
| 1890 June 28th |
Hemel Gazette |
The Election of
Boxmoor Trustees - The Boxmoor Trust owns a significant amount of land
and certain local people have rights to graze their animals there. |
| 1890 June 28th |
Hemel Gazette |
A Cricket Match at
Hemel Hempstead. |
| 1890 June 28th |
Hemel Gazette |
The Berkhamsted
Girls High School holds a Fair |
| 1890 June 28th |
Hemel Gazette |
Highways Board
- Details of a meeting of the committee responsible for the roads.
|
| 1890 June 28th |
Hemel Gazette |
The West Herts
Infirmary - A report of the number of patients - A shortage of beds -
plus details of the history of the Infirmary. |
| 1890 June 28th |
Hemel Gazette |
Theft of String at
Northchurch
|
| 1890 June 28th |
Hemel Gazette |
The Old Berkeley
Hunt at Shendish - Fox hunting
|
| 1890 June 28th |
Hemel Gazette |
Stealing Money at
Tring
|
| 1890 June 28th |
Hemel Gazette |
Stealing Silk Stockings
at Tring
|
| 1890 June 28th |
Hemel Gazette |
The Hemel
Hempstead Wool Fair - and who was buying or selling wool
|
| 1890 August 2nd |
Herts Advertiser |
A Row at the
Cricketers - Trouble in a St Albans Public House |
| 1890 October 25th |
Herts Advertiser |
Gambling on Sunday at St Albans |
| 1890 |
Horse & Hounds |
The Bever Pack of
Harriers - a pack run by Jacob Reynolds |
| 1891 April 25th |
Herts Advertiser |
Old Boys'
Dinner at St Albans in 1891 |
| 1891 May 16th |
Herts Advertiser |
Did Walter Peters eat my
Great Grandfather's turkey? |
| 1891 May 16th |
Herts Advertiser |
Sale of Fat and Store Stock at St Albans |
| 1891 June 21st |
Herts Advertiser |
An Accident with a
Trap (quoted in The Road through Harpenden) |
| 1891 September 19th |
Herts Advertiser |
Ballooning in Hertfordshire
(Barnet, Hemel Hempstead, St Albans) |
| 1892 June 4th |
Herts Advertiser |
The
Sale of Oster Hills, St Albans in 1892 |
| 1893 February |
Herts
Illustrated Review |
New Year at Watford
Workhouse |
| 1893 April 1st |
Herts Advertiser |
Easter Stock Sale at Hatfield |
| 1893 May 27th |
Herts Advertiser |
Whit Monday Sports at
Bernards Heath, St Albans |
| 1893 August |
Herts
Illustrated Review |
The Panshanger Oak |
| 1894 March 3rd |
Herts Advertiser |
Sale of Hay at the Red Lion, Hatfield |
| 1894 March 31st |
Herts Advertiser |
Card
Playing in St Peter's Churchyard - Gambling in St Albans. |
| 1895 January ?? |
Watford Observer |
New
Roads for Callow Land |
| 1895 September 14th |
Penny Illustrated Paper |
A
Rothschild Equipage - A Zebra four-in-hand at the Tring Agricultural
Show |
| 1896 July 1st |
Herts Advertiser |
The Cox double wedding in HOLINSHEAD,
St Albans area, 19th century |
| 1896 Nov 4th |
St Albans Clock Tower
|
Observations on Truman
Press's Publications |
| 1897 January 23rd |
Herts Advertiser |
Death of J S Hill of Hawkswick, St Albans |
| 1897 February 27th |
Herts Advertiser |
The Death of George Farr Arnold |
| 1897 August 7th/14th |
Herts Advertiser |
Two
killed by Lightning at the Tring Agricultural Show |
| 1899 July 8th |
Herts Advertiser |
The Sandridge Night Soil Cart |
| 1899 August 5th |
Herts Advertiser |
The Sandridge Night Soil Cart |
| 1899 September 9th |
Herts Advertiser |
The Sandridge Night Soil Cart |
| 1900 Jan 13th |
Herts Advertiser |
How to Shoot Straight at St Albans |
| 1902 May 22nd |
Watford Observer |
A
Remarkable Case - a death after eating fried fish at Watford |
| 1904 Jan 22nd |
Building News |
Grave
Boards at Ayot St Lawrence |
| 1903 Dec 5th |
Hemel Gazette |
Death and Funeral of
Mr John Marnham of Boxmoor |
| 1905 June 10th |
Herts Advertiser |
March of Unemployed Men,
1905 (quoted in The Road through Harpenden) |
| 1905 August 19th |
Herts Advertiser |
An Accident on the Harpenden
Road (quoted in The Road through Harpenden) |
| 1906 July 23rd |
[Elsden] |
The Prince
of Wales visit to Hertford |
| 1907 July 18th |
[Downer] |
The Lord Mayor's visit to St Albans Pageant. |
| 1907 July |
[Downer] |
A Scene in George Street, St Albans during Pageant Week. |
| 1908 March 15th |
[Downer] |
The Disastrous Fire at Hazelwood, Abbots Langley. |
| 1909 Oct 6th |
Times |
Canon David Reith - Obituary |
| 1909 Oct 30th |
Marlborough Express (NZ) |
Tragic Scene in Parish Church |
| 1911 April 1st |
Herts Advertiser |
Aldenham Harriers hunt from Heath Farm, Bernards Heath |
| 1911 December 16th |
Hemel Gazette |
The
Council & Committees in 1911/2 |
| 1913 February 8th |
Hemel Gazette |
Did the Suffragettes
cut the telephone lines in 1913?: |
| 1913 September 20th |
Hemel Gazette |
Army Manoeuvres in
Hertfordshire in 1913 |
| 1914 May 16th |
Hemel Gazette |
Tar Damage to
Watercress Beds at Hemel Hempstead |
| 1914 July 25th |
Hemel Gazette |
Theft of Sweets - Boys to be
thrashed |
| 1914 Sept 12th |
Herts Advertiser |
Garage Fire at St Albans |
| 1914 August 7th |
Bedfordshire Advertiser |
The
Tring Agricultural Show in 1914 |
| 1915 Jan 9th |
Hemel Gazette |
Joseph Kimich,
Jeweller, Advert |
| 1916 Jan 1st |
Watford Observer |
VAD Hospital
at Boxmoor - catering for wounded soldiers |
| 1916 May 20th |
Herts Advertiser |
Milkmen called up from Heath Farm, Bernards
Heath, St Albans |
| 1916 June 10th |
Herts Advertiser |
Milkmen called up from Heath Farm, Bernards
Heath, St Albans - unsuccessful appeal |
| 1916 July 22nd |
Hemel Gazette |
School Play "Cinderella" at
Oakley Lodge, Hemel Hempstead, 1916 |
