A walk around St Albans

Romeland & Fishpool Street

 

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Pass down George Street and enter Romelands, with the old Abbey Gateway on your left.

Title: Old Monastery Gateway, St Albans - Publisher: "The Kingsbury Series"  No 15A [Identical picture, title and reference number published by Lilywhite]
The Abbey Gateway

The gateway was used as part of the school and the card has the message "This is where my two boys go to school. Boyke(?) will tell you all about it" In previous centuries the building was used as a prison - see Early Crime and Punishment

Pass through the gateway to enter the Abbey.

Title: The Grammar School - Publisher: Lilywhite Series No 41 - No date information
The Grammar School - with the Abbey gateway to the East.

Title: Fishpool Street, St Albans - Publisher: The Kingsbury Series No 83 - No date information
Fishpool Street - The pub on the right is the Blue Anchor

These two cards are both from Photochrom. The photograph is a "Letter Card St Albans Series A" and dates from the 1930's from the age of the car. The other is a "Pencilette Drawing" by Edward Swann which is clearly redrawn from the photograph, and was posted in 1943.

 
 

St Albans, Fishpool Street

Title: St Michael's Bridge, St Albans - Publisher: Hartmann No. 2645 3 - card known posted 1905
Bridge over the Ver, St Michaels

Title: The Old Mill, St Albans - Publisher: No details but card numbered 11 - Date: Posted 1910

Puddingstone

Kingsbury Water Mill, St Michaels.
The ground floor of the mill is now now part of the  Waffle House Museum- and the large lump of Hertfordshire Pudding Stone in front of the Mill is still there. Further information on the mill can be found on Wikipedia

Continue the walk along the River Ver or pass the water mill and enter St Michael's Village

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September 2010   Pencilette Drawing card added - with comments