Автор: Peter Jeffree

The town of Watford, in Hertfordshire, began as a settlement in the twelfth century when the Abbot of St Albans, who owned the land here, was given permission to hold a weekly market. He chose a site …

Situated a mile from the Hertfordshire village of Welwyn, the Garden City was founded in 1920. It was the vision of Ebenezer Howard, founder of the garden city movement that aimed to combine the …

The River Lea and its crossing at Hertford lie at the heart of the town”s history. Before the Norman Conquest the river formed a natural boundary between the Danelaw to the north and Saxon Wessex to …