Photo of St Albans, Ye Old Fighting Cocks 1921

St. Albans

Old Franklin County Jail

St. Albans gets relatively overlooked by tourists but this shouldn't be the case. Despite its relatively small size, it packs a punch with a wealth of Discover the best things to do in St Albans in Hertfordshire. Only a 30-minute train ride from London, this charming city has a lot to offer.

Take a train to St Albans, a city that dates to before the Roman conquest of Britain. Visit the oldest pub in Britain and the only surviving...

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Charleston WV photos from the old days. Many surrounding areas are also pictured.

J Barnes Butchers and Dairy, Footscray West, 1920's.

From original albumen print collection of World Wide Archive The Hawkesbury River is one of the major rivers of the coastal region of New South Wales, Australia. The Hawkesbury River and its tributaries virtually encircle the metropolitan region of Sydney. In 1788 two expeditions explored the Hawkesbury to the northwest of Sydney and the Nepean River to the southwest. It took about three years to realise they had discovered the same river and given it two different names. It is therefore often referred to as the Hawkesbury-Nepean River with the name change occurring north of Penrith. The Hawkesbury River was used as one of the major transportation routes for transporting food from western Sydney, to the city during the 1800s. Boats and Barges would then wait in the protection of Broken Bay and Pittwater, until favourable weather before making the 14km ocean journey to Sydney. The Hawkesbury River was named by Governor Phillip in June 1789, after Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool, who at that time was titled Baron Hawkesbury. An obelisk was unveiled in 1939 at Brooklyn to commemorate the naming. In 1794, 22 families were granted land at Bardenarang, now known as Pitt Town Bottoms, near Windsor. In that same year, confrontations between Aboriginal people and settlers broke out.

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Last Saturday London Historians went on an awayday to St Albans; 12 of us. We were led by fellow Member and guide, Rob Smith, a longstanding resident of the city who gave us a wonderful tour. I was aware, of course, of the ancient Roman town very near by, Verulamium. And that it has a fine old…

#RT3626 at St.Albans(SA)Garage. Export to Ceylon in 1964. (c)M.Webber.

Inacityliving a site featuring a collection of previously unpublished and out of print pictures of Liverpool, and Liverpool History, updated regularly. The history of Liverpool in Pictures

Photo of Dartford, The Park And Library c.1955

Stanford�s Library Map Of London And Its Suburbs, By Edward Stanford. 1864. Showing All The Proposed Metropolitan Railways and Improvements.

Discover the history of The National Cathedral School for Boys in this old advertisement from 1910. Learn more about the school and its founding in 1907.

Preserved London Transport Guy GS1 MXX 301 in St Albans garage

For quite a few years the CV ran a TOFC train between Palmer, MA and St. Albans, VT. Seen here is the northbound at track speed. This day CV GP-9 4551 and CV RS11 3609(2) have the honors. Chasing the CV was quite a challenge, as their locomotives were very well maintained and the track conditions we as good as or better than most. Stopping by the Palmer yard office the regular engineer on 'The Rocket' as it was know, John Waterbury always had a kind word and a friendly wave. His most famous saying was, "Hey we are headed out of town, catch me if you can". Fun times for sure! Scanned from a Kodacolor negative © Robert C. Barnett 2021

The Anglican parish church in Boultham, now a district of Lincoln but once an outlying hamlet mentioned in The Domesday Book, is dedicated to St. Helen. The first church is mentioned when Gilbert of Ghent, a nephew of William the Conqueror, endowed the newly founded Bardney Abbey with the Manor or Estate of Boultham. In about 1150 Gilbert’s grandson, Robert, Earl of Lincoln, gave the care of the church and the appointment of a Rector to the Abbott and Convent of Bardney. A new church was built in early 13th Century of which only parts remain after the Church was totally restored, lengthened and had new windows added in 1887 by the Ellisons in memory of various members of their family. The churchyard, which was only added in 1868, contains an unusual Mar Memorial which can be seen here Note: Colonel Sir Richard Ellison lived at Boultham Hall, the extensive grounds to which adjoined the churchyard, hence the connection. He died in 1909. The property was bought by the city council in 1929, the Hall was demolished around 60 years ago and the grounds are now one of the city's public parks.