Leyton Road, second Methodist Church, cottages on north side, Anscombe's on south - 1890. When the Methodist Church built a new church in Lower High Street in the 1930s, this building was first converted into the Regent Cinema and the incorporated into Anscombes as a furniture store, until redevelopment as part of the Waitrose premises in the 1980s
Cat no HC 169
Leyton Road, looking north, Anscombes, Methodist Chapel - 1890's
Cat no Slides B 2.53
Leyton Road elms and common looking south - 1900
Cat no Slides B 1.58
Henry Salisbury's cycle depot, Leyton Road - 1910. Henry Salisbury built Kingston House at 6 High Street in 1912
Cat no Slides B 2.34
Mary-Ellen's tea shop, Leyton Road - 1950, on the site of Salisbury's Cycle Depot in previous picture
Cat no Slides B 2.35
Old elm trees in front of Bennetts, Leyton Road looking NW - 1900
Cat no Slides B 2.32
Leyton Road, looking south, with gates of Bennett's -1910's
Cat no HC 042
Canopied entrance to Bennett's 1900's
Cat no HC 041
Elm Trees lining Leyton Road outside Bennett's - 1900's
Cat no HC 120
British School, girls playing on common, boys on playground - 1890's (now Park hall)
Cat no Slides B 1.59
Declaration of accession of George V in 1910, Public Hall
LHS archive, cat. no. HC 137
Gates to Rothamsted Park, c1890. The Lime tree avenue had been planted in 1880. From 1901 the Park was open to the public on Sundays. It was transferred to Harpenden Urban District Council in 1938. Click on photo for link to page about the Park
LHS archive, cat. no. B 1.60
Gates to Rothamsted Park with lodge cottage, c.1900, next to British School/Public Hall. The gates and railings were removed in WWII
LHS archives, cat. no.HC 026
Rear of The Old House, formerly The Bull Inn, during renovation
LHS archive, cat. HC 065
Rear of The Old House, formerly The Bull Inn
LHS archive, cat. B 1.62
Mrs Constable's cottage, Leyton Road, behind The Silver Cup
Cat no HC 037
Gable End, Leyton Road - 1920's
Cat no Slides B 1.61
View towards Silver Cup from The Director's House, 1 West Common, watercolour by Jane Gilbert
LHS archives, cat. no. HC 130
A stroll southwards along Leyton Road from Church Green to Coach Lane.
Please click on the small photo to see it full size, with caption.
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This is my great grandfather Andrew Thomas Irons and my grandmother standing behind him. He was killed 100 years ago in WW1 on April 13th 1917.
Ed: His name appears on the War Memorial on Church Green, and in her tribute to those who gave their lives in WWI Mary Skinner recorded that he was a postman and lived in the Lodge by Rothamsted Park Gates. His daughter was 11 at the time of his death. Can you please tell us more about both of them?
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