Hitchin Historical Society

21/10/2026

For your interest 👇

Home Guard parade through Hitchin market place. Corn exchange & old arcade entrance can be seen in background. Sometime during WWII, obviously.

16/10/2026

‼️ Last chance to have a guided historic walk of Hitchin on Sunday morning (18th Oct) there are, unusually, a few tickets left. You can book here: https://visithitchin.com/maps-tours/historic-walks/ or just turn up and pay (cash only). £12.50 for adults £7.50 for under 18s. They set off from the War Memorial by St Mary's Church at 10.30am and the tours last up to two hours, depending on how carried away Andy Gibbs your guide gets. 😊

12/10/2026

For your interest, we have received the following communication today:

Dear local societies/museums

We are pleased to send you booking details for our forthcoming Symposium, ‘Royalty and Aristocracy in Hertfordshire’ taking place on Saturday 24 October 10.00am to 4.30pm at the Marford Memorial Hall, Wheathampstead AL4 8AY.

The programme will be as follows:

William Cecil: The Second Earl of Salisbury (1591–1668) Dr Alan Thomson
Tudor Hertfordshire: Royal Playground, Nursery and Retreat Anne Rowe
Jacobean Hertfordshire Elizabeth Eastwood
Royal visits to St Albans, 1519-1665 Jon Mein
The More at Rickmansworth Heather Falvey
Sir Richard Lee of St Albans: a Tudor man of his time Sally Pearson
George Clavering-Cowper, the Third Earl Cowper, 1738-89 Heather Falvey
(for Philip Sheail, author)
News and updates about local history publications

Tickets are £17 for individual/joint members of HALH; £20 for non-members. Lunch is not provided but you are welcome to bring a packed lunch or you may choose to visit one of the pubs or cafés in Wheathampstead.

To book tickets, please use the following link to Eventbrite

Discover more about Hertfordshire’s royal connections over the centuries & some of the more colourful members of the county’s aristocracy

12/10/2026

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02/10/2026

For your interest 👇

Another pre-demolition Biggin Lane shot, this time from the rear. Taken 1971.
Source: H Pegrum, Herts Memories.

01/10/2026

For your interest 👇

Biggin Lane houses, before being cleared to make way for the new market. Photo taken in 1971.

Source: H Pegrum, Herts Memories.

Top left is Bricklayers Arms, Queen Street.