Libraries and leisure

Exhibitions

Changing displays of documents and images can be seen in the Coffee Lounge, Local Studies Library and Archive Reading Room throughout the year.

March 2010
Delme-Radcliffe Archive

This highly important archive charts the life and times of the Radcliffe and Delme-Radcliffe families, who owned Hitchin Priory and its estate from 1548 until 1965; as well as other estates in Surrey, Sussex, Kent, Hampshire and Cambridgshire. It contains their title deeds, estate documents and other family papers including a vast amount of personal correspondence dating from 1636 to 1904.

Hidden Histories: Hertfordshire and the Slave Trade

Find out more about the links between Hertfordshire, the slave trade and its abolition. Many African Caribbean people came to Hertfordshire before 1807, and have stories to tell. Hertfordshire people took part in the first mass human rights campaign, and were involved in the fight for freedom in Britain, the West Indies and America. Details can be found using the 'Hidden Histories' link below.