Libraries and leisure

Other Sources

a) Sale Catalogues
These contain descriptions of properties to be sold and some may include plans or illustrations. See the indexes in both rooms. Some later catalogues are available in the pamphlet collection in the Local Studies Library.

b) Newspapers
Hertford Mercury, 1772, 1826 - 1830, 1832, 1844 onwards
County Chronicle, 1816 - 1832
County Press, 1831 - 1838, 1851 - 1852, 1854 - 1855
Reformer, 1834 - 1843.

These are available on microfilm in the Local Studies Library. Access to The Times Digital Online (1795 to 1985) is available through the online reference library here in the Local Studies Library and at the Central Resources Library in Hatfield.

For other newspapers, click on the list of holdings under "local newspapers" under "local history".

c) Printed Books and Articles
County histories: Chauncy, Clutterbuck, Cussans, Victoria County History.
Pamphlet collection in the Local Studies Library, filed under place - some individual for larger houses
Sources for the History of Houses:J Harvey
This Old House: D Iredale
A guide to the Sources of English Architectural History: H M Colvin
Discovering Timber Framed Buildings: R Harris
English Historic Carpentry: A Hewett
Small Houses in England: P Eden
Timber Framed Buildings in Hertford and Ware: H Forrester
Crown Post Roofs in Hertfordshire: Bailey and Hutton
The Buildings of England - Hertfordhire: Pevsner
Tracing the History of Your House: N Barratt
Be Your Own House Detective: BBC
How Old is Your House: P Cunnington
The English Country House: O Cook
Traditional Farm Buildings of England: R W Brunskill
Tracing the History of Your House: P Bushell
Historic Farm Buildings: S W Martins
Transactions and Newsletters of the St Albans and East Herts Archaeological Societies, 1884 to date
Hertfordshire Past and Present, 1960 - 1974
Hertfordshire's Past, 1976 to date