The Library has a collection of papers on a wide range of topics including people,
buildings (such as pubs, churches and schools) and events. These are stored in folders
and filed alphabetically by subject. The amount of information on each subject varies
a good deal. There might be just one item in a folder, or several, and the quality is
variable – from the ephemeral, such as a news clipping, or quite substantial, such as a
scholarly journal article. The index to the subject files follows. As new material is
acquired, new subject terms will be added to the index.
List of files in cabinet
ADRIAN IV, Nicholas Breakspear
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS
AIRCRAFT
AKRILL HOUSE, HARPENDEN
ALBAN
ALDBURY
ALDENHAM/ALDENHAM HOUSE
ARCHAEOLOGY, HERTFORDSHIRE see Hertfordshire, Archaeology
ASHWELL
ASHWELL HOUSE, ST ALBANS
ASTWICK
AYOT ST LAWRENCE
BACON FAMILY, Kilvington articles
BACON, SIR NICHOLAS (and Bacon Family)
BALDOCK
BASKERVILLE, THOMAS
BATCHWOOD HALL
BATTLEFIELD ROAD, ST ALBANS
BAYFORDBURY
BEACH family
BEATING THE BOUNDS
BECKETT, SIR EDMUND see GRIMTHORPE, LORD
BERKHAMSTED
BERNARD’S HEATH
BLAGG, THOMAS
“BLEAK HOUSE” the Daltons, Catherine Street
BLOW, PERCIVAL CHERRY
BOUTELL, REV CHARLES
BOVINGDON, see ROYAL AIR FORCE, Hertfordshire
BRASSES, general information
BREWERIES AND BREWING
BRICKET WOOD
BRICKS AND BRICKMAKERS
BROCKET HALL
BROWN, FORD MADDOX
BURSTON MANOR see Park Street file
CAMFIELD, Essendon
CATHEDRAL ORGANISATION
CHAPPLE, JOHN, clerk of works, St Albans Abbey
CHEQUER STREET
CHILDWICKBURY
CHOIRS, Wilton Hall
CHRIST CHURCH, Verulam Road
CHURCH ARCHITECTURE (Medieval)
CHURCH CUSTOMS, Wilton Hall
CLARENCE PARK
CLOCK TOWER
CLOCKMAKERS
COAL POSTS see STREET FURNITURE
CODICOTE EXCAVATIONS
COINS
COOPER, SIR ASTLEY PASTON
CONSERVATION, Hertfordshire
COPPED HALL
CROSS FARM EXCAVATIONS
CROSSES, including crosses in St Albans
DARK AGE BRITAIN
DAVEY, misc. correspondence
DEUXBERRY family
DIGSWELL
DIOCESAN HOUSE, Verulam Road
DOMVILLE, SIR WILLIAM
DOVEHOUSES
EAST HERTS NEWSLETTERS etc
ELIZABETHAN BISHOPS, Wilton Hall
EVANS, SIR JOHN
FAYRFAX, ROBERT (c.1465- 1521)
FIGHTING COCKS
FIRST WORLD WAR
FISHERIES and FISHPONDS
FISHPOOL STREET
FISHPOOL STREET- lands owned by St Bartholomew’s hospital
FISHPOOL STREET- rating payments, land tax returns
FLAMSTEAD
FLEETVILLE
FOWLER, THOMAS
FREEMASONRY
FRENCH ROW
GARSTON
GAS COMPANY, Watford and St Albans
GAS MAKING, Hertfordshire
GEORGE STREET, St Albans
GENEALOGY – Hertfordshire Genealogy
GLOSSOP family
GLOUCESTER, Humphrey, Duke of
GORHAMBURY
GRANGE, The, St Peter’s Street
GRIMTHORPE, LORD
HALL PLACE, St Peter’s Street
HATFIELD, including St Etheldreda’s register
HAWKSWICK
HEATH AND HEATHER LTD
HELMINTHOLOGY, ST ALBANS BUREAU OF,
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
HMS ST ALBANS
HERTFORD
HERTFORDSHIRE, ARCHAEOLOGY
HERTFORDSHIRE AUTHORS
HERTFORDSHIRE CASTLES
HERTFORDSHIRE CHANTRIES
HERTFORDSHIRE CHURCHES
HERTFORDSHIRE CLERGY 1640 – 1662, Wilton Hall
HERTFORDSHIRE GENERAL
HERTFORDSHIRE GEOLOGY
HERTFORDSHIRE LAW and ORDER
HERTFORDSHIRE MAPS, town plans etc
HERTFORDSHIRE NAMES
HERTFORDSHIRE SCHOOLS see also THACKERAY, William Makepeace
HERTS ADVERTISER
HIGH STREET, St Albans
HIGHFIELD HALL and HIGHFIELD AREA
HILL END
HISTORY, English political
HITCHIN
HOLY WELL
HOLYWELL HILL
HOLYWELL HOUSE
HOOPER family
HUNSDON see ROYAL AIR FORCE
HYLOCOMIUS, JOHN (c.1546- 1586), schoolmaster St Albans School
JORDAN, JAUDON, JODIN family
KENT family
KILLIGREW family
KILVINGTON ABC of ST ALBANS
KINGSBURY
KITTON, Kilvington 17th century pictures
ICEHOUSES
LACEMAKING
LAMP POSTS see STREET FURNITURE
LAN(D)ESDALE family
LATE ROMAN / SAXON HISTORY, see DARK AGE BRITAIN
LEE, SIR RICHARD
LOCKSMITHS, St Albans
LOMAX, JOSHUA
LONDON COLNEY
LONDON ROAD
LUPPINS, Catalogue of Herts sketches, Wilton Hall
LUTON
McNEIL family
MAGNA CARTA
MARIAN SURVEY
MARKET PLACE / CROSS/STREET
MARKYATE
MARKYATE, CHRISTINA OF
MARSHALSWICK
MATTHEW PARIS, drawings, see PARIS, MATTHEW
MEAUTYS, SIR THOMAS
MERCER CHRONOMETERS
MILLS and MILLING
MILLS, GINGER
MONASTERIES AND MONASTICISM
“MOOT HALL”
MUSEUM OF ST ALBANS
NAST HYDE
NICHOLSON, DR HENRY J B
NOKE, THE
OAKLANDS COLLEGE
ODENSE, twin town of St Albans
OFFA
OSCAR FABER
OXHEY MANOR
PAGEANTS
PALAEOGRAPHY
PALMER, HERBERT
PAPERMAKING / PAPER MILLS
PARGETING, Hertfordshire
PARIS, MATTHEW, drawings
PARK STREET
PASTA FOODS, London Road
PEAHEN HOTEL
PEASANTS’ REVOLT, St Albans
PEMBERTON family and PEMBERTON HOUSE
PICCOTTS END
PITSTONE GREEN
POLICE
POPLADIES
POVERTY and WELFARE
PRE HOUSE
PRINTING, HERTFORDSHIRE
PRIZEFIGHTING
PROSPECT ROAD (including United Women’s Home Association)
RAILWAYS see also MACERONI, Francis (people files), Watford
RAYNSHAWE, RICHARD
REDBOURN
RESTAURANTS and CAFES
ROMAN BRITAIN
ROMELAND
ROTHAMSTED
ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF) Hertfordshire
ROYSTON
RYDER, SAMUEL
ST ALBANS ABBEY
ST ALBANS ABBEY, ABBOTS OF
ST ALBANS ABBEY, BOUNDARY WALL
ST ALBANS ABBEY, BRASSES
ST ALBANS ABBEY, CHAPTER HOUSE
ST ALBANS ABBEY, COURTS AND COURT ROLLS
ST ALBANS ABBEY, DAUGHTER HOUSES
ST ALBANS ABBEY, DEAN and CHAPTER, PRECINCTS
ST ALBANS ABBEY, EARLY MATERIAL
ST ALBANS ABBEY, EDUCATION
ST ALBANS ABBEY, EXCAVATIONS PRE 1968
ST ALBANS ABBEY, EXCAVATIONS 1968
ST ALBANS ABBEY, EXCAVATIONS 1982-95
ST ALBANS ABBEY, FURNISHINGS
ST ALBANS ABBEY, GATEWAY
ST ALBANS ABBEY, GRAFFITI
ST ALBANS ABBEY, ILLUSTRATIONS
ST ALBANS ABBEY, PARISH
ST ALBANS ABBEY, PHOTOGRAPHS AND POSTCARDS
ST ALBANS ABBEY, PILGRIMAGE
ST ALBANS ABBEY, RELICS
ST ALBANS ABBEY, RESTORATION (2 files)
ST ALBANS ABBEY, TALKS BY FRANK KILVINGTON
ST ALBANS ABBEY, WALL PAINTINGS/MURALS
ST ALBANS, ALMSHOUSES
ST ALBANS AND HERTS ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY (SAHAAS)
SAHAAS, HISTORY AND 150th CELEBRATIONS
SAHAAS, INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY GROUP
SAHAAS, LECTURES
SAHAAS, LIBRARY
ST ALBANS AND HERTS LIBRARY SERVICE
ST ALBANS, ARCHAEOLOGY, general
ST ALBANS, ARCHIVE FOLDER
ST ALBANS, ARTISTS
ST ALBANS, BANKS AND BANK NOTES
ST ALBANS, BUILDINGS AND HOUSES
ST ALBANS, CAEN FRIENDSHIP VISIT 1909
ST ALBANS, CHARITIES
ST ALBANS, CHARITIES, Cross Keys
ST ALBANS, CHARTER OF 1877 (GIVING CATHEDRAL STATUS)
ST ALBANS, CHARTERS
ST ALBANS, CIVIC MATTERS
ST ALBANS, CONSERVATION AREA
ST ALBANS, DEEDS
ST ALBANS, DISSOLUTION OF MONASTERY AT
ST ALBANS, ELECTIONS
ST ALBANS, ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
ST ALBANS, FAIRS
ST ALBANS, FARMS
ST ALBANS, FIRE BRIGADE / FIRE ENGINE/ FIRE MARKS
ST ALBANS, FREE CHURCHES
ST ALBANS, GENERAL
ST ALBANS, HISTORY (16th to 18th century)
ST ALBANS, HISTORY (19th century)
ST ALBANS, HISTORY (20th century)
ST ALBANS, HOSPITAL, DISPENSARY etc
ST ALBANS, INNS (GENERAL)
ST ALBANS, INNS (SPECIFIC), see also WHITE HART INN/HOTEL
ST ALBANS, LAW AND ORDER
ST ALBANS LECTURES
ST ALBANS LIBRARY, Victoria Street and Maltings
ST ALBANS LITERARY SOCIETY
ST ALBANS, MAPS (2 files)
ST ALBANS, MAYORS
ST ALBANS, MEDIEVAL STREETS
ST ALBANS, MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT
ST ALBANS, MILLS
ST ALBANS, MURDERS
ST ALBANS, MUSIC
ST ALBANS, PEOPLE, survey of 1553
ST ALBANS, PREHISTORY
ST ALBANS, PRINTS
ST ALBANS, PRISONS
ST ALBANS PSALTER
ST ALBANS, PUBLIC BATHS
ST ALBANS, RELIGION
ST ALBANS, ROADS AND TRANSPORT
ST ALBANS, ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
ST ALBANS, SANITATION
ST ALBANS, SAVINGS BANK
ST ALBANS SCHOOL
ST ALBANS, SCHOOLS (other than St Albans School)
ST ALBANS, THEATRE
ST ALBANS, TITHE AWARDS
ST ALBANS, TOURISM
ST ALBANS, U3A
ST ALBANS, WATER SUPPLY
ST ALBANS, WILLS (Archdeaconry of St Albans – Stonham Register 1415 – 70)
ST ALBANS, WILLS (transcribed by Alan Pickles)
ST IPPOLYTS
ST JULIANS HOSPITAL
ST MARY DE PRE
ST MICHAEL’S CHURCH, GUIDES AND EARLY DESCRIPTIONS
ST MICHAEL’S CHURCH, ILLUSTRATIONS
ST MICHAEL’S CHURCH, MISCELLANEA
ST MICHAEL’S CHURCH, RECORDS
ST MICHAEL’S MANOR
ST MICHAEL’S PARISH
ST PAUL’S CHURCH, HATFIELD ROAD
ST PAUL’S WALDEN
ST PETER’S CHURCH
ST PETER’S STREET
ST STEPHEN’S CHURCH
SALISBURY HALL
SALTPETRE INDUSTRY see DOVEHOUSES
SANDER’S ORCHIDS
SANDRIDGE, including 1851 census
SEARANCKE family
SEIFCHILD, JOHN
SHENLEY, notes and cuttings
SHOEMAKING INDUSTRY
SMALLFORD
SOCIETIES, Archaeological (19th century)
SOPWELL
SOPWELL HOUSE HOTEL
SPICER STREET INDEPENDENT CHAPEL
STAINED GLASS see ST ALBANS, ARTISTS
STEEPLECHASING
STEVENAGE
STORY, JOHN SAMUEL (1780 – 1851)
STRAW- PLAITING
STREET FURNITURE
STRONG, EDWARD
TEWIN
TOULMIN, HENRY J
TOWER FAMILY
TOWN HALL (OLD), ST ALBANS
TRADE TOKENS
TYTTENHANGER
VER, RIVER
VERULAM HOUSE
VERULAM ROAD
VERULAMIUM
VERULAMIUM, petition against ploughing 2000
VERULAMIUM MUSEUM
VERULAMIUM / VERULAMIUM PARK (illustrations)
WALLINGFORD, RICHARD OF
WALLINGFORD, WILLIAM, ABBOT OF ST ALBANS
WARS OF THE ROSES
WATERCRESS GROWING
WATEREND BARN
WATFORD see also MACERONI, Francis (people files)
WAXHOUSE GATE
WELWYN
WESTMINSTER LODGE
WESTWICK
WHEATHAMPSTEAD
WHITE HART INN/HOTEL
WIGGENS family
WIGGINTON
WILLS, BONDS etc, mainly Harpenden
WILTON-HALL, HERBERT ROBERT
WINDRIDGE
WINTER, HOLMES
WORMLEY
YOUTH ORGANISATIONS