Goffs Oak Windmill

Environmentally-friendly energy sources are much in the news; but Goffs Oak had it’s own windmill about 145 years ago! It stood at the eastern edge of ‘The Crest’ and could be easily seen from Newgatestreet Road. The Mill c1905 In 1800 there were 28 windmills in Hertfordshire, but only 16 by the time the Goffs Oak mill was built. It was mentioned in the 1841 census...

Cheshunt News

Aug 12th, 2009

Local news, sports and weather from around the Borough of Broxbourne, which covers Hoddesdon, Broxbourne, Wormley,...

Goffs Oak War Memorial

Apr 12th, 2009

Unveiling ceremony of the War Memorial 18th December 1920. The war mainly in Europe, among most of the world’s...

St. James Church

Apr 12th, 2009

By the middle of the 19th century it was reported that churchgoing in the country was declining. A religious survey...

Postal Services

Apr 12th, 2009

Penny Black There has always been a postal service in Goffs Oak and its existence is one of those things we take...

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Law and Order

Apr 12th, 2009

Sir Robert Peel The story of law and order as we know it didn’t really start in our area until 1839 when the Metropolitan Police Act of 1829, introduced by Robert Peel...

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Going to School

Apr 12th, 2009

In the 19th century, working class educational opportunities were grim and children had little prospect of acquiring more than a few scraps of education. A reasonable education...

St Mary’s Church, Cheshunt

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St Mary’s Church, Cheshunt

Feb 13th, 2010

A guide to St Mary’s Churchyard The parish church of St Mary the Virgin, located in the Churchgate Conservation Area, lies half a mile from Cheshunt Old Pond at the...

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Woolly Beasts Stalk Lee Valley

Aug 28th, 2009

Take a walk around the Lee Valley today and you’re unlikely to come up against anything more menacing than an enthusiastic cocker spaniel. It’s quite a shock then to discover...