http://www.lowewood.com Your guide to local history, news and events in the Borough of Broxbourne Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:31:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.lowewood.com/goffsoak/goffs-oak-windmill http://www.lowewood.com/goffsoak/goffs-oak-windmill#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:31:20 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?p=206 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. In 1800 there were 28 windmills in Hertfordshire, but only 16 by the time the Goffs Oak mill was built. [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/goffsoak/goffs-oak-windmill/feed 1 http://www.lowewood.com/news/cheshunt-news http://www.lowewood.com/news/cheshunt-news#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:53:42 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?p=740 http://www.lowewood.com/news/cheshunt-news/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/goffsoak/goffs-oak-war-memorial http://www.lowewood.com/goffsoak/goffs-oak-war-memorial#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:38:31 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?p=211 The war mainly in Europe, among most of the world’s great powers had been one of the bloodiest in history, without a single decisive battle. Over 65 million people had been mobilised; of these 8.5 million were killed and about 37 million wounded. Of the casualties over 3 million were from the British Empire and [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/goffsoak/goffs-oak-war-memorial/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/goffsoak/st-james-church http://www.lowewood.com/goffsoak/st-james-church#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:26:28 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?p=202 By the middle of the 19th century it was reported that churchgoing in the country was declining. A religious survey carried out in 1851 revealed that 42% of the population did not attend any church, however Anglicism remained strong in rural areas. Of course at that time Goffs Oak as a small agricultural village was [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/goffsoak/st-james-church/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/goffsoak/postal-services http://www.lowewood.com/goffsoak/postal-services#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:21:00 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?p=194 There has always been a postal service in Goffs Oak and its existence is one of those things we take for granted. When asked when it all started, often the reply will be that it all began with the Penny Black in 1840. You may also find the name Roland Hill mentioned as the postmaster at [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/goffsoak/postal-services/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/goffsoak/law-and-order http://www.lowewood.com/goffsoak/law-and-order#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:12:20 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?p=187 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 (who was Home Secretary at the time), was extended. The area to be covered by the Metropolitan Police “to be within 15 miles of Charing Cross” which [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/goffsoak/law-and-order/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/goffsoak/going-to-school http://www.lowewood.com/goffsoak/going-to-school#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:04:50 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?p=182 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 could cost as much as two or three shillings a week (about 10p – 15p), a sum very seldom affordable by the working class parent. Although there were certain individuals [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/goffsoak/going-to-school/feed 0