http://www.lowewood.com Your guide to local history, news and events in the Borough of Broxbourne Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:00:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.lowewood.com/cheshunt/st-mary%e2%80%99s-church-cheshunt http://www.lowewood.com/cheshunt/st-mary%e2%80%99s-church-cheshunt#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:20:58 +0000 admin http://www.lowewood.com/?p=1476 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 western side of College Road. The area has a rich history, containing several distinguished old buildings and a beautifully landscaped park. St Mary’s church provides an attractive [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/cheshunt/st-mary%e2%80%99s-church-cheshunt/feed 2 http://www.lowewood.com/news/writer-and-presenter-required http://www.lowewood.com/news/writer-and-presenter-required#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:50:42 +0000 admin http://www.lowewood.com/?p=2524 We are currently looking for a writer to provide articles for our website and an additional on-screen presenter for a series of DVD/online history programmes. Writer In addition to general history articles, we are looking for a writer to expand our World War 2 learning section and develop our new Victorian section. In the first instance, please email us [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/news/writer-and-presenter-required/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/news/presenter-required http://www.lowewood.com/news/presenter-required#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:08:08 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?p=532 http://www.lowewood.com/news/presenter-required/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/exhibitions/picture-past http://www.lowewood.com/exhibitions/picture-past#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:06:54 +0000 admin http://www.lowewood.com/?p=1716 Picture Past Exhibition at Lowewood Museum 7 November – 27 February 2010 Please note that this exhibition has now ended A box of old photographs with hundreds of negatives where discovered in 2006 by Adam Bigg as he was sorting out books in the house of his late Grandfather Maurice Swansborough. Many of the negatives where in [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/exhibitions/picture-past/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/local/events http://www.lowewood.com/local/events#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:29:06 +0000 admin http://www.lowewood.com/?p=1149 http://www.lowewood.com/local/events/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/museum/advertise http://www.lowewood.com/museum/advertise#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:15:44 +0000 admin http://www.lowewood.com/?p=1682 Advertise on our website, we offer effective, very low cost website advertising solutions that enable advertisers to place their banner or text links on our site in various key locations. Introductory offer (for a limited period only) Full Banner advertising for just £5 per month. Banner size: 468×60 Formats: JPG, GIF, PNG, SWF (Flash) and text links. We operate a rotating [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/museum/advertise/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/cheshunt/b24-liberator-bomber-crash http://www.lowewood.com/cheshunt/b24-liberator-bomber-crash#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:30:53 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?p=608 England 1944. A SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH Some fifteen miles North of London there are two small parishes, Waltham Cross and Cheshunt, two separate names but almost as one. On the 12 August 1944 just before 0800 hrs a B24 Liberator 42-95023 (a/c #023) bomber from the 392nd B/G appeared from the South, very low just below the cloud ceiling which was about 2000 [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/cheshunt/b24-liberator-bomber-crash/feed 1 http://www.lowewood.com/cheshunt/lotus-at-cheshunt http://www.lowewood.com/cheshunt/lotus-at-cheshunt#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2009 08:16:07 +0000 admin http://www.lowewood.com/?p=1045 The company was formed as Lotus Engineering Ltd. by engineer Colin Chapman, a graduate of University College, London, in 1952. The first factory was in old stables behind the Railway Hotel in Hornsey. Team Lotus, which was split off from Lotus Engineering in 1954, was active and competitive in Formula One racing from 1958 to [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/cheshunt/lotus-at-cheshunt/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/cheshunt/cedars-park-cheshunt http://www.lowewood.com/cheshunt/cedars-park-cheshunt#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 15:24:36 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?p=806 Steeped in history, this magnificent park was once the site of Theobalds Palace, a favoured residence of James I. Queen Elizabeth I also visited Theobalds many times during her reign. The park was given to the Borough in 1919 and today offers a scheduled ancient monument, woodland walks, formal gardens, ponds, pets’ corner, an arboretum [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/cheshunt/cedars-park-cheshunt/feed 0