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/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/cheshunt/cheshunt-at-war http://www.lowewood.com/cheshunt/cheshunt-at-war#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:10:13 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?p=131 Cheshunt at War tells the story of the war years as they affected a small town in Hertfordshire 14 miles north of London. It recounts the privations and the dangers, the hard work and the leisure, the tragedies and joys of life between 1939 and 1945. The author, Peter Rooke, draws on his own memories and on [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/cheshunt/cheshunt-at-war/feed 1 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/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 http://www.lowewood.com/cheshunt/the-manorial-system http://www.lowewood.com/cheshunt/the-manorial-system#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 12:26:38 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?p=167 After the Norman conquest Britain was divided up amongst the Norman lords, although the divisions of the kingdom established by King Alfred were largely retained. These were the shires, divided into hundreds, and each hundred into its towns and villages. The manor became the unit around and in which the life of the people revolved. In [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/cheshunt/the-manorial-system/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/cheshunt/cheshunts-early-history http://www.lowewood.com/cheshunt/cheshunts-early-history#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 12:06:41 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?p=151 To understand anything of Cheshunt’s early history it is essential to know a little of the geography of the area. The town is situated in the valley of the River Lea, the hills of Essex rising fairly sharply to the east, whilst the ground takes a more gentle rise towards the western boundary. Goffs Oak [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/cheshunt/cheshunts-early-history/feed 0