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/hoddesdon/hoddesdon-people http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdon/hoddesdon-people#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:13:23 +0000 admin http://www.lowewood.com/?p=1557 Notable people who have a connection with Hoddesdon Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848 – 1930) Conservative politician and prime minister of the United Kingdom 1902 – 1905. Attended the Grange Preparatory School, Hoddesdon. Francis Maitland Balfour (1851 – 1882) Comparative embryologist and morphologist, younger brother of the above, also attended Grange School. William Ellis (1794 – 1872) Missionary [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdon/hoddesdon-people/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/news/hoddesdons-fawkon-walk-in-crisis http://www.lowewood.com/news/hoddesdons-fawkon-walk-in-crisis#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:05:34 +0000 admin http://www.lowewood.com/?p=1522 HODDESDON was rocked this week by news that the developer of the new Fawkon Walk complex has gone into administration. The bombshell means that relocation of the Amwell Street Surgery to a brand new purpose-built medical centre in the revamped shopping mall will be delayed for months while new shop units remain empty. The cracks started to [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/news/hoddesdons-fawkon-walk-in-crisis/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdon/welcome-to-hoddesdon http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdon/welcome-to-hoddesdon#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:13:42 +0000 admin http://www.lowewood.com/?p=1880 http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdon/welcome-to-hoddesdon/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdon/bowmans-hoddesdon http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdon/bowmans-hoddesdon#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:12:37 +0000 admin http://www.lowewood.com/?p=1384 59 High Street, Hoddesdon, Herts EN11 8ET Tel: 01992 450223 Site of Hampshire House 1886: Barnett – Ebeneza & Helen Barnett, retired civil servant, India Office, daughter and servants 1906: Barnett 2002: Thresher Wine Shop (photographic survey of Hoddesdon High Street on 12 September 2002) 2009: Bowmans Homestores (previously at 120 High Street, Hoddesdon) Map ]]> http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdon/bowmans-hoddesdon/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/news/hoddesdon-news http://www.lowewood.com/news/hoddesdon-news#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:21:51 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?p=768 http://www.lowewood.com/news/hoddesdon-news/feed 1 http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdon/hoddesdon-high-street http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdon/hoddesdon-high-street#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:51:21 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?p=430 The Town of Hoddesdon has changed quite dramatically in the past 50 years.  Sadly many of the so-called improvements of the 1960’s were not successful, and we have been left with a legacy of what the planners of the time thought was the way forward. This superb aerial view of Hoddesdon was taken in 1962 by Bishop [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdon/hoddesdon-high-street/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdon/yew-house http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdon/yew-house#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:59:25 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?p=254 There is no record of when Yew House was built but it contained traces of 17th century work. It was refronted in the early part of the 19th century. The garden had its own well, with a supply pipe from Rawdon House. In 1790, it was the home of Edward Christian, a barrister and later [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdon/yew-house/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdononline http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdononline#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:38:03 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?page_id=45 http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdononline/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/about http://www.lowewood.com/about#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:28:18 +0000 admin http://domain2192621.sites.fasthosts.com/?page_id=2 Lowewood Museum is situated in the Borough of Broxbourne, which covers Rye Park, Hoddesdon, Broxbourne, Wormley, Turnford, Cheshunt, Flamstead End, Goffs Oak and Waltham Cross. Local Events FREE!!! Submit a local event that you would like included in our events calendar/listing. On-screen presenter required We are currently looking for an on-screen presenter for a series of online history programmes. [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/about/feed 0