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B24 Liberator Bomber Crash

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 feet or less, it passed over Bullsmoor... 

Local history books and publications

Guides FREE guides (pdf) Wormley West End Circular Walk St Augustine’s Church, Broxbourne St Mary’s Church, Cheshunt Church of St Catherine and St Paul, Hoddesdon – available soon Hoddesdon Heritage Trail – available soon (and on DVD) Churchgate Heritage Trail – available soon (and on DVD) Broxbourne Conservation Area – available soon (and on DVD) DVDs A series... 

Dewhurst School

Chapter 1 by Jack Edwards and Peter Rooke The Dewhurst family had been associated with the parish of Cheshunt at least since the latter part of the sixteenth century, for Barnar Dewhurst, Robert’s father, was secretary to William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Lord High Treasurer of England in the reign of, Elizabeth I. Lord Burghley purchased Theobalds in 1564 and Barnard died in 1596, so it would appear...