http://www.lowewood.com Your guide to local history, news and events in the Borough of Broxbourne Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:56:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.lowewood.com/wormley/the-queens-head http://www.lowewood.com/wormley/the-queens-head#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:35:25 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?p=303 By the mid-eighteenth century when stage-coaches were running regularly, the trade of the wayside taverns in Wormley must have been one of the principal industries of the village. From the Court Rolls of the manor we find that from 1742 the Manorial Courts were held at the Queen’s Head, which formed part of the Wormley Bury [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/wormley/the-queens-head/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/news/local-news http://www.lowewood.com/news/local-news#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:31:44 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?p=682 http://www.lowewood.com/news/local-news/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/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/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/local/local-history-books http://www.lowewood.com/local/local-history-books#comments Sat, 25 Apr 2009 07:02:04 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?p=586 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 of DVDs are currently being produced, which include a [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/local/local-history-books/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/wormley/old-peoples-flats http://www.lowewood.com/wormley/old-peoples-flats#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:39:55 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?p=309 New address for 76-year-old Mrs. R.E. Smith, from July 28th, 1964 was 60 Westlea Road, Wormley. She was the first to move in to the Hoddesdon U.D.C. old people’s flats which were designed by local architect, John Snelgrove, A.R.I.B.A. There are eight flats in all, four ground floor and four first floor-all with one bedroom. The [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/wormley/old-peoples-flats/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/wormley/the-old-manor-house http://www.lowewood.com/wormley/the-old-manor-house#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:32:24 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?p=299 The oldest surviving building on the High Road in Wormley, is the old Manor House, which dates from the late *16th and early 17th centuries. It probably stands on the site of the house occupied by the farmer of the manor lands before Wormleybury was built and its correct name should be the Manor Farm. [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/wormley/the-old-manor-house/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/wormley/the-manor-of-wormley http://www.lowewood.com/wormley/the-manor-of-wormley#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:30:17 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?p=296 The manor of Wormley was granted by Harold, later King of England, to the college of Canons he had founded at Waltham in 1060. This grant was confirmed by Edward the Confessor. From the Domesday Survey we learn that Wormley was taxed as five hides (about 700 acres) and that there were live villeins, four [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/wormley/the-manor-of-wormley/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/wormley/st-laurences-church http://www.lowewood.com/wormley/st-laurences-church#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:27:56 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?p=293 There is little doubt that a church – probably one built of wood existed in Saxon times, of which no trace can now be found. During the first half of the twelve century, this somewhat temporary building was replaced by one of more solid construction. Of this, the north wall of the nave, including a [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/wormley/st-laurences-church/feed 0