Places

Braughing

 

Braughing

Puckeridge is a village which is part in Braughing parish and part in Standon parish

 


St Mary's Church

Looking over the River Quin towards the parish church at Braughing
from Afoot in Hertfordshire by Frank Dawes Illustrated by Leonard Wyatt

 

Braughing Street

Published by James Williams, photographer, Standon, #163504

Card posted August 1917 to Driver C D Bunson 46134, Royal Field Artillery, 86th Battery ?, 19th Division, B.E.F. from Phyllis


Hamels in 1700

 

There is a
community web site
with pages on the local history

 


Braughing in 1807


Maltings Bridge
River Quin

 


Herts Countryside Winter 1947

 


Maltings Bridge
River Quin

Books on Hertfordshire 

 


1971 first edition

 

The Story of Braughing
by David Rushworth Smith

A delightful and highly readable little booklet, with small sketches, covering the period from prehistoric times to about 1900.

 


1989 edition

   

Locating Books
When this page was updated second hand copies were available online

The Braughing of Victor Tott is a delightful book which describes life in the village in the early 20th century through the eyes of an interesting countryman,

 

There is a Braughing Local History Society which had monthly meetings and occasionally publishes small books.

 

A place to sit and think while visiting Braughing

 

The Two-holer Privy at Braughing
from Hertfordshire Privies

 

Pages reformatted & updated December 2008

January 2010 - The Story of Braughing