Some Extra Pictures of Hitchin
Postcard of Hitchin Market
Published by Valentine Series No 63169
Postcard of Bridge Street, Hitchin
Published by B & D "Kromo" Series No 21214
Bancroft, Hitchin - see Golden Square, Hitchin
Walsworth Road Baptist Church
Postcard published by Miss Peacock, Confectioner, Stationer,
Toy Dealer, Registry Office for Servants, 147 Nightingale Road, Hitchin
Lavender Field, Mount Pleasant, Hitchin
Blum & Degan
card number 6233. Posted 1913 - circa 1905
Same photo on sepia card, Paternoster & Hales, Hitchin, No 46655, posted
1944
Lavender had been grown in Hitchin since 1568
Advert from Hitchin Official Coronation Programme, 1953
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Frith's Postcard No 49743 - photo taken 1903, copy known posted 1907. ~~~~~~~~ The Biggin has a complex history. It was built in 1361 by Sir Edward de Kendale as a priory for three Gilbertine canons. In 1585 it was the home of the Croocar family, and soon after Robert Snagge rebuilt it in its current form. By 1635 it was a school, and in 1723 it was used as a parish poor house. In 1812 it again became a school, and later in the century it became an alms house of old ladies. [more pictures and history in Old Hitchin] |
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The Biggin, Hitchin Published by Paternoster & Hales, Hitchin, No. 81725 Posted 1930 |
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Oughton Head, Hitchin - Valentines series - circa
1905
St Saviour's, Hitchin - posted 1905
Hitchin Hill -
posted 1907
New Town Hall, posted 1906
Last Updated April 2007
