An invitation to visit one of Hertfordshire's oldest (c.1398) timber-framed buildings: this Grade 2*, 5-bay, aisled 'threshing' barn is open for public viewing on the last Saturday of the month until 30 October 2010. Tours commence at 11am and last about an hour. Join us at the junction of Caravan Lane and High Street, Rickmansworth (east end) at 10.30am, then 10-15 minute walk along footpath. Groups welcome. Enquiries to 01923 772325.
The Museum has acquired some particularly interesting artefacts over the past few months. Here is a selection:
Abstract of the title to Durrants Estate, 1938. The document includes 2 maps: one is 1inch : 200 feet, and shows an area bounded by Little Green Lane / Rousebarn Lane / Cassiobury End Road / Baldwins Lane; the other is 1 inch : 400 feet. The earliest date shown in the abstract is 26 June 1906.
15 colour prints of The Demolition of the Methodist Church in the Rickmansworth High Street. Although we already had some images of the demolition, these are of particular interest because they include shots taken from inside the church and they were taken over a period of time.
Urban District of Chorleywood Notice of Election of Urban District Councellors, dated 10th April 1913.
Original Oil Painting by E.J. Davis of Church Street, Rickmansworth, looking towards S. Mary's Church in the early 1930s.
Two Aquadrome Club Season Tickets dated 1943 and 1944.
Original Oil Painting by Ernest Wright of Providence Hall, Croxley Green, in the 1930s.
All Saints Croxley green Parish Magazines from August 1901 and October 1902
Field System Map of Croxley Green. Beginning of inscription reads: A Survey 166 of the Manour (sic) of Croxley and Snells Hall in the parish of Rickmasworth and Watford...