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Hatfield
Broad Oak Hatfield Regis Local History Society |
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Chairman:
Robin Gurnett
The
Hatfield Regis Local
History Society was formed, in 2000, from the Hatfield Heath History
Group who
had been responsible for producing A History of Hatfield Heath.
Attempts
had previously
been made to form a History Society in Hatfield Broad Oak and now
representatives from both Villages met to write a constitution and form
a
committee.
This
committee comprised
Liz Wright, Richard Farr,
In
2008 Robin Gurnett was
elected Chairman when Liz Wright moved from the District. Ivan Wybrew
is the
treasurer, Richard Barnett the Vice-Chairman, Edna Halls the HBO
representative
& Mick Saban the Heath Representative.
The
Aims & Objectives
of the Society are:
v To bring
together persons interested in the history of Hatfield Broad Oak,
Hatfield
Heath and Bush End.
v To stimulate
pubic interest and encourage the study of local history.
v To help
preserve records and objects and to co-operate with other local bodies
with
similar interests.
Meetings
are held,
alternately, in Hatfield Heath (Tuesday) and Hatfield Broad Oak
(Sundays) with
a programme of talks and visits.
Members
also undertake
local historical projects and these have included:
v A reprint of A
Tale of a Lonely Parish by Francis Marion Crawford.
v A book on the History
of the Hatfield Broad Oak Priory.
v A detailed
analysis of the Stephen Green Diary.
v The staging of
local history exhibitions for the Millennium, for the Silver Jubilee,
and the
Heath Festivals.
v Memorial books
for the two H Heath Churches on the fallen from the two World Wars and
the
History of the two Churches.
v Two albums
'then and now' photographs of the Heath together with other Albums of
Photos of
the Heath.
v Identifying
the names of Heath Residents from old Photographs
v Detailed work
on the history of local farms and farmers.
v A booklet on
Gibson’s farmhouse and the Hurdle End Cottage.
v A reprint of A
History of Hatfield Heath.
These
reprints are
available priced £4.00 plus £1.00
postage from:
The Treasurer
HRLH Society
E Mail: mwybrew@fsmail.net
