Reading a village war memorial, and researching the names with care
What a village war memorial records, how to read its lists and inscriptions, and how to research the names respectfully with the IWM and CWGC records.
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Flint, brasses, bells and timber: the three medieval churches and the buildings around them, read as history.
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Reading a flint church: stone, brick and building phases in north Hertfordshire
A field guide to the walls of north Hertfordshire churches: field and knapped flint, clunch, Totternhoe stone, tufa, brick, and how to read building phases.
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Why King's Walden sits nearly a mile from its church
King's Walden's church stands by the Bury while the village lies along a road nearly a mile off. The parish records explain how that came about.
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