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Topic ID 4987
05/01/2010 by MDT
Hertford In-filling
I was reading a newspaper article recently about the recent trend of building houses on backgardens and the "infilling" of suburbs. When recently walking around Bengeo I began to realise that this is a recent phenomenon.
There are loads of houses, especially around Byde Street and Cross Street etc that must have had huge gardens before smaller, more modern houses were built on them.
I was wondering whether anyone had any maps or photos of Bengeo of, I guess, the 1920s before all of this started to happen?
Also, the Bengeo Rectory is in one of these modern houses, placed on the garden of a large house...does anyone know where the Rectory was before that?
Thanks!
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Reply ID 70657
05/01/2010 by Victor Meldrew
I think that you will find that the large garden the current rectory is built in was the garden of the old rectory. I maybe mistaken though.
Reply ID 70658
05/01/2010 by shunt
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Originally posted by MDT
I was reading a newspaper article recently about the recent trend of building houses on backgardens and the "infilling" of suburbs. When recently walking around Bengeo I began to realise that this is a recent phenomenon.
There are loads of houses, especially around Byde Street and Cross Street etc that must have had huge gardens before smaller, more modern houses were built on them.
I was wondering whether anyone had any maps or photos of Bengeo of, I guess, the 1920s before all of this started to happen?
Also, the Bengeo Rectory is in one of these modern houses, placed on the garden of a large house...does anyone know where the Rectory was before that?
Thanks!
Not a new thing at all. Many of the open spaces, yards and private gardens in Hertford were created by demolishing the houses, hovels and mews which once filled those spaces. You could say that the infilling now is restoring Hertford's historic state in the town centre. Bengeo is a rather different matter, being akin to a Victorian "housing estate" on the outskirts, but even there, many buildings have gone, as well as those which have been added.
Reply ID 70709
06/01/2010 by Marilyn
Beninghoe was indeed the Rectory before the current one was built in the garden, the last vicar to live there was Rev Colin Wheale and the new one was built when father Ian Pearson came.
Before that I think there was one down New Road somwhere near Warren Terrace and before that I believe the house behind St Leonards was the Vicarage but need to double check that.
Reply ID 72797
17/03/2010 by Exiled in Northants
I remember visiting Beninghoe as a young lad, I went to school with the Rev Colin Weale's son, I seem to remember going there after school for tea, or maybe it was during the holidays..The memory is a little foggy.
Reply ID 72805
18/03/2010 by Marilyn
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Originally posted by Exiled in Northants
I remember visiting Beninghoe as a young lad, I went to school with the Rev Colin Weale's son, I seem to remember going there after school for tea, or maybe it was during the holidays..The memory is a little foggy.
Rev Colin Weale was the last rector to live in that house, the new one was built when he left and Rev Ian Pearson moved into the new house when he arrived. Rev Weale was asked if he would like a new house whilst he was here but was always happy living in the old house. I seem to remember his room filled floor to ceiling with books.
Prior to that there were Rectories/ Vicarages in New Road, depends how far back you go!
Reply ID 72806
18/03/2010 by Mr fixit
Was that Nigel by chance?
Reply ID 72830
19/03/2010 by Exiled in Northants
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Originally posted by Mr fixit
Was that Nigel by chance?
Martin!
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