Category Archives: 2021

What a happy occasion it was in St Martin’s Church on Tuesday 16th November, when the Parish and local clergy gathered to witness the Licensing of Revd Charles King.  I’d had the pleasure of meeting Charles a few months earlier, … Continue reading →

Whatever you think of Henry Lytton Cobbold – I think we can all agree the name is a bit of a mouthful.  My son, at school, was called Edward Silly-Long-Name.  I was called Elsie, for the initials L.C.  Now, for … Continue reading →

What horror stories have I got for you this Halloween month?  I am often asked about ghosts in Knebworth House, and am happy – and relieved – to report that I, personally, have never seen one.  But if ghosts are … Continue reading →

Not many places get their name up on a cinema billboard.  I can think of a few films with Paris in the title – “An American In Paris”, “Last Tango In Paris”… I can think of one or two that … Continue reading →

I understand Mr Quinlan’s concern, expressed in his letter last month, that improved infrastructure can make a community a more attractive proposition for population growth.  Knebworth has faced that compromise since the Railway Station was added in the 1880s.  But … Continue reading →

So here is the village of Knebworth in the late 1950s – before Hornbeam Spring was built in 1957, but with the motorway shown, which did not open until 1962 (I am grateful to Adrian Entecott for fine tuning these … Continue reading →

So here is the village of Knebworth in the 1890s.  The first thing I notice about the north-south-east-west routes through the village is that they are exactly the same ones that we still use in the 2020s.  There is the … Continue reading →

In 1995 a man called Pierre founded a website call AuctionWeb.  25 years later this site – now called eBay – is a more familiar household name around the world than 250-year-old Christie’s or, even older, Sotheby’s.  Knebworth House has … Continue reading →