St Albans' Own East End
Wednesday, 10 September 2025

Next Generation of ...

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 In the early years of post-war St Albans three areas of land were being prepared for new purposes so that small industrial plots in the cit...
Tuesday, 2 September 2025

Street Plates 9

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 This month we'll kick off with one obvious road name and one hidden example.  A very long road – between St Peter's Street and Pope...
Thursday, 21 August 2025

Brampton as it was

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"The Alley" is still used, though less so in recent decades, from the eastern end at the  Beechwood/Beaumont junction with Hatfiel...
Sunday, 10 August 2025

What a Waste

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 You have probably driven eastwards along a road from St Albans and considered its straightness; not absolutely straight as in a ruler, but ...
Friday, 1 August 2025

Street Plates 8

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 More interesting details about some of the roads and streets around the residential and often quieter byways of eastern St Albans  But let...
Thursday, 17 July 2025

Behind the Barrier

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 It is always of interest walking or driving along Hatfield Road from Smallford towards and beyond Oaklands.  We have become used to the wid...
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About 'St Albans' Own East End'

Mike Neighbour
St Albans' Own East End is an exploration in two volumes, of the city's eastern districts, with feature chapters on the landscape, hamlets, and human transformations during the last millennia. The core of the book is a chronological survey of everyday life from 1880 to 1960. Volume 1: Outsiders, published March 2012. Volume 2: Insiders, published in 2013. Note: both volumes are currently out of print. www.stalbansowneastend.org.uk
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