Historical Images of Rickmansworth and District, Hertfordshire
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	Glen-Chess 1870				Harefield Church 1870
		Rickmansworth, from Solomon's Hill 1870
	Cassiobury 1870				Chalfont House 1870
	The Grove, Watford 1870				Moor Park 1870
		Basing House, Rickmansworth 1870
	Chenies Mausoleum 1870				Jordan's Meeting House 1870
	Rickmansworth Lodge 1870				Rickmansworth 1870
		Church Street, Rickmansworth in 1870 Further historical photographs listed below
	Mill End 1891				Money Hill House 1891
	Milton's Cottage 1874				Rickmansworth Park House 1890
	Drayton Ford 1891				Breakspear House 1870
	Batchworth Locks 1902		Rickmansworth Church 1890		Denham Fishery 1870
	Chalfont St. Peter 1870	Mount Pleasant 1875 Chenies Manor 1891			Latimer House 1891
	The Cedars 1870	Baptist Church 1870 Bedford Monument, Chenies 1870 Temple, Moor Park 1870			The Bury 1870
These enhanced computer generated images were created by the author from original early albumen paper photographs. They are some of the earliest photographs ever taken of Rickmansworth and the buildings in the surrounding district. Click image to view in greater detail. Higher resolution copies are available on request. The photographs were originally taken in 1870 by Henri Victor Lemenager of Bushey, except for the photographs of Church Street, Chalfont House, The Cedars, Basing House, Breakspear House, Milton's Cottage, Denham Fishery and the Baptist Church, which were taken by Jabez Croft of Rickmansworth around the same time. There are two photographs of Rickmansworth, taken from Solomon's Hill, before the arrival of the railway at this location; each taken from slightly different vantage points and about an hour apart. From the locality are photographs of Glen-Chess Loudwater, The Bury Rickmansworth, Church Street Rickmansworth, Basing House Rickmansworth, Park House Rickmansworth, The Cedars Chorleywood, Money Hill House, Rickmansworth Baptist Church, Rickmansworth Lodge, The Grove and Cassiobury Park, Watford, Moor Park House and the Temple within the Park, Mill End, Harefield Church, Chalfont House in Chalfont St.Peter, Breakspear House in Harefield, The Fishery in Denham, Milton's Cottage in Chalfont St.Giles, Jordans Meeting House and Chenies' Mausoleum together with the First Duke of Bedford's Monument. The Cedars was newly built in 1865. Later photographs from 1891 and 1902 are of Drayton Ford, Chenies Manor, Latimer House and Batchworth Locks. All these buildings still exist except for Cassiobury House, Rickmansworth Park House, Money Hill House and The Fishery, Denham. Further Photographs:-    Rickmansworth Church    Drayton Ford    Chenies Manor    Latimer House Chalfont St. Peter    Denham Fishery    Breakspear House    Batchworth Locks click above photographs to enlarge
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