Historical Images of Rickmansworth and District, Hertfordshire

Glen-Chess 1870

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Harefield Church 1870

 
Glen-Chess 1870      

Harefield Church 1870

 
Cassiobury 1870

Rickmansworth from Solomons Hill 1870

Rickmansworth, from Solomon's Hill 1870

Chalfont House c1870

 
Cassiobury 1870

Chalfont House 1870

 
The Grove 1870

Moor Park 1870

 
The Grove, Watford 1870

Moor Park 1870

 
Chenies Mausoleum 1870

Basing House 1872

Jordans Meeting House 1870

 
Chenies Mausoleum 1870

Jordan's Meeting House 1870

 

Rickmansworth Lodge 1871

Rickmansworth 1870

Rickmansworth Lodge 1870

Basing House, Rickmansworth 1870

Rickmansworth 1870

 
Mill End 1891

Church Street, Rickmansworth in 1870

Church Street, Rickmansworth in 1870

Further historical photographs listed below

Money Hill House 1891

 
Mill End 1891

Money Hill House 1891

 

Milton's Cottage 1874

Rickmansworth Park House c1890

 
  Milton's Cottage 1874

Rickmansworth Park House c1890

 
The Cedars 1870

Baptist Church 1870Bedford Monument, Chenies 1870Temple, Moor Park 1870

The Bury c1865

 
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
Denham Fishery    Breakspear House    Batchworth Locks

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Jordan's Meeting House 1870 by Lemenager

             

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