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This website serves Smallford residents and provides information about Smallford’s past, present and future. Smallford and its surrounding areas are steeped in history, including the aerodrome at Hatfield, De Havilland’s airplane manufacture, the world’s first jet airliner (the Comet) and much more.
Station Project
Welcome to the Smallford Station & Alban Way Heritage Society homepage. On this site you will find all the latest information about the society, workshops and associated activities in one handy place. If you’d like to get involved or find out more, click the button below!
SRA
Smallford Residents’ Association (incorporating Sleapshyde) announcements and information will be posted on this website. Please check it frequently for important news and updates. Here, you will find information about planning proposals, objections, and much more that concern the local community.
We are thrilled to have received the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund and are confident the project will support many local people in following and developing their interests in a wide range of areas – e.g. researching, interviewing, creating videos, designing exhibitions, developing a website, writing stories. We are particularly excited at the thought of finding people who recall the station and branch line when they were operating and capturing their memories for posterity!
Jeff LewisLatest Smallford News
Latest news for the local community of Smallford
Board Member – Lord Ebury
Lord Ebury 1801 - 1893 The Right Honourable Robert Grosvenor (1801–1893), 1st Baron Ebury by Cyrus JohnsonDate painted: 1882 Oil on canvas, 142.5 x 112 cm Collection: University College London Hospitals One of his interests was railways, and he had a grand...
read moreBoard Member – Joseph Cary
Joseph Cary nnnn – 1874 Relationship with the Hatfield and St Albans Railway Company: The Minute Book records that he was one of four who attended the first Board meeting, on Thursday 11th December 1862. The Minute book also records that he was elected...
read moreBoard Member – Reginald Capel
The Hon. Reginald Algernon Capel, J.P. 1830 – 1906 Relationship with the Hatfield and St Albans Railway Company: The Minute Book records that he was one of four who attended the first Board meeting, on Thursday 11th December 1862. Appointed Receiver on 5th June...
read moreBoard Member – Robert O’Brien Jameson
Captain Robert O’Brien Jameson 1828 – 1890 Relationship with the Hatfield and St Albans Railway Company: The Minute Book records that he was one of four who attended the first Board meeting, on Thursday 11th December 1862. The Minute book also records at the...
read moreBoard Member – John Harvey Astell
John Harvey Astell, M.P., J.P. 1806 – 1887 Relationship with the Hatfield and St Albans Railway Company: The Minute Book records that he was one of the seven who attended the second Board meeting, on Friday 17th April 1863, the first time all seven sat...
read moreBoard Member – Octavius Duncombe
The Honorable Octavius Duncombe, M.P., J.P. 1817 – 1879 Relationship with the Hatfield and St Albans Railway Company: The Minute Book records that he was one of the seven who attended the second Board meeting, on Friday 17th April 1863, the first time all seven...
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