Stationmasters 1865 – 1951

This information is largely taken from documents in Roger Taylor’s archive, appearing to be based on Trade Directory information, and is incomplete.

Hatfield (already open in 1865, being on the Great Northern Railway main line)

1910 – 1915 Thomas Christopher

1917 – 1923 John Thomas Cross

1932 – 1939 Frederick B. Martin

1940 – 1949 Arthur W. Bellamy

Lemsford Road Halt (opened in 1942)

Unknown

Nast Hyde Halt (opened in 1910)

The Hatfield Stationmaster was in charge until 1923.

The Smallford Stationmaster was in charge between 1923 and 1932.

The Hatfield stationmaster was in charge from 1932.

Smallford (opened in 1866 and named Springfield until 1879)

1874 William Hayward

1878 (– 1879?) Edward Carver

1879 – 1900 John Kimp

1901 – 1919 Thomas North

1922- 1923 George Dobson

1928 – 1932 H. Lattimore

The Hatfield Stationmaster was in charge from 1932.

Hill End (opened in 1899)

1902 – 1922 William Houseden

1949 H. Suckling

Salvation Army Halt opened in 1897)

Not known

St Albans (original St Albans terminus, 1865: St Albans GNR from 1883: St Albans LNER from 1948: renamed St Albans London Road in 1950)

1865 – 1870 not known

1870 – 1883 James Barnes

1884 – 1888 J. D. Rhodes

1888 – 1890 W.F. Perkins (or was it James Perkins?)

1890 – 1899 not known

1899 – 1918 Jonas Ellingham

1919 – 1920 Ernest Wallis

1920 – 1926 C. John Whitehead

1926- 1934 Campbell George Correll

1935 – 1941 George Howlett

1942 – 1945 not known

1946 – 1949 T. Bond

1949 – 1951? Albert Shaw

After closure to passengers, in 1951, or possibly before that, the Stationmaster at St Albans City, London Midland Region, was in charge.

After 1938, the station house was occupied by non-railway people.

St Albans (already open in 1865, being the terminus of the branch from Watford, and becoming the terminus of the Hatfield & St Albans Railway in 1866; renamed St Albans Abbey in 1924)

Unknown

Information gathered from:

• The Roger Taylor archive.
• Census returns.