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Welcome to the Abbots Langley Local History Society. Abbots Langley is a village in Hertfordshire, England, situated between Watford and Hemel Hempstead, and close to St Albans. The Society was formed in 1994 and our web site was created in February 2000. These pages give an insight into the functions of the Society and we would be delighted to hear from anyone with an interest in Abbots Langley's history. Please feel free to send an e-mail.

Parish History Walk: Kitters Green and Around, 7th August 2022. More soon.

Kitters Green and Around - Aug 2022

Delva O'Regan addresses the walkers in the welcome shade of the willow tree at Kitters Green. Photo: Trevor Baker

Archive Exhibition, 16th July 2022 - click photo for more

Photo: Trevor Baker

Derek Sayell Memorial Walk, 3rd July 2022 - click photo for more

An Afternoon Amble Around Abbots, led by Delva O'Regan
Photo: Trevor Baker

Carnival 2022 Treasure Hunt - click photo for solution

Simon Arbon with Gill of Watford Lions. Photo: Trevor Baker

Journal Index

Updated 7th January 2022

The Journal Index is available as a downloadable Excel spreadsheet.

Click here for Journal Index download page

or click the Journal image on the top right.

25th Anniversary Parish History Walk led by Maureen Finerty - click photo for more

11th August 2019. Photo: Mike Quinton

25th Anniversary Summer Exhibition - click photo for more

27th July 2019. Photo: Trevor Baker

Carnival 2019 Treasure Hunt - click photo for solution and more carnival photos

Trevor Foulkes announces the winners. Photo: Trevor Baker

Celebrating 25 years - click photo for more

Photo: Mike Quinton

Photo: Mike Quinton

Back to the Front Great War Exhibition
St Lawrence Church, November 2018

Photo: Roger Yapp

The Hendersons - Exhibition, 26th July 2018

Photo: Trevor Baker

Back to the Front

Researching
Abbots Langley Men of
the Great War

Abbots Road House Names

Visit our Projects page to view the results of the research project to correlate house names in 1911 with those of today.

Tithe Map

Visit our Projects page to view the Tithe Map and Award

Abbots Autumn Fest 2021
Click photo for more photos and solution to Treasure Hunt. More photos soon.

Treasure Trail Walk 2021
Click photo for winner and solution

Leavesden Country Park
Sculpture Trail

Below is an 8-minute film shown at
Elaine Johnson's talk of
30th November 2020

And below that is a short
(1-2 minutes) promotional film for Leavesden Country Park

Sculpture Trail film

Short Promotional film

Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies (HALS)

Information on local history research, family history research, the archives, events and workshops...

Video and photo links of
Leavesden Heritage Day
9th July 2016

Elstree Film Design Ltd

Three Rivers District Council: short version including Chairman

Three Rivers Museum: full version

Flickr Photos