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Charles Street, BERKHAMSTED, HP4 3DG

View taken by my late father George Baker. In 1924 the house possessed a front gate unlike in 2010 see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2111152

This view was taken by my father George Baker outside Image The motorbike, with the number plate NK 7927, was equipped with a sidecar.

A similar view to that taken 44 years before see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1757870

My paternal grandfather moved to Berkhamsted from Wallington, Surrey in the mid 1910s so that his two sons could attend Berkhamsted School. Ronhead is the left hand part of the semi in this view. The former owners of this house were a family called Leys, whose son (Colin McLaren) appears on this link http://www.bedfordregiment.org.uk/8thbn/8thbtnofficersdied.html

Taken near to the junction with Upper Kings Road.

The area of grass to the left of the passage is where the air raid shelter referred to in 1970 see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1764041 was situated. Its exact position was just to the left of the raised flowerbed. To the right of the passage, over the wall, two houses form part of Ilex Court

Situated at the junction of Cowper Road with the High Street, these almshouses were originally built in 1684 to provide accommodation for six poor widows, as the result of a gift of £1,000 left in trust by John Sayer, chief cook to King Charles II. The inscription on the tablet in the centre reads: THE GUIFT OF JOHN SAYER ESQ. 1684.

Looking in the direction of North Road. The vehicle is parked in Montague Road as the passage skirts this road before continuing to North Road. There was an air raid shelter just to the right of the raised flower bed see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2109940

A school was founded on this site in 1737 through an endowment of £8,000 made by Thomas Bourne, a rich London merchant. The Bourne School was to cater for twenty boys and ten girls. The present building was erected in 1854, largely at the expense of General John Finch of Berkhamsted Place, another local benefactor. The three coats of arms over the front door are those of Berkhamsted Town, Thomas Bourne and John Finch. In 1888 the Bourne School became the first home of Berkhamsted School for Girls. Today, as the sign suggests, the building is used by the Britannia Building Society.

Possibly taken into the sun but submitted to show another view of the house seen at the top of the road Image from another angle.