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Local stories and social life in London
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Communities
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Community Blogs
Local stories and social life in London
21 posts
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St Stephen: A Parish Founded to Welcome Pilgrims
St Stephen's traces its roots to a Mercian king's land grant around 795 AD, and to a church built specifically to prepar...
The Social Martini16 Sept 2026
St Michael: The Church Built on a Roman Courtroom
St Michael's stands on the exact site of the Roman basilica where, tradition holds, Alban himself was tried an...
The Social Martini16 Sept 2026
Harpenden Rural: The Countryside Around a Town's Edges
The Social Martini16 Sept 2026
Sandridge: A Church Consecrated Nine Centuries Ago
The Social Martini16 Sept 2026
Chiswell Green: Roses, Roman Roads, and a 15th-Century Pub
The Social Martini16 Sept 2026
Bricket Wood: Ancient Woodland with a Secret Coven
Bricket Wood has 212 acres of genuinely ancient woodland at its centre, and, almost unbelievably, a footnote in global religious history: this is where modern Wicca quietly took sh...
The Social Martini16 Sept 2026
How Wood: The Village That Grew Out of Its Own Fields
How Wood was once simply part of Park Street's farmland. Housing arrived, a station followed, and a genuinely...
The Social Martini16 Sept 2026
Park Street: A Hamlet Built Around a Chapel of Ease
The Social Martini16 Sept 2026
Smallford: A Station Town That Became a Cycle Path
The Social Martini16 Sept 2026
Colney Heath: A Hamlet That Grew Into Its Own Parish
The Social Martini16 Sept 2026
London Colney: The Village the Road to London Named
London Colney's name is a small piece of medieval signage that survived into the present: a village on the Riv...
The Social Martini16 Sept 2026
Wheathampstead: An Iron Age Earthwork and a Nobel Prize Winner's Doorstep
The Social Martini16 Sept 2026