"On the Ver, St Albans."

Social History (Museum of St Albans)

2006.53165

Monochrome postcard showing woman and child standing by the River Ver, St Albans, in the area which later became part of Verulamium Park. Note livestock grazing in the background. Postmarked St Albans, August 21st, 1906. Verulamium Park is so-called because it occupies part of the site of the Roman city of Verulamium. The land was bought in 1929 by the city council from the Earl of Verulam: it had formerly been St Germain's farm, part of the Verulam estate. The digging of the ornamental lake provided work for many unemployed men during the depression, thanks to government grants to fund its construction.

1906

T3325 PX 3852.tif

CD 416

Amy Cooke

3) MoStA Archive Room

Published by H.A. Richardson, St Albans.

The River Ver, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK.

From brown postcard album labelled "St Albans and Victorian" and "Photographic Collection Box 21".

26/08/2005