"The Lake and Ver, St Albans."

Social History (Museum of St Albans)

2006.53164

Monochrome postcard showing the lake at Verulamium park and River Ver, St Albans. Postmark illegible. 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.

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CD 416

Amy Cooke

3) MoStA Archive Room

Published by Valentine's, numbered 221079.J.V.

The River Ver, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK.

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

26/08/2005