"St Albans from the site of Verulamium"

Social History (Museum of St Albans)

2006.53176

Monochrome postcard showing aerial view of St Albans Abbey and Verulamium park and lake. No postmark. 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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Amy Cooke

3) MoStA Archive Room

Published by Photoflight, Elstree.

Verulamium Park / Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK, AL1 1BY

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

24/02/2006