J H Buckingham - "The River Ver - The Old Cotton Mill Foot Bridge 1853. Carriage Road through the water".

Social History (Museum of St Albans)

1981.3810

Watercolour by J.H. Buckingham showing a road passing through the River Ver near to the old Cotton Mill. In the foreground a man rides a horse which is drinking from the river while behind him hay is being gathered. In the distance to the left, the Sopwell Ruins are visible. Hay was a valuable commodity with the demands of London's horses nearby - the equivalent of the petrol supply.

1853

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Amy Cooke

3) MoStA Archive Room

Cottonmill Lane, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK

26/04/2006