In the early 1970s a series of WEA (Workers Educational Association) classes studied the history of the parish of Wheathampstead and Harpenden and published a series of 6 booklets (see the Society's publications). Eric Brandreth, a member of the class which focussed on Harpenden and former Harpenden librarian, summarised these booklets in four articles on 2000 years of Harpenden's history. More detail is included in sections on the various settlements which make up modern Harpenden, and in the Topics section of this website.
Harpenden Development Association
A promotional brochure published in 1935
Harpenden Village Sign
An evolving design based on local features
Harpenden's 'Dry Valley'
A pictorial trail from Zouches Farm near Dunstable to the River Colne at Smallford
Harpenden's Storm Floods - Sunday 21 June 1936
Report in the Herts Advertiser - Scenes of 1879 vividly recalled
Rothamsted and the Midland Railway Company
Correspondence about an entry in The Panoramic Guide
Harpenden: the growth of a village (1)
From the coming of the railways to the early 20th century
Harpenden: the growth of a village (2)
A changing community - the 20th century
Harpenden in 1905, by Arthur Mee
"A little piece of the countryside that has grown into a town"
Cornelia Clutterbuck (1916 -1987), seen through her Scrapbook Diaries
Observations on life in Harpenden, and on national and international events
Myrtle Cottage
Researching an enquiry
The Slip
Deep clay from Hammonds End to Slip End
Hard winters
Reminders of winters past
Hertfordshire Puddingstone
Almost unique to our area