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We live in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England Some brief historical
facts about our city and its origins are listed below. |
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Modern St Albans was founded on a hill
overlooking the ruins of the Roman city of Verulamium. ·
Originally established in AD 49 on an older
Celtic settlement, Verulamium was an important and wealthy civil centre in Roman
Britain for over 300 years. ·
St Albans is named after Alban, a Roman citizen
executed in the third century as the first Christian martyr in Britain. ·
The site of his martyrdom soon became a shrine, and
was eventually enclosed within a medieval Abbey, now a Cathedral. Over the centuries the shrine has
been a major place of pilgrimage. ·
In the Middle Ages St Albans was also the site of
two battles in the 'Wars of the Roses' as the town commanded the strategic
route into London. ·
It is arguable that the Patron Saint of England
should really be St Alban and not St George! · You can see some of the City if you visit the civic web site by clicking here. |
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My interests include:
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The
study of maps and map making, particularly the work of the Ordnance Survey and the
many commercial British map publishers such as Bacon, Bartholomew's
and Geographia.
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Also
ephemera connected with maps, map cover art and maps published in travel and
guide books, for example the long running series of Ward Lock Red Guides. Links to relevant web sites are given
below.
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Genealogical
research; I am compiling information on my family history with particular
interest in the surnames Deveson, Foad, Streeter, Stainthorp
and Waddleton. More details
are listed on the page that can be reached from here. This also has a link to a 'RootsWeb
World Connect' site where I have posted my searchable 'ancestor
database'.
OS map sites on the web
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Sites to visit if you are interested in the history of
surveying, maps and map production
in Great Britain and Ireland ~ from the
late 18th Century to the present day:
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Click here to go to The Charles
Close Society for the study of Ordnance Survey maps and the origins and history
of the Ordnance Survey in the UK.
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Or
click here to go to the Ordnance
Survey's own web site.
I am
an architect. My professional
experience and other career related information is detailed on another page -
which can be reached from here
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