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Hatfield House, in Hertfordshire, England, was built in 1611 by Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury and chief minister to James I. The Cecil family have lived there ever since.
The old palace of Hatfield which stands nearby, was built in 1497 by the Bishop of Ely and later confiscated by Henry VIII.
It then became a favourite residence of his daughter, Queen Elizabeth I. After Elizabeth's death, king James gave the palace to Robert Cecil, who then built the much larger building seen above!
The yews of the East Garden Maze were planted in 1840. The maze can be viewed from the terrace of the East Garden and you can walk around the edge but the public are seldom allowed to explore the inside of the magnificent hedge puzzle.
Laundry room at left section of bottom wrap around porch. Large upstairs porch overlooking the local park/playground.
Hatfield House
Hatfield, Hertfordshire
The United Kingdom
(May 8, 2019)
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If you saw the TV mini-series "The Hatfields and McCoys" you may remember the Tug Fork which forms much of the border between West Virginia and Kentucky. The above is the real Hatfield and McCoy country...yon stream is the Tug Fork with Kentucky on the far side.
04/05/15 Hatfield & Stainforth: DB Schenker Class 66 66148 snakes its way out of the colliery sidings as it begins its short journey to Drax Power Station. The colliery closed not long after my visit.
The new showrooms on Hatfield Business Park for McLaren and Aston Martin dealers Grange are taking shape. The McLaren pop up showroom has gone (by April 2019) and the Aston Martin showroom at Stanborough is being vacated.
Grange Aston Martin McLaren Hatfield, 21/4/19.
Neil F.
Winding was in full swing when I last popped over to Hatfield for a peek at the pit. After the demise of owners Powerfuel Mining the coal business, Hatfield Colliery Ltd, has now been sold to Entero BV, a recently established holding company.
66051 moves a rake of HAAs back towards the loading bunker at Hatfield Colliery. After a train departed from the Colliery, It was not uncommon to see up to 20 'Locals' descend on the Bunker to take away the excess coal, leading to numerous Trespass incidents
The lion at the centre of the East Garden Maze. The yews of the maze were planted in 1840. The maze can be viewed from the terrace of the East Garden and you can walk around the edge but the public are seldom allowed to explore the inside of the magnificent hedge puzzle.
This little model commemorates the Comet built by de Havilland. Not the passenger jet of the 1960s this little plane was an earlier racer. It stands in front of the 1930s Comet Hotel at the junction of the Barnet By-pass and the road to St. Albans.
The DH.88 Comet won the 1934 MacRobertson Air Race, a challenge for which it was specifically designed. The race started from Mildenhall in England, passed through Baghdad, Allahabad, Singapore, Darwin and Charleville ending in Melbourne in the south of Australia. It set many aviation records during the race and afterwards as a pioneer mail plane.
G-ACSS belonged to Mr.A.O.Edwards and was named Grosvenor House after the hotel which he managed. The aircrew were Charles W.Scott and Tom Campbell Black. During the race they took the lead and were first into Allahabad. Despite storms in the Bay of Bengal they landed in Singapore safely, 8 hours ahead of their nearest rival.
They took off for Darwin, but over the Timor Sea lost power in the port engine when the oil pressure dropped to zero. Repairs at Darwin got them going again, although continuing oil warnings caused them to fly the last two legs with one engine throttled back. Their lead was unassailable despite this, and after the final mandatory stop and more engine work at Charleville they flew on to cross the finish line at Flemington Racecourse at 15:33. (local time) on 23rd October with an official time of 71 hours 18 seconds.
The actual aircraft is preserved in the Shuttleworth collection.
Taken on 21st February, 2010 at 1320hrs with an Ensign Selfix 820 on Fujicolor Pro 400 Colour negative stock.