Puckeridge history
From the Celtic Catavellauni and Roman Ad Fines to coaching inns, turnpikes and the village post — collected and written by villagers over the years.
HMS Puckeridge
During WWII the village was privileged to share its name with HMS Puckeridge, a Hunt Class, Type 2, Destroyer; built by J S White at Cowes, and launched in 1941. Sadly, she was sunk by two torpedoes from an enemy…
Original Map - dated 1720 by E Bowen
Puckeridg is a place of good entertainment for travellers and had formerly a market long since discontinued. Reproduced by kind permission of Alistair Kennedy.
Post Office Directory 1832 - Puckeridge
Post Office Directory 1862 - Puckeridge
Post Office Directory 1866 - Puckeridge
Puckeridge Post - Mail By Rail
Mail from Puckeridge was normally sent by road to the post town of Ware for sorting and onward despatch. However, for a time in the 1890s-1900s mail from the first collection of the day was sent by rail from Braughing…
Puckeridge Post Office - No. 1
Ware Penny Post On 27th July 1813 a proposal for the establishment of a local penny post from Ware to Wadesmill, Old Hall Green and Puckeridge, at an annual expense of £96-16-0, was approved by the joint Postmasters…
The Grange, High Street Puckeridge
In the 1950s Mr Sullivan was running The Grange as a Youth Hostel. Whilst working on the building he found a bag of foreign money in the rafters. His son, Michael, thinks his father gave it to the Museum in Hertford .…
The Puckeridge Billiken
Carolyn Englert, a resident of the USA came across this little statue, labelled "Billiken", in her grandmother's china collection. The Billiken was first produced in 1909 by an American art teacher and illustrator,…
The Puckeridge Gate
Wadesmill Turnpike Trust TABLE of TOLLS Payable at this GATE by Virtue of an Act of Parliament passed in the 2nd Year of the Reign of King George the 4th. Desc Toll (d) For every Horse or other Beast drawn by any four…
What's in a name
Lunardi Court Lunardi Court was named after a pioneering balloonist. Vincenzo Lunardi, born in Lucca, Italy, ended his first balloon flight in Standon Green End on 15th September, 1784. John Carrington, chief constable…
More from the archive
High Street Schedule
We have parts of a long listing of the shops and workshops in Puckeridge High Street in the 1920's prepared by Gordon Child. Gordon, sadly, is no longer with us and the list needs to be brought up to date. This is where…
Historical Information - Puckeridge and Standon
1598 travel book: Paul Hentzner's Travels in England. Observed that beds in the inns in Puckeridge were made by waiters - the first place where this had been noticed. 17th century offences Swearing. Not attending Divine…
King John Stopped at Puckeridge
This piece started life as a set of notes used for an informal talk presented to The Standon and Puckeridge Amenities Society in 1995. The backcloth used at that time was a mosaic of 1/1250 scale map sheets – the set…
Puckeridge Congregational Church
Reverend Christopher Perowne, Vicar of Standon from 1934-1947, author of A History of the Parish of Standon included the following old written account in his book. "In 1810 a union of the Congregational and Baptist…
Puckeridge, Pockkridge, Pokeriche, Pokkerigge
The following extract is taken from A History of the Parish of Standon by Christopher Perowne Vicar of Standon 1934 to 1947 - later Canon Perowne. Printed June 1967 by Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd, Hertford Chapter II…
Reminiscences Mr Clayton of Thorpe House
Mr Clayton speaking with Frank Ryan. “Well, of course, this house is in the parish of Braughing; all this side of the High Street from the Crown & Falcon up to the White Hart is in Braughing. There should be a…
The Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys
The following extracts are taken from the Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S Secretary to the Admiralty in the reigns of Charles II and James II. Sixth Edition - in four volumes Published in 1858 by H G…
The Standon & Puckeridge Village Index
The Standon and Puckeridge Village Index used to live at SPEC – the Standon and Puckeridge Electronic Centre in Standon. The idea for the Index developed from a chance discussion during a meeting of the Amenities…
Researching family who lived in Puckeridge? See the genealogy enquiries people have sent us over the years.
In memory of Gloria Ganz (died April 2010), who wrote and collected the village history and genealogy.