THE LEVERSTOCK GREEN CHRONICLE
A detailed history of one village in Hertfordshire UK.
The  Leverstock Green Chronicle WebSite details the history of the Leverstock Green area (Nr Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England), from Prehistoric times to the end of the 19th century  with a link to this page.
The Contents of this Website (20th Century & Beyond) are listed below and are just related to information on Leverstock Green in the 20th & 21st Centuries.  Click on the item of interest to be taken to the relevant page. 
Click on the relevant buttons AT THE VERY TOP OF THIS PAGE to be taken to other related websites/pages.
Keep scrolling down for more information and links to pages.
1901&1902
(by date entry)
LEVERSTOCK GREEN IN THE 1930'S - Recollections of Sidney Dollimore
History of the Leverstock Green Parish Room Trust & Leverstock Green Parish Trust.
(December 1904 ~ present)
LYN HARDING,
Leverstock Green Resident 1919 ~ 1924;
International Movie star and stage actor.
Finch v Ley 1907.
Important Dates in the History of the
Leverstock Green Parish Room & Village Hall.
LADY DOROTHY CLAYTON EAST CLAYTON
nee DURRANT 1906~ 1933 ;
Daughter of Rev Arthur Durrant,
Vicar of Leverstock Green;
Connection with The English Patient
NOTICEBOARD
If you find any typing errors or a link doesn't work PLEASE let me know so I can correct it.

IF YOU NEED TO CONTACT ME please leave a message via  CONTACT ME , and I will contact you in return.

Please Note: With the coming of the 20th Century, and an increase in available documenation as well as the rise in population, it would be both impractical and unnessary to list by name all persons known to be associated with certain properties within Leverstock Green as I've done for previous centuries.
Searches can be undertaken on each page by clicking on Edit, then Find in your Browser.

N.B.  More years and specific artcles will be published in due course, but more research is required, particulalry amongst local newspaper archives.  In addition it is possible I hold information which I cannot publish on the web due to copyright.  It is therefore, always worth contacting me   with any requests for information.  These I will endevour to answer as soon as possible.
Years below are all by date entry.
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Holy Trinity Church Leverstock Green,
CENTENARY BOOKLET 1949
FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN CONCERT
Holy Trinity Church Leverstock Green,
16th October 1951.
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FRED BUGLASS BEM 1905~1998
President of Leverstock Green Village Association.
THE QUEEN'S WESTMINSTER RIFLES
IN LEVERSTOCK GREEN, 1914
SERVING KING & COUNTRY,
the men who went to war from Leverstock Green 1914~1918
Durrant  Family Graves & Memorials in Leverstock Green.
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Leverstock Green ChronicleMaplinks page (for large scale and old maps of the area.)Return to Leverstock Green Chronicle Welcome Page
19311932193319341935
193619371938            1939
WOODLANE END FARM 1936~1939
as remembered by David Clarke
THE REV. ARTHUR DURRANT & FAMILY incumbent of Holy Trinity Leverstock Green 1899 -1936
CAVAN O'ONNOR, celebrity resident of Leverstock Green
BUNKERS PARK
initiated in 1995 but part of the man made landscape for over 2000 years.
LIFE AT THE LEATHER BOTTLE -
Leverstock Green
from the 1930's to the 1960's.
Memoirs of Madge Field
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RIGHT ROYAL CELEBRATIONS
Leverstock Green celebrations of Royal occassions such as Coronations and the Queen's visit.
LIVING WITH INFLATION -
Relative Values of the £
from 1600 to 2001

THE QUEEN'S GOLDEN JUBILEE
GALA DINNER, 31st May 2002
THE QUEEN'S GOLDEN JUBILEE PICNIC,
3rd June 2002

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Leverstock Green Primary School's
OUR VILLAGE 2002 project
Miscellaneous individual Leverstock Green FAMILY HISTORIES
LEVERSTOCK GREEN HOME GUARD
LEVERSTOCK GREEN DURING
WORLD WAR TWO
1939-1945
The Dudley Earthquake
of 23rd September 2002
THE FRED BUGLASS AWARDS - INAUGURATED 2002
THE BUGLASS AWARD GALLERY
Picture Gallery of Buglas Award Winners.
Holy Trinity Churchyard, Autumn 2002.
Vicars of Holy Trinity &
Team Rectors of Chambersbury
HOLY TRINITY'S 15Oth ANNIVERSARY
OCTOBER 1999
Parish Registers Covering Leverstock Green.
LG Church of England Primary School,
PANCAKE LANE  -1930-1985
PANCAKE LANE SCHOOL GALLERY
Please contact me if you can
contribute additional photographs for this page.

MEMORIES OF PANCAKE LANE SCHOOL
This page is is for contributions sent in by past pupils and staff over the Internet.
PERCY & MALCOLM WEBSTER of
Sibley's Orchard & St. Michael's End
AREA OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE 61
& details of Time Team's BIG DIG for 2003
WEBLINKS - links to other websites connected with the heritage of this part of Hertfordshire.
THE FRED BUGLASS YOUTH AWARD - INAUGURATED APRIL 2003
Dennis Bell-Taylor of Westwick Row Farm
Archaeology at Leverstock Green Primary School
Saturday June 28th 2003
Dr. Gregory, local GP, tennis player & Captain of the Davis Cup Team
Distinguished & Famous Faces
Connected with Leverstock Green
Listed Buildings of Historic & Architectural Importance in Leverstock Green
Leverstock Green Village Association Newsletters
The BESSANT family of Tile Kiln
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1901 Census
Church Cottages - A Brief History
Abbreviations
& Glossary of Terms Used
This page was last updated: July 13, 2008
Leverstock Green Football Club
The FINCH family of Corner Farm, Westwick Row.
The Leverstock Green Players - click on Who Are We for  a potted history
Leverstock Green War Memorial
Growing Up in Leverstock Green
Norman Ivory recalls the 1940's and 1950's
Leverstock Green's Lost Properties.
(includes Logandene, Woodside
& Handpost Lodge)
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BUNCEFIELD OIL DEPOT EXPLOSION, 11 DEC 2005
Information re The Hemel Hempstead Local History & Museum Society also their new website.
ABOUT BARBARA
and her involvment in local history.
Scroll down for 1931-1937
Click to link to official webpage on 2001 census
Leverstock Green 2001
NEWS & INFORMATION
Click here for details of local history talks, courses etc. and events in Leverstock Green of interest.
WORLD WARS 2  PHOTOS & OTHER MEMORABILIA.

Barbara Chapman is currently researching life in Leverstock Green during WW2.

If members of YOUR family lived or were evacuated or stationed in Leverstock Green during or immediatly after this period, you have any family photos, service medals, or press-cuttings relating to your family or the village from that period of our history,  please get in touch with Barbara via the contact me button.
MATTHEW LENO SNR 1830~1904 of Cox Pond Farm
MATTHEW LENO JUNIOR & SON
SERVING KING & COUNTRY II
the women  who undertook war work
from Leverstock Green 1914~1918
Now available in an A4 spiral bound version@ £5 (+£2 p&p). Contact the LGVA Ofice  office@lgva.freeserve.co.uk for further information.)
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latest link
FALLEN COMRADES - those who lost their lives in conflicts 1939 to the present day.
CHAMBERSBURY VETERAN OAK
ILLUSTRATED TALKS ON LOCAL HISTORY BY BARBARA CHAPMAN
Local M1 Archaeology Exhibition
22nd October 2007
Leverstock Green Village Hall
AND SUBSEQUENT TALK ON 29th FEB 2008

A collaboration between The Highways Agency, Dacorum Heritage Trust, LGVA & Barbara Chapman

M1  ARCHAEOLOGY --discoveries at Junctions 8&9 autumn 2006
Click Photo for example of a Webster watch.
Leverstock Green Cricket Club - A century (& more) of Village Cricket.
LGCC website
A new website launched
by Barbara Chapman
A new website launched
by Barbara Chapman