Church Street Station (Once nearly opposite St. Mary’s Church)   The LMS line between Rickmansworth and Watford closed in 1952, but from 1940 to 1945 I was, along with a number of other pupils, a regular traveller to and from Watford High Street Station on the way to Watford Grammar School for Girls (there was […]Read Post ›

Josceline Percy, who lived at Scotsbridge House from 1826 to 1856, was the grandson of Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland. Scotsbridge House, from the grounds His naval service began at the age of 11 in 1797 on Lord Hugh Seymour’s flagship HMS Sans Pareil. In her book Links with the Past, his daughter, Mrs […]Read Post ›

When Admiral Percy’s daughter, Sophia, married Colonel Charles Bagot in 1846, he persuaded her to destroy her journal which she had kept for many years. Fortunately, she had an excellent memory and so, in 1901, her book, Links with the Past was published. It gives a vivid picture of her early recollections of her father […]Read Post ›