St John's War Memorial

20 men never came back to Lemsford Parish. Learn More

Lemsford Local History Group Why & how we built this site By Andy Chapman In late 2013 we had a meeting to decide our topic for the 2014 Lemsford Fete display. 2014 was the anniversary of the start of WW1 and it was decided unanimously to take this monumental event as our theme for the Lemsford fete. Watch our slide show and click on image to enlarge

The Lemsford Local History Group, formed in 2001, is interested in all aspects of the history and the people of this area - both ancient and modern. he parish of Lemsford was created out of the parish of Bishop's Hatfield in 1859. Originally the parish included Lemsford Village itself, with the outlying areas of Cromer Hyde, Stanborough and the Brocket Park Estate plus part of the west side of what is now Welwyn Garden City. Boundary changes in 1927 transferred this latter area to the newly founded Welwyn Garden City.

In late 2013 we had a meeting to decide our topic for the 2014 Lemsford Fete display. 2014 was the anniversary of the start of WW1 and it was decided unanimously to take this monumental event as our theme for the Lemsford fete.

It was decided early on to focus on the men and women who served in the Great war and our first task was to produce a list. One of our founding members Mary de Soyres had researched the Lemsford War Memorial which produced 17 men for our list.records show 20 men never came back, to view full list go to our WW1 website. Click Here