Cassiobury park near watford hertfordshire, england 1880 vintage antique castle lithograph landscape wall art decor hanging print cassiobury house was a country house in cassiobury park, watford, england. Between january 1982 and november 1983 ted parrish wrote 96 weekly local history articles for the watford edition of the evening postecho, which he based on his lifelong memories of watford, bushey and oxhey from the 1920s onwards. Houses for sale in cassiobury park, watford wd18 cassiobury. If you know of other books, websites, etc, relating to this place, please tell me.
Coordinates cassiobury park is the principal public park in watford, hertfordshire, in englandit was created in 1909 from the purchase by watford borough council of part of the estate of the earls of essex around cassiobury house which was subsequently demolished in 1927. Watford museum has a room containing portraits and painting relating to cassiobury. It is bounded to the south by cassiobury park, the main public park in the town, to the west by playing fields next to the river gade, and to the northeast by hempstead road. A new book of historic images of watford charts the changing town through more. The grove is a large hotel in hertfordshire, england, with a 300acre 1. Cassiobury park responsible dog owners at cassiobury park to make sure is it an enjoyable experience for all, please can responsible dog owners make sure they abide the following set of laws. Watford s original 1837 railway station on st albans road. In 1800, the 5th earl of essex employed james wyatt to rebuild the house. Lost watford portrays a vivid picture of the many losses and changes that have taken place over the last 100 years, as the reader embarks on an interesting journey of discovery around the old market town. Today the lake is home to watford angling coaches as well as being offered as a private lake for hire. Watford museum is a local museum in watford, hertfordshire, in the united kingdom.
Had the line been built, watford central would have been the terminus of the branch line. Watford football club is an english professional football club in watford. Cassiobury court drug and alcohol rehab clinic treatment. See properties from the leading agents in cassiobury park, watford wd18 and get contact details for enquiries. Cassiobury park, croxley green 219 historic england. Watford pip consultation centre, inside cassiobury house. Preparing to market the american house, nick noticed an interesting coincidence. The available accommodation comprises a selfcontained, principally open plan office suite that has recently been comprehensively refurbished and can be subdivided to provide up to 3 suites. It was notable for being the ancestral seat of the earls of essex.
Carpdell lake is a stunning 3acre carp lake which has been closed for fishing for 4 years and so holds all manner of surprises. One of the most ambitious of these, first planned in 1912 but not opened until 1925, ran from moor park via a series of cuttings and bridges to the major town of watford, a suburban terminus was built by the metropolitans inhouse architect cw clark. In 1906 the estimated number of inhabitants had risen to about 36,000, more than double what it was in 1891. Feb 15, 2020 lost watford portrays a vivid picture of the many losses and changes that have taken place over the last 100 years, as the reader embarks on an interesting journey of discovery around the old market town. Cassiobury house was a country house in cassiobury park, watford, england. This new book cassiobury the ancient seat of the earls of essex tells the. Descriptions detail the history of the house, and give plans of the neo gothic rebuild in the early 19th century. The manor of cassio is mentioned in the domesday book in 1086, listed as owned by the abbey of st. Cassiobury park watford 2020 all you need to know before. Cassiobury developments limited free company information from companies house including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual return, officers, charges, business activity. Cassiobury park, then attached to cassiobury house in the ownership of arthur algernon capel, sixth earl of essex by the seventh creation, was one of the first places in which croquet was played in this country.
Watford pip consultation centre, inside cassiobury house my pip. Browse a range of houses to buy in cassiobury park, watford wd18 with primelocation. A brick, twostorey castellated range is approached from the west via a fourcentred arched. Our watford history telling the stories of a diverse town. In 1901 it was 1,627 acres, and the population 29,327. Sep 01, 2015 the cassiobury story cassiobury park watford. A brick, twostorey castellated range is approached from the west via a fourcentred arched carriage gateway set into a brick screen wall. The cassiobury estate is a suburban residential area of watford in hertfordshire, england. An introduction to the history of cassiobury house, the earls of essex and the park. The story of the cassiobury estate and cassiobury park watford.
Cassiobury house is an imposing fivestorey office building with basement and surface level car parking accessed from westland road. The house was demolished in 1927 and the cassiobury gates in 1970, for road widening. In england at that time, posters had been circulated listing the secondhand building materials that were available. Mary forsyths new book watford a history isbn 979 0 7509 6159 2 packs an. The official centenary history of watford fc 18811991. We would like to say a big thank you to all of you that supported our scholastic book fair in march 2018. House cassiobury park house grove park, history home of the earl of clarendon, including pictures of the house, the park and a portrait of the earl of clarendon edward hyde villiers 5th earl carpenters, a drawing, the hertfordshire home of the late mr carew sale particulars of the platts and monmouth house originally one mansion and. It is owned by watford borough council and is located on the lower high street in watford. When the 6th earl died in 1892, it was clear that little maintenance had been carried out on the house in the previous fifty years, consequently many of the family paintings and other valuables were sold. Lovely buildings such as cassiobury house, the seat of the earls of essex, and the historic park gates, both long gone and now just a memory. They were the oldest in the town and founded in 1876.
Today the club has international exposure from being in the highestprofile league in the world. Brittons cassiobury a truly monumental work with fine engravings. The station was to be part of a proposed extension of the metropolitan line from the presentday watford underground station to watford s high street opposite clarendon road. The station was to be part of a proposed extension of the metropolitan line from the presentday watford underground station to watfords high street opposite clarendon road. It covered an area much bigger than the current park including the golf course, whippendell woods and the cassiobury housing estate. The green consists of six bowling rinks, a club house containing all of the facilities a modern bowls club needs in this day and age, a fine dining area, a bar and kitchen and two changing rooms with toilets a wonderful area to hold all sorts of functions. Lost watford lost series local history series amberley. Cassiobury house in new york was built in 1927, the same year the watford mansion was demolished. The history and description of cassiobury park by john britton.
This book is a very enjoyable read for anyone interested in watford s history. The estate is situated within three different settlements. Scholastic book fair cassiobury infant and nursery school. Check out our fundraising page for events coming up in 2020. It was the early 1800s, which saw the greatest and most rapid changes to the town. In 1925 leonis finest english house, lathom house in lancashire, was razed to the ground. Lost watford local history series amberley series discover books. Mary forsyths new book watford a history isbn 979 0 7509 6159 2 packs an extremely good overview of watford from prehistory to 1945 into just 160 pages. In 1546, henry viii made sir richard morrison lord of the manor of cassiobury and sir richard began building cassiobury house in the same year. For information on the ancient clock that used to be at cassiobury see wadihs journal 1973. Cassiobury was perhaps not the most architecturally beautiful house but it was an important example of a longheld family seat, close to london, worked on by some of the most famous architects and craftsmen, and with a superb collection of art.
Cassiobury house itself, once the seat of the earls of essex, had. Watfords history new contributions our watford history. An introduction to the history of cassiobury house, the earls of essex and the. Welcome to cassiobury court a leading drug and alcohol rehab centre.
The first ever book devoted to the history of cassiobury is now on. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. By 1707, cassiobury was a significant estate, and charles bridgeman was employed at cassiobury in the 1720s. This later house is in upstate new york and is the subject of a later post. Information, events calendar, history, directions, photos and videos relating to cassiobury park watford see more postcards of the past vintage postcards of watford, hertfordshire. Its beginnings have been traced back to 1881, when a group of teenagers staged kickabouts in cassiobury park. Watford central was a planned station on the london underground in watford, hertfordshire. Rather than just read a book on the subject i decided to see for myself with the. Watford high street shops and the jewellers in the high street may have been jacksons. Humphry repton was employed at cassiobury, and the landscape was captured by j. Watford museum 194 lower high street, wd17 2dt watford, united kingdom rated 4. One of the remnants of the great lost estates of the united kingdom, cassiobury park is now the largest park in hertfordshire, and the principal park of its primary town, watford, covering an area twice the size of hyde park in london. The earls of essex, their wives and children at cassiobury house. The original entrance to the park was through archways in a set of brick park gates build in 1800 by humphrey repton and james wyatt as part of wider work on the estate for the fifth earl of essex, george capel coningsby.
Supporters receive regular newsletters as well as invitation to supportersonly progress meetings. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Their business was sort of opposite clements department store roughly where theres a flyover cutting right through the original store building. The industrial revolution brought the grand junction canal now grand union canal from 1798 and the london and birmingham railway from 1837, both located here for the same reasons the road had followed centuries before, seeking an easy gradient. Jun 18, 2018 then house after house was demolished.
It touches on its northwest corner the m25 motorway and remains a small part in watford. This was written by paul rabbitts and sarah kerenza priestley and contains lots of information about the history of cassiobury park. Adjacent to the north of the site of the house outside the area here registered, stands cassiobury court 180515, listed grade ii, the former stables to cassiobury park house. The story of the cassiobury estate and cassiobury park. More information on the history of cassiobury is available at watford museum. The earls of essex lived in cassiobury house for more than 250 years. One of the most ambitious of these, first planned in 1912 but not opened until 1925, ran from moor park via a series of cuttings and bridges to the major town of watford, a suburban terminus was built by the metropolitans in house architect cw clark. It was the early 1800s which saw the greatest and most rapid changes to the town. Responsible dog owners at cassiobury park to make sure is it an enjoyable experience for all, please can responsible dog owners make sure they abide the following set of laws. The area that he was granted extended from near moor park in the south to almost north watford.
Cassiobury, a brief history cassiobury, cassiobury our watford. Watford remained an agricultural community with some cottage industry for many centuries. This can be found on station road, just to the left of the station building. Cassiobury house, watford property market hertfordshire life. Our private treatment services combine comfortable, quality accommodation. Cassiobury, and my personal interest little cassiobury, of course feature. The earl caught the croquet bug in the early 1860s and never looked back. Lovely to visit, great spots of interest peek through the fishery fence to see flamingos and wolves. Watford and the great war life in watford, 19141918, and the watford roll of honour online. This page was last edited on 10 january 2019, at 08. In 1922 the worst loss was cassiobury park near watford, where a wyatt exterior concealed splendid seventeenthcentury state rooms. The museum opened in 1981 and is housed in a grade iilisted georgian town house which was previously the premises of benskins brewery. Welcome to watford pip centre, located inside cassiobury house. The history of watford news from the watford observer.
Cassiobury, hertfordshire patrick baty historical paint. A community history site containing photos, memories, old. It is a large folio volume with many illustrations of the former property and gardens. Cassiobury house, 1119 station road, watford brasier. Originally a tudor building, dating from 1546 for sir richard morrison, it was substantially remodelled in the 17th and 19th centuries and ultimately demolished in 1927. Cassiobury park was formed from the grounds of cassiobury house and consists of 190 acres 0.