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Chronology of Broxbourne

Dates

Cheshunt and Hoddesdon have separate sub-sections in each period until after 1974.

Medieval

Cheshunt

1086 - Cestrehunt in Domesday Book 
1183 - Nunnery at Turnford founded by then
1290 - bad fire at Nunnery, when there were 13 nuns
1294 - Eleanor Cross built at Waltham Cross

Hoddesdon

1086 - ***** in Domesday Book 
1253 - Richard de Boxe granted charter for
       weekly Thursday Market
1336 - St Katherine's Chapel built by
       William de la Marche
1443 - Surviving gatehouse of Rye House built

Cheshunt

1536 - Cheshunt Nunnery disolved with 4 nuns.
1564 - Theobalds bought by William Cecil
1587 - Elizabeth I spends a month at Theobalds
1607 - King James swaps Hatfield Palace for Theobalds
1620 - Theobalds park wall begun
       took 4 years for whole 10 miles
1625 - James I dies at Theobalds on 25th March
1640 - Dewhurst Free School founded.
1675 - Darces manor sold to Cecil family
1694 - Darces manor passes to Shaw family
       for 100 years

Hoddesdon

1539 - Manor of Wormley passed to Edward North
1544 - Broxbournebury Manor bought by John Cock
1560 - Hoddesdon granted St Peter's 3 day fair
     - to fund:- Grammar School founded same year
1567 - Hoddesdonbury bought from Say's
       by Sir William Cecil
1622 - Rawdon House, High Street built
1683 - Attempt to assassinate Charles II at Rye House

1608 - New River construction started, took 5 years

Broxbourne

1728 - Monson Almshouses built


Cheshunt

1712 - Dr Isaac Watts moves to Theobalds,
       for 24 years
1763 - Prescot family buy Theobalds park
       and start present mansion.
1792 - Cheshunt College opens with space for
       14 students
1795 - Oliver Cromwell buys Cheshunt Park

Hoddesdon

1732 - St Paul's Church built


Wormley

1767 - present Wormleybury house built

Cheshunt


1801 - Census - Population of 3173 and 587 houses
1804 - Enclosure of remaining open fields
1806 - Adam Paul founds first nursery in area.
1811 - Census - Population of 3598
1821 - Census - Population of 4376
1831 - Census - Population of 5021
1832 - Holy Trinity Church, Waltham Cross built 
1841 - Census - Population of 5402 and 1022 houses.

Hoddesdon

1801 - Census - Population of 1227 and 227 houses

1811 - Census - Population of 1249

1821 - Census - Population of 1354
1831 - Census - Population of 1615 
1835 - Clock Tower built on site of
       St Katherine's Chapel
1841 - Census - Population of 1743 and 339 houses.

Cheshunt

1851 - Census - Population of 5579 and 1139 houses.
1855 - Waltham Cross made separate eclesiastical parish
1857 - Congregation Church, Crossbrook Street opened
1859 - Beaumont Charity founded by amalgamation of
       several bequests
1860 - George Paul starts separate nursery
       at Waltham Cross
     - Cheshunt Cricket Club founded
1861 - Census - Population of 6592 and 1346 houses.
1862 - St James's Church, Goff's Oak built
1871 - Census - Population of 7518 and 1573 houses.
      - Goff's Oak became separate parish
1872 - Police Station opened at the Old Pond,
       on Barclays / Tesco site.
1878 - Temple Bar moved to Theobalds Park
1881 - Census - Population of 7735 and 1606 houses.
1882 - Rochford Nursery moves into area at Turnford
1888 - Cheshunt Cricket Club splits and moves to
       Aldbury Ride
1889 - Cheshunt Cottage Hospital opened
1891 - Census - Population of 9620 and 1960 houses.
1893 - St Cyprian's Church, Waltham New Town built
1898 - St Clement's Church, Turnford built

Hoddesdon

1851 - Census - Population of 1854 and 358 houses.
1861 - Census - Population of 1898 and 389 houses.
1871 - Census - Population of 2090 and 404 houses.
1881 - Census - Population of 2681 and 539 houses.
1888 - Steeple added to St Paul's Church
1891 - Census - 
1898 - Rawdon House became St Monica's Priory

Cheshunt

1900 - 264 acres of Cheshunt under glass.
     - St Joseph's Catholic School built.
1901 - Census - Population of 12288 and 2480 houses.
     - Methodist Church, Cecil Road opened
1902 - "Manor House", Turners Hill bought as
       UDC offices
1903 - Spital Almshouses expanded
1905 - Cheshunt College moves to Cambridge
1906 - Cheshunt Courthouse opened.
1907 - Public Library opened - 
       provided by the Carnigie Foundation
     - London electric tram services reach Waltham Cross.
1908 - Spital Alms houses rebuilt to allow road widening.
1909 - Church of England buy buildings and open
       Bishop's College 
1911 - Census - Population of 12956  
     - "Elm Arches" House, Turners Hill given to the town
1915 - Horticultural Research Station opened in
       Turners Hill
1919 - Cedars Park given to UDC by Sir Hedworth Meux
1921 - Census - Population of 13629
1931 - Census - Population of 
     - St. Joseph's Catholic Church built at Waltham Cross
1938 - Cheshunt Grammar School opens
     - Theobalds House bought by Middlesex County Council
1944 - U.S.A.F.bomber crashes at Albury Farm

Hoddesdon

1901 - Census - Population of 
1909 - Broxbourne telephone exchange opens
1911 - Census - Population of  
1914 - Hoddesdon Baptist Church built.
1921 - Census - Population of 
1923 - Electric Light arrives in Hoddesdon
1924 - Broxbourne Recreation ground opened
1928 - Christie's Brewery closed.
1931 - Census - Population of 
1935 - Barclay Park given to Hoddesdon by Barclay family.
     - Nissen Buildings Ltd, at Rye House, develop their hut.
1936 - New Council Offices opened in Hoddesdon
     - Lowewood House given to Hoddesdon.
1937 - Public Library opened in Lowewood House.

1904 - New River Company taken over by Metropolitan Water Board
1924 - Cambridge Arterial Road opened to Turnford - single carriageway
1930 - Green Line Hertford - Guildford service started.
1935 - Broxbourne & Wormley become part of Hoddesdon Urban District
       were part of Ware Rural District.

Cheshunt

1951 - Census - Population of 
1953 - Eleanor Cross restored
1958 - Dewhurst's Boys school merges with St Mary's Girls school
1961 - Census - Population of 
1967 - Cheshunt Park purchased by UDC.
1968 - Bishop's College closed
1971 - Census - Population of 

Hoddesdon

1959 - Broxbourne Secondary Modern School opened
1960 - Broxbourne Railway Station rebuilt
1961 - Census - Population of 
1962 - Broxbourne Grammar School opened
1969 - St Monica's Priory closed
1971 - Census - Population of 


1960 - Electric trains start via reopened Theobalds Grove line.
1967 - Lea Valley Regional Park started
1970 - Cambridge Road dual carriageway to Turnford

1974 - Creation of Borough of Broxbourne on April 1st
1975 - Broxbourne Civic Hall, Hoddesdon opened
1981 - Cheshunt Cottage Hospital closed
     - Waltham Cross to Potters Bar section of M25 opened
1983 - Brookfield Farm shopping complex oppened
1984 - Tottenham Hotspur's Training ground sold for housing
1992 - Park View Tower Block at Holdbrook demolished 

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