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History of Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire
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The key to his success was developing the first garden city Letchworth. The first houses were occupied in 1920. Howard's concept was to create 'satellite' towns to help ease poor and overcrowded living conditions in London. His plan was to establish Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire (Herts) as a town with its own public services, shopping amenities, good housing and places of employment. People moving here would enjoy working and living within easy reach of the countryside and have their own garden and open space. The design for the town was by architect Louis de Soissons and the town planer for Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire (Herts) was Sir Fredric Osborn. All of these men lived in Welwyn Garden city in Hertfordshire (Herts) and their house are commemorated by a blue plaques.
A second garden city, Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire (Herts), was started after World War I. To this end Howard acquired the land for Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire (Herts) shortly after Letchworth was started. He moved to Welwyn Garden City in 1921 where he had begun his second Garden City, Welwyn Garden City. He remained in Welwyn Garden City until his death on May 1st, 1928 after being diagnosed as suffering from a chest infection and stomach cancer in March. A Blue plaque was erected in his honour on his house in Guessens Road, Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire (Herts), Herts. Howard was knighted in the New Years honours for 1927.
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Woodhall Welwyn Garden City had the Woodman PH Welwyn Garden City ( Built in the 1920's, & later became The Chieftain)and Peartree Welwyn Garden City had the Peartree PH Welwyn Garden City ( Built in 1938, first application for to the local licensing authorities was 1927).
They also had public houses, Hall Grove Welwyn Garden City had the Ludwick PH Welwyn Garden City and Hollybush Welwyn Garden City (opened in 1958) had The Hollybush PH Welwyn Garden City (opened in 1958). Harwood Hill , Welwyn Garden City was developed in !955 and Knigtsfield, WGC, Haldens, WGC and Panshanger WGC were all started 1960 They all had Public Houses, Knightsfield Welwyn Garden City The Hedgehog (1962) Haldens Welwyn Garden City, The Mayflower (1964) and Panshanger Welwyn Garden City, The Oak Tavern (1979).
They set up Handside Co- Educational school for 400 pupils in 1923 (later renamed Applecroft School Welwyn Garden City) The High School Welwyn Garden City was built in 1928 and later became Sherrardswood school Welwyn Garden City in 1942 . Peartree school Welwyn Garden City was opened on 20 April 1929, the children who went to Pear tree were educated before in the Peartree clubhouse Welwyn Garden City, this later became Moatwood Welwyn Garden City in 1960. Ludwick infants school (now Holwell) and Parkway junior school opened in 1932 & 1934 respectively and the Grammar school (Renamed in 1968 Stanbrough school Welwyn Garden City) opened in 1939. After the war the first school was Templewood in Pentley Park, Welwyn Garden City,it opened in September 1950.
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Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire (Herts) was built soon after the First World War by Sir Ebenezer Howard (1850 to 1928) founder of the garden city movement. 
The man behind the birth of the Garden City movement was born in Fore Street in the City of London, the son of a shopkeeper. In 1899 he founded the Garden Cities Association, now known as the Town and Country Planning
Association. His first Garden City was Letchworth Garden City, a suburban garden city north of London.
Sir Frederic James Osborn (1885-1978) was a leading member of the UK Garden city movement which helped to build Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire (Herts) and was chairman of the Town and Country Planning Association. 
The Indenture (Right), dated 21st December 1919, between The Right Honourable William Henry Baron Desborough, the Trustees and and the Rural District Council of Hatfield. This is the Deed of Sale by which the plot of land (shaded) which was owned by the Cowper Estate and upon which Bury Cottages were to be built was bought by Hatfield Council. At the same auction a company called Welwyn Garden City Ltd also bought land from the Cowper estate and Welwyn Garden City was born. The reason the town was called Welwyn Garden City was due to is location near to Welwyn Village and the name of Garden City movement creating Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire (Herts).
Around this time Handside area of Welwyn Garden City was developed with its own school Applecroft. The school was designed by Louis de Soissons and built in 1922/23 at a cost of £9000 it was opened on 23 January 1923 and originally called Handside.
The next area to be developed in Welwyn Garden City was the industrial area of Broadwater Road an Tewin Road. The companies which occupied industrial areas of Welwyn Garden City were Light engineering units as well as major companies like Nabisco Shredded Wheat of Welwyn Garden City, they started production in 1925 with 100 workers. Rank Bush Murphy of Welwyn Garden City started 1928 and were called Murphy they moved from a small unit in Brockswood Lane, they became Rank Bush Murphy in 1962. 
To house the workers of Welwyn Garden City the estates of Peartree, Welwyn Garden City, Woodhall, Welwyn Garden City were started to be built both estates would have their own shops and public Houses. 
The next estates to be built were Hall Grove Welwyn Garden City (1950’s) and Hollybush Welwyn Garden City (Built in 1950's). 
During this development of the infrastructure of Welwyn Garden City schools were required. An educational trust for Welwyn Garden City was set up in 1922.
In 1953 Our Lady primary school was built in the Woodhall area, Welwyn Garden City . Howard secondrey school was opened in 1953 and located in Oaken Grove Welwyn Garden City. Thumbswood Infant school opened in Blackthorn road Welwyn Garden City in 1955. In 1956 Heronswood secondry modern school opened in Heronswood road with Mr R Bainbridge as Headmaster. In 1958 the Welwyn Garden City High school was built in the Panshanger Welwyn Garden City area and Attimore Hall was located next to it in 1960, in 1968 they merged to be named The Sir Fredic Osborn School, Welwyn Garden City. The same year Monks Walk (opened in 1964 and in the Knightsfield area of Welwyn Garden City) merged with Knightsfield School and Heronswood and Howard became comprehensives.Rollswoood Infants and Howlands junior school opened in 1956 in the the Howlands Welwyn Garden City area in 1963 Burnside school was opend next to Howlands, Burnside was closed and Rollswood and Howlands merged. 1957 Creswick also in Howlands Welwyn Garden City opened. Harwood junior school opened in 1959. In 1963 Homerswood was opened in the Knightsfield area of Welwyn Garden City. The Roman Catholic girls’ school Mater Dei was opened in the town centre Welwyn Garden City in 1962 followed by St Joseph's Boys school opened in 1964 the merged in 1981 and call Holy Trinity it closed in 1986. Heronswood closed in 1987 and merged with Howard and was renamed Sir John Newsome which has since closed and merged with Stanborough School. Haldens Welwyn Garden City was started in the 1960s, and had 2 primary schools, Holy family RC Primary, Cookhams Welwyn Garden City built in Sept 1965 a year after Rowans, which was opened in 1964. Panshanger Welwyn Garden City was started in the 1960s, and boasts 3 primary schools Panshanger primary School opened in January 1969, Watchlytes, and Springmead. Lakeside is a school pupils with severe and complex learning difficulties. Many of the pupils also have a physical disability. The pupils are aged 2-19 and come mostly from the East of Hertfordshire. It is located by the side of Stanborough Park & Lakes Welwyn Garden City. This completes the history of the schools of Welwyn Garden City. Below is a complete list of schools in chronological order.©Lock Around the Clock 2008 | created and maintained by www.colneywebservices.co.uk
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