A new history of the village of Reed by Tom Doig
The north Hertfordshire village of Reed stands high on the chalk ridge overlooking the Cambridgeshire Fens. For over two thousand years there has been a settlement on the site and this short history traces its development and people.
Collected
from the reminiscences of local people, it recalls the
families such as the Bysouths, Whitbys, Hales, Doughtons,
Stotens, Knights, Fardells, Collins, Laytons, Drages,
Kings, Totts, Farraways, Gilbeys, Lawrences, Hanchetts,
Palmers, Camps, Elsoms, Lees, Dellows and many more. For
family historians,
Reed through the Ages is a useful source of additional information and village photographs.
Most of the photographs have never previously been published. They show how the village has changed and recall many of the houses and buildings which have now been lost.
