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The male guests at the wedding of Robert Cochrane and Kate Boon - 1929
Location No 11 Cromer Hyde Lane
Back row: ? Robert Cochrane (b. 1902) ? ? James Cochrane (b.1898) ? ?
Middle row: ? William Cochrane (b.1895) John Hasley (b.1865) George Boon (b.1872)
Front row: ? John Cochrane (b.1920)
David Cochrane 1883 -1917 – Killed in the Great War with wife & Child -Image 1910 Hertford
David Cochrane 1884 – 1917: Born at Handside, David was the youngest son of Robert and Marion Cochrane. He lived in Lemsford as a boy and started at St Johns school at Lemsford in 1886. In 1911, he was living in Hertford and was married with a one year old daughter. His wife Ada Maud was born in Stanborough. On the 5th of July 1917 aged 33 David was killed in action on the Arras sector and has no known grave. He is commememorated on the Arras Memorial in Fauberg – d’Amiens Cemetery near Arras.
Lemsfod FC in 1920 - Bill Cochrane back row 6 from the left
Image donated by Hatfield Library
Back row: Sam Welch; Alf Taylor; Geo Rosher; Arthur Flitney; reg Taylor; Bill Cochrane; Percy White ? Bill Hale
Front Row Bert Hornett; Fred Wren: Archie Cowland; Percy Wright; ? Bob Sear; Arthur Eagles
John Cochrane on Prince - 1920
Image donated by Hatfield Library
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Cochrane's coal cart, with John Cochrane astride Prince, outside Cochranes coal Merchants.
The Row, Hatfield Hyde. William Cochran started his coal business at the sidings near the Woodman Pub
Jack & Lucy Cochrane with their 4 sons in 1910
Location is outside 40 Lemsford Village
Back row: Jack; William; Lucy. Front row: James; David; Robert
Jack was working for Mr Hill of Lemsford Mill at the time. His eldest son John was in Canada
Jack & Lucy Cochrane with sons & grandaughter in 1952
Jack & Lucy Cochrane with their sons Rob, Will and Jim and their granddaughter Lucy-Jean. Photographg taken in side their cottattage at cromer hyde in 1952. Lucy-Jean is the daughter of David Cochrane (b.1903) who lived in Alberta, Canada from 1920
Jack & Lucy Cochrane with cup won at Hertfordshire show in 1920's
Over the years Jack & Lucy Cochrane exhibited and won prizes for flowers, fruit and vegitables at the Hertfordshire shows, the Brocket estate shows and elsewhere. The suppliedWelwyn Department stores with flowers, fruit and vegitables fromthe late 1930's to early 1950's
Betty Cochrane nee beech, born Wheathampdstead in 1909 - Died in 1979.
She Worked at Brocket House (See 1923 image in this slide show) after leaving school. She accompanied staff to Scotland and other
places when the Brockets went on holiday.
She married James Cochrane and lived in WGC after her marriage
Nos 26 & 28 Lemsford Village - Robert & Marion Cochrane House - 1990
Robert & Marion Cochrane lived in the 3rd Riverside Cottage from Lemsford Mill, now No 28 Lemsford Village. New porches have been added
to both cottages and No 28 has been extensively altered since this photograph was taken
The wedding of Robert Cochrane and lily angell at St Etheldreada's church Hatfield 1939.
Front row: Rev Lush; Phylis Angell; Robert Cochrane; Lily Angell; Joan Palmer
Back row: Guy Hall William Cochrane; Edward Angell
Guests at the wedding of Kate Boon & Robert Cochrane - 1929
The photograph was taken in front of No 11 Cromer Hyde.
Back row: ? ? James Cochrane; Mrs Aurthur
Middle row: ?;?;?; Lucy Cochrane; Kate Boon(Bride) Robert Cochrane (Groom); Addy Cochrane
Front row: ?;?;?;
Top Left to right: James Cochrane 1881 - 1967 William Cochrane 1876 - 1945 Marion Gibbon's nee Cochrane 1874 - 1944
Bottom Left to right John Cochrane 1871 - 1957 Margaret Enkel nee cochrane 1868 - 1945 Lucy Cochrane nee Halsey c 1930
Top left to right: David Cochrane 1903 - Robert Cochrane 1902 - 1982 James Cochrane 1898 -1982
Bottom left to right: William Cochrane 1893 - 1916 John Cochrane 1893 -1916 Annie ward nee Cochrane 1886 - 1952
Brocket Hall - Early evidence suggests the house dates back to 1239
Early evidence suggests the house dates back to 1239. Joan De Fauconberg Married in 1393 To Thomas Brocket 1383 – 1431
(The First Brocket in Herts) The Brockets originated from Yorkshire and had No Children. The Brockets ended when Mary Brocket in 1597 marries Sir Thomas Reade (1545 – 1604). 1921 the house was bought by Sir Charles Nall Cain who bought the title Lord Brocket from Lloyd George in 1933. Above image is Brocket Hall Staff in 1924
Shirley Knapp (nee Cochrane) is a leading member of Lemsford Local History group and has provided more memories and images for our archive than any other member. When we asked her for her memories of WW1 that were passed onto her she produced a comprehensive, personal and loving recollections of her family, she bought them all to life for this generation. Her first article ‘Cochrane family Loss & Grief,’ deals with the reality and hardship of WW1 to a close country family. Her articles about the members who died, wounded and returned give a feel for the times. Her images provide us with an idea of what those times were like to live through. – Thank you Shirley To find full list of Census entriesClick Here
James Cochrane 1881 – 1967
James Cochrane 1881 to 1967 was born into a farming family, the 4th son of Robert and Marion Cochrane. His parents came down from Scotland in 1876 to West End farm in Essendon, Hertfordshire. One of 11 children, his early life was spent in Lemsford where he went to school. June 6th 1899 James enlisted into the Northumberland Fusiliers at Portland. He became a Sergeant 12 June 1912 and 3 years later in 1915 Company Sergeant major he was discharged in 1920 due to termination of engagement a total of 21 years.
On completion of military service, James Cochrane worked for Welwyn Department Store Ltd for 35 years (1926 – 1961) He was presented with a watch when he retired with an inscription on the back ‘ Presented to Mr J Cochrane in appreciation of his 35 years loyal service with Welwyn Department Store Ltd 1926 – 1961
‘A thank you note for Mrs & Miss Holdsworth’
Lemsford News January 1916
Christmas Parcels for the Boys at the Front – As announced last month, the subscriptions for the school prizes would this year be devoted to parcels for our old boys, the present scholars took up the cause with great zest. On Thursday, 9th December, 27 boxes and the necessary contents were taken into school, and the children were very busy packing the individual contents into the several boxes. These consisted of sweets, chocolates, tobacco, cigarettes, cocoa, soap, candles, apples, oranges, cakes, magazines or papers, and a sprig of holly. Then the boxes were tied and afterwards sewn up in canvas. On Tuesday, December 21st, our first reply came. To show how the boys appreciated the contents I have quoted an extract from one of the letters received. “. . . Just a few lines to thank you and the children for the splendid parcel received on December, 15th, in excellent condition. Some of the contents are luxuries and some are just what we want for we cannot get anything here just behind the trenches, where we are now resting before going up again. It seems nice to think we are not forgotten and anything from home is always appreciated. “ Our thanks are due to the following ladies and gentlemen for kindly subscribing to our prize fund this year – Mrs Holdsworth, Colonel Fellows, Mrs Sear, Mr Horn. Ten letters have already been received full of grateful thanks. Image above is Alice Holdsworth
A thank you letter from James Cochrane
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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. We welcome correspondence from anyone who shares this interest.The group archives now include a significant number of photographs and documents, as well as records of baptisms (to 1985), marriages (to 1970), burials (to 2003) and memorial inscriptions (to 2003) from the St John's parish church registers. Records of births, marriages and deaths before the consecration of the church in 1859 will be found in the registers of Bishop's Hatfield parish. The archive also contains admission records for the village school - St. John's Church of England Junior Mixed Infants school - since it was first opened in 1872
