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Website of the Fishpool Street Residents' Association
Part of St Albans Conservation Area
Objects on Demand Exhibition St Albans Museum & Gallery
The Angel Inn c.1800 ( framed ) in the Landing Gallery St Albans Museum has been collecting objects and specimens since the 1890s and now hold 65,000 objects relating to Daily Life, Working Life, Childhood, Costume, Natural History, Fine Art and Archaeology. Objects on Demand enables you to choose the objects, from any of these categories, that you would like to see on display. Curator Laura Lennard asked me to choose something from the fine art collection and I was immediat
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Objects on Demand Exhibition St Albans Museum & Gallery
The Angel Inn c.1800 ( framed ) in the Landing Gallery St Albans Museum has been collecting objects and specimens since the 1890s and now hold 65,000 objects relating to Daily Life, Working Life, Childhood, Costume, Natural History, Fine Art and Archaeology. Objects on Demand enables you to choose the objects, from any of these categories, that you would like to see on display. Curator Laura Lennard asked me to choose something from the fine art collection and I was immediat
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St Michael's Manor
St Michael's Manor - 1586-2026 St Michael's Manor stands on land originally belonging to St Albans Abbey, which, in 1538, was leased for 81 years to Henry Gape, a member of a family with a long tradition of service to St Albans. Shortly afterwards the lease was converted to a sale, which explains why it did not fall into the hands of the King's Commissioners at the the time of the Dissolution. Indeed, tradition has it that it was a Ralph Gape, said to have been the Abbey's la
May 19
The Mystery of Cop Alley
Beside number 120 Fishpool Street lies a narrow alley connecting Fishpool Street to Mount Pleasant via Offa Road. Today it is known as Cock Alley and many believe it was named after the old Cock and Flowerpot Inn at number 120. However, older residents often referred to the alley as Cop Alley. Wilfred Grant, who lived at number 82 from 1934 until his death in 2004, insisted, in his Hertfordshire brogue , that it was ' Cop Alley '. Cop Alley looking towards Fishpool Street Ger
Feb 11
BLUE PLAQUE FOR KITCHIN GOES UP AT NO 7
A blue plaque has been fixed to the front of No 7 Fishpool Street in memory of cartographer Thomas Kitchin, the foremost engraver of his age
May 2, 2024
HOME GARDEN ADORNS MAGAZINE FRONT PAGE
The beauty and spectacle of the garden at No 28 Fishpool Street has now been shared with garden-lovers everywhere on the front page of The English Garden magazine. And inside, a seven-page article guides readers around the garden’s numerous features, nurtured and developed by St Albans couple Jenny and Antony Jay over the past 20 years. “With its 80-year-old box hedges, immaculate topiary and cottage garden planting surrounding a 17th century Grade II listed Tripe House,
Apr 15, 2024
STUART ENCHANTS NATION WITH SOUNDS OF DAWN CHORUS
The sound of birdsong in Fishpool Street was replayed to the nation on BBC Radio 3’s Sunday morning Breakfast show.
Mar 31, 2022
PLANNING GUIDANCE FOR SOLAR PANELS
Guidance on applying for planning permission to install solar panels in the St Albans Conservation Area has been published by the council.
Jul 15, 2024
KEEP GEORGE STREET PEDESTRIAN, POLL SAYS
George Street should be fully pedestrianised as trialled during the Covid pandemic, say a majority of residents polled in a Fishpool Street Residents' Association (FSRA) survey. With St Albans' High Street Recovery Pedestrianisation Trial coming to an end, Herts County Council will decide whether or not to reopen George Street to 2-way traffic, or keep a measure of pedestrianisation. So we asked Fishpool residents to indicate which of three outcomes they wanted the County Cou
Feb 26, 2024
HOTEL INVITES RESIDENTS TO SAMPLE NEW MENU
St Michael’s Manor Hotel is offering Fishpool Street residents a 15 per cent discount when they wine and dine at the exclusive, luxury venue
Feb 14, 2023
Objects on Demand Exhibition St Albans Museum & Gallery
The Angel Inn c.1800 ( framed ) in the Landing Gallery St Albans Museum has been collecting objects and specimens since the 1890s and now hold 65,000 objects relating to Daily Life, Working Life, Childhood, Costume, Natural History, Fine Art and Archaeology. Objects on Demand enables you to choose the objects, from any of these categories, that you would like to see on display. Curator Laura Lennard asked me to choose something from the fine art collection and I was immediat
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Remembrance Sunday 2025, Fishpool Street’s War Memorial
Remembrance Sunday 2025, Fishpool Street’s War Memorial
Dec 1, 2025
CAROLLERS HELP BRING CHEER TO FOOD BANK
A much-increased band of carol singers brought Christmas joy to Fishpool – and supported a collection for our local food bank.
Dec 21, 2023
Welcome to our residents’ association website!
Fishpool Street is remarkable in several ways – for its community spirit, for its thousand-year history, and for its rich architectural heritage.
But one thing stands out above all – and that’s the friendliness of the neighbourhood. Our aim for the website is to help foster that spirit further, as well as the image and standing of our wonderful street in the eyes of the world.
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