The books listed below are not necessarily in print. However, they may be available on loan or for reference at the St Albans Libraries, through the Inter-library loan service, or at Hertfordshire Archives & Local Studies.
If you want to know anything about the private Childwickbury estate you will find its entire history in this book.
ISBN 979-0-9567930-3 Published 2011
The story of Percy Corfmat who came to live on the east side of St Albans. He was the hearing son of deaf parents, and his life's work to evangelise on behalf of deaf people everywhere is told in this book.
Out of print.
Through the resources of St Albans Museums we discover what has made this busy suburb of the city tick.
St Albans Museums. Published 2009
A briefly told story of St Albans; its stand-out feature being a number of period photographs in large format.
ISBN 1-90493-845-0. Published 2004
The joint autobiography of twins David and John Sidnell who spent their entire careers as teachers and head teachers in a number of local schools.
Troubadour Publishing Ltd.
ISBN 978-1848765-726 Published 2011
Subtitled A Meander Through Time, from source to confluence, this is the story of a chalk stream and the people who have been associated with it.
Halsgrove Publishing.
ISBN 978-0-85704-160-9 Published 2012
Turning the clock back over one hundred years, the editorial team re-discovered how the people of the city continued their lives during the First World War.
St Albans & Hertfordshire Architectural & Archaeological Society.
ISBN 978-1-909291-74-4 Published 2016
Mark's book, covering a full 2,000 years, shines as it gives as much weight to modern times as Medieval. Fleetville also takes its rightful place!
Carnegie Publishing Ltd.
ISBN 978-1-85936-139-9 Published 2008
A privately published booklet by Brian Adams, Clare Ellis, Elizabeth Gardner and Helen Leiper, telling the story of Marshalswick House and its estate.
ISBN 978-0-9558813-0-5 Published 2008
An updated version of 100 Years of Hertfordshire Scouting. Notable events in Hertfordshire's scouting world from 1908 to 2013.
Hertfordshire Scouts.
A novel based on the growing up of a young footballer in a fictional St Albans in the 1960s.
Published by the author.
ISBN 978-1519262-011-8 Published 2012
A further novel blending accounts of teenage life in a fictional 1960s St Albans.
Published by the author.
ISBN 978-148128-413-4 Published 2015
The Oaklands Story Part 1 from 1921 to 1971 by E C Pelham is now out of print. Part 2 takes the story forward from 1971 to 1996.
Published by the Institute and the Oaklands Association, 2013
This is the initial title which reminds us what outstanding individual trees and stands we have in and around the city.
Published by the author.
ISBN 978-0-9567399-0. Published 2010
The delightfully recorded account of the life of Roger Aylett and the business he nurtured. And it wasn't just dahlias!
Burrall Floraprint Ltd.
ISBN 0-903001-73-X Published 2005
Subtitled Outsiders.The first of two volumes about the east side of St Albans, mainly the period before the city boundary was extended. It covers the period 1880 to 1930. This book is out of print.
Published by the author.
ISBN 978-0-9571691-0-4. Published 2012
Subtitled Insiders. The second of two volumes relating the story of the east side of St Albans, from 1931 to 1960. This edition is out of print.
Published by the author.
ISBN 978-0-9571691-1-1 Published 2013
Subtitled A St Albans Streetscape, this is a tour around a number of Victorian buildings in various parts of St Albans.
Published by the author.
ISBN 0-9548769-3-8 Published 2006
An ice cream business, begun in Italy, then Dundee and Durham – and we were then fortunate that Tominey's City Ices pitched up and put down roots in St Albans.
Published by the author.
ISBN 978-0-9566630-0-9 Published 2010
Subtitled A collection of Memories, this book is the result of a community project led by Sopwell Residents' Association.
Sopwell Residents' Association.
ISBN 978-0-9566630-0-9 Published 2012
Subtitled A Window on Victorian St Albans, this is the book with a window cut into the cover. It illustrate works by one of the city's Victorian artists, John H Buckingham.
St Albans' Museums
ISBN 0-902781-0202 Published1988
The feud between two families was played out on the streets of St Albans, and marked the beginning of the Wars of the Roses.
Tempus.
ISBN 0-7524-2983-3. Published 2006
An intensive study of St Albans' life over a short period of time. The result of a research group project by SAHAAS.
St Albans & Hertfordshire Architectural and Archeological Society.
ISBN 0-9542189-3-0 Published 2003
Subtitled Out of the Wilderness. This is Colney Heath from the time when the Parish of St Mark was formed.
Halsgrove Publishing.
ISBN 1-84114-159-3 Published 2002
The biography of the man who came to St Albans to launch a successful seed company. He was, of course, also behind the international golf championship and its cup named after him.
Wright Press.
ISBN 978-0-9539087-1-4. Published 2010
The work of James Corbett relating an outline history of St Albans, from Verulamium to the 1980s.
Phillimore & Co Ltd.
ISBN 1-86077-048-7. Published 1997
The definitive account of the Old Town Hall (now St Albans Museum + Gallery) from its opening in 1832.
St Albans & Hertfordshire Architectural & Archaeological Society.
ISBN 978-0901194-20-6. Published 2017
The autobiography of Sir Geoffrey de Havilland and his pioneering experiences of flight, through to the eventual formation of the de Havilland Aircraft Company.
Softback edition Airlife Publishing Ltd.
ISBN 13-978-1840371-48-2 First published 1979
An exploration of the city through a selection of its most interesting buildings and architectural treasures.
Amberley Publishing.
ISBN 978-1-44567739-2. Published 2018
Revisiting and updating the original title (above), describing and illustrating a selection of wonderful trees in and around St Albans.
Published by the author.
ISBN 878-0-9927994-6-5. Published 2018
A tribute to nine players of St Albans City FC who lost their lives in the two world wars, and the background to the Club during these periods.
St Albans City Football Club
No ISBN available.
Biography and work of St Albans' architect Percival Cherry Blow. Richly illustrated with examples of his buildings, most of which are still standing.
St Albans & Hertfordshire Architectural & Archaeological Society.
ISBN 978-0-901194-22-0. Published 2019
George left a Welsh mining village for St Albans. This is his story and that of his family.
The History Press.
ISBN 978-0-7524-6508-1. Published 2011
How the people of twentieth century St Albans performed scenes from the city's past, not just once but on three separate occasions.
Regents Court Press, St Albans.
ISBN 978-1-916308-40-4. Published 2020
Tracing the history of Independency in the city and the story of Spicer Street Church. From the original typescript by Rev F A J Harding. Edited by Paul Nicholson.
Amazon Fulfilment.
ISBN 9781709110375. Published 2020
Episodes in the Charter Borough's social life, together with lesser events and characters of the Early Modern Period.
Amberley Press.
ISBN 978-1-4456-9073-5. Published 2020
Lady Anne Bacon, Tudor courtier and scholar. This Concise History is the first in a series.
St Albans & Hertfordshire Architectural & Archaeological Society.
ISBN 978-0-901194-23-7. Published 2021
Full title: St Michael's Village, from Rural Settlement to Residential Suburb, 1700-1930.
Concise Histories number 2.
St Albans & Hertfordshire Architectural & Archaeological Society.
ISBN 978-0-901194-24-4 Published 2022
First published in 1962 this title has become the standard work on the history of St Albans.
A & C Black, London
Pre ISBNs. Copies available through Abe Books.
Sub-titled 1910 to 1935, this is the story of gliders and powered flight through Geoffrey de Havilland's experience. It covers the period up to settling in at the Hatfield Airfield site and the flying clubs which buzzed their way to success there.
ISBN 13-978-1-78155-360-2 Fonthill, published 2015.
The story of a National School in the Abbey Parish and published by St Albans & Hertfordshire Architectural & Archaeological Society in 1991.
ISBN 0-901194-12-3
Part one of the two-volume book covering the story of Hertfordshire Agricultural Institute at Oaklands, St Albans.
Hertfordshire College of Agriculture & Horticulture.
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