Lost place names: Engelen
In a poetry album I once found a little rhyme: In heaven there are angels, on earth there are none, but if there were on earth, you would certainly be one... If I an imprint of the stamp...
Cylinder beam stamp
Lost place names: Wittebrug
Wittebrug, a hamlet situated between The Hague, Wassenaar, and Scheveningen. When it was decided in 1828 to construct a canal between the center of The Hague and Scheveningen, bridges also had to be built across it. A bridge at the height of...
Lost place names: Koegras
We go back more than 100 years. In an area between Den Helder and Callantsoog, a polder had been created starting in 1610 through the construction of a dike, a sea defense that provided protection between the North Sea and the...
Lost place names: Lange Ruige Weide
Who has ever heard of Lange Ruige Weide? Residents of Driebruggen and the surrounding area in South Holland certainly know this name. But was it ever a place name? We go back to before the French era, because that is when this municipality existed...
