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Heritage Trail: Burning coal audio

Illustration showing a series of historic building. On the right side a building with archways filled with coal and on the left side a building with a tall chimney with smoke spilling out. In the central building a person stokes a fire. People and a horse in the foreground with carts of coal.
Illustration © Nina Chakrabarti

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Illustration of an orange engine house with tall chimneys and steam billowing out from them. Inside is a smaller blue engine house. A key next to them shows an orange box with the date 1868, and a blue box with the date 1768. A pipe runs from the bottom of the engine house into a blue square pond and then along to a series of buildings.
Illustration of a windmill with people and horses outside it
Illustration of a stone well with two nuns standing on the left and two monks standing on the right. The scene is surrounded by clouds and a ring of trees and a yellow ribbon with the words "Clerk's Well"
Illustration of a winding blue river running vertically to a pool at the bottom with pipes running long the bottom to houses. Along the banks of the river are trees, farm animals and people doing different activities, including washing, fishing and catching moles. At the top is a sign saying "Hertfordshire" and at the bottom is a sign saying "New River Head".
Illustration with portraits of three men in historic clothes. Beneath them are a treasure chest and pouch filled with coins and jewels, and a two ships with sails.