172:. After it was formed in 1898, Great Berkhampstead Urban District Council (as it was initially called) met in the local workhouse (on the corner of High Street and Kitsbury Road). In 1908 the council bought at auction the premises of a local building contractor, William Nash & Son, for the sum of £2,300. These premises comprised a house facing High Street, behind which was a former Wesleyan Chapel (by then used as a workshop), with a large yard and other outbuildings. These premises were converted to serve as the council's offices and meeting place, with the former chapel becoming the council chamber. In the early 1930s, after the council decided it needed more office space, it acquired the adjacent fishmonger's shop and demolished both buildings. The new civic centre was designed by the council surveyor, John Hadfield, in the
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was formed in 1974. The courtroom was subsequently converted into an assembly hall and the council meeting room became the offices and meeting place of
Berkhamsted Town Council. In the 1980s and 1990s, the civic centre was a significant events venue: the
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Berkhamsted Citizens Association and erected on the pavement outside the civic centre in 1983. The garaging behind the civic centre, previously used by the fire service, was converted into a museum store for
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Malcolm and Elizabeth Poston organised at the Berkhamsted Civic Centre to celebrate Simon 's 50th birthday
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