Local History Archives V. 12 UPDATED AUGUST 2015

The archives are grouped into 4 sections:

General History, Books and Articles Page 1 Colmworth Page 3 Neighbouring Towns and Villages Page 11 Topics & Themes Page 15

All our archives are placed in a secure storage facility in Numerical Box Order.

However those marked with a * are in easier/access boxes. Those marked with a ! are in large Display folders. If you wish to have a look at any archives, please contact the Secretary.

GENERAL HISTORY, BOOKS AND ARTICLES

Periodicals: General BOXES 2 & 3

Local Historian Feb 2002-Nov 2005 (not Nov 2002) (15 copies in all) plus May, Aug, Nov 2006, Nov 2007, Feb 2008, May 2008, Aug 2008, Nov 2008, May 2009, Aug 2009, Nov 2009, May 2010, Nov 2010. Feb 2011, May 2011, Aug 2011, Feb 2012, May 2012,Feb 2013, May 2013, Aug 2013, Oct 2013.

BOX 03Local History News Spring 2002-Autumn 2005(13 copies in all) plus Spring & Summer & Autumn 2006, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter 2007, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter 2008, Spring, Summer 2009, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter 2010. Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, 2011, Summer 2012, Autumn 2012, Winter 2012, Sept. 2012, Spring 2013, Summer 2013, Autumn, 2013, Winter 2013

BOX 03The Historian Autumn 2002-Spring2004 no.75-81(7 copies in all) BOX 02Local History Magazine May/June2001-March/April2002 85-90 (6 copies in all) BOX 02Family Tree Magazine Nov2001 BOX 02Ancestors Oct/Nov2001 +April/May2002 BOX 02Women’s History Magazine June 2003 issue44 BOX 02B.B.C. History Magazine May2002 and special issue on Powers of the Press BOX 02B.B.C. Your Families War History BOX 02Bedfordshire Mag photocopy of Article on Colmworth Winter 1959/60 BOX 07Rural History Today, July 2001 Issue 1 BOX 02Village Voice – see KeysoeSeries of Bedfordshire Archaeological Society Journals (19 in total) - containing articles by Ian Freeman on North Bedfordshire Buildings. CBA (Archaeology) Report No. 13The Archaeological study of churches (book)How to Record Churchyards (booklet)Archaeology by Experiment (book)

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Milestones and Waymarkers Vol 2 (Published 2006), Vol 3 (Pub. 2009) } BOX 02Milestone Society; activities (2 leaflets) Local Historian: July 2014, October 2014 BOX 03Local History News: Summer 2014, Autumn 2014

Periodicals: Bedfordshire EASIER ACCESS BOXES

*Bedfordshire Magazine: 1947, 1956, 1983, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999(2 copies)1950, 1959/60, 1968, 1976, 1984, 1989, 1995 issues not for loan-photocopies are available*Bedfordshire Magazine: Summer 1947, Winter 1959-60, Winter 1984, Autumn 1993, Spring 1999

Periodicals: Local archive/record office (Bedfordshire) BOX 04

Bedfordshire + Luton archive + record service newsletter Dec 1998, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012 Winter 2013/14, New Year 2014. Prophile April 2003-Dec 2005 (3 issues)Several guides relating to services/holdings at Bedford record officeBedfordshire Parish Series leaflet No 4; Bedfordshire/Luton Archive local record officeSummary list of Archive holdings, April 2006 (2 copies)Local Studies BulletinBeds Parish Register – August 02BLARS Summary of their Archive Holdings Aug 02 – April 06 – Aug 06

Local History: Miscellaneous BOX 07

Local history societies; Bedfordshire 2002+2003, 2004+2005History in Bedfordshire newsletter: Bedfordshire local history association Summer 2000 re:-Wrest Park+ OrangeryHistory in Bedfordshire Autumn 2012 BOX 03Several publication lists on local historyLocal history courses (pack)Victoria County History: Bedfordshire vols 1-3 notes on cities, towns, and villages covered.Phillimore complete catalogue 2004 to 2005: British local and family historyFamily History: The basics and beyond BBC PublicationJourney into History: Use the Internet to become a history detective. BBC publicationInternet resources for history*Agricultural wages: recent wages (1) from 2/06/85 (2) from 1/9/83History and Environment Record (H.E.R.) Leaflet BOX 03Patterns in Stone – St. Mary’s Church, Bedford BOX 05

Books in care of Mrs Thelma Marks (member) BOX 10

Fen, fire, and blood by Edward Storey

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Turf village by Andrew DayBedfordshire historic buildings: the heritage and its problems todayCameo of Fashion 1951 – 1982; The story of D’arcy & Rosamunde of Bedford by Thelma MarksHistory of cooking folder including 300 Years of Food and Wine by Janet Clarke – catalogues 41&42Bedford 50 Years Ago, Victor Farrer“Come Out of the Parlour” article by John Martin Robinson

BOX 11The Golden Century; Europe 1598-1715, Maurice AshleyThe Knight and Chivalry, Richard BarberKing Arthur in Legend and History, as aboveThe Greek Experience, C M BowraBritannia; A History of Roman Britain, Sheppard FrereThe World of Rome, Michael GrantThe Climax of Rome, as aboveEurope in the 20th Century, George LichtheimThe World of the Phoenicians, Sabatino MoscatiThe Age of Reconnaissance; Discovery Exploration and Settlement 1450-1650, J H Parry

BOX 12Victory Cook Book by Marguerite Pattern Medieval Cooking Today by Moira Baxter 7 Centuries of English Cooking by McKendry Maxime MiddlesexNorthumberlandLeicestershire & RutlandNottinghamshireLincolnshireDerbyshire - “The King’s England” Arthur MeeThe Accounts of the Guild of the Holy Trinity, Luton 1526-1546 Ed. Barbara TearleMr & Mrs Knife, Fork and Baby Spoon (2 copies) (illustrator local resident - Harriet Longfield)By Betty Spencer-ThomasRefer to WW1 and WW2 for books on Bedfordshire RegimentsBALDWIN, A.W. and PALMER, W.E.: In Bedfordshire Byways

COLMWORTH

Colmworth Booklets BOX 07

Millennium 2000 (2 copies)Colmworth festival eventsArt at Colmworth 1977

Colmworth Periodicals BOX 17

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Colmworth & Neighbours History Society Journal Issue 1BOX 09Colmworth Chronicle Special Edition Dec 1999 }Colmworth Chronicle issues up to Feb 2014 }Duplicate copies of above 26–53, 55-57, 60Parish magazine 1965-1972 BOX 18Interlink (first deanery magazine 1972-Dec1981) BOX 18Wilden, Ravensden, + Colmworth Church Newsletter issues up to Jan 2014 (Oct 2012 issue is missing) Feb, March, April, 2014 BOX 18Victoria County History – Colmworth Transcription of Medieval Documents circa 1350 (by Kevin Ward)Colmworth Chronicle: issues up to May 2015Wilden, Ravensden & Colmworth Church Newsletter: issues up to June 2015 (but Oct 2012 issue ismissing) BOX 18

Colmworth: buildings/land BOX 07

Colmworth ManorCrop markings/Roman villa- aerial photographs- see also information re: Bignor Roman villa (Roman history)Colmworth Manor House – article in Beds Today, Aug 2011 Nethersted Manor - pictureSale of Swan public house 1830- posterSale of freehold estates in Colmworth + Roxton 1892- poster(includes Channels End Farm)Sale of Farmhouse + land 1824- poster*Blacksmiths shop; watercolour painting by Thelma MarksLetter re Smithey 8/2005 (also in Colmworth Chronicle Issue 70 Sept 2005)Sale of Manor of Colmworth + 4 farms (Church End Farm, Lordship Farm, Channels End Farm, + Nethersted Farm) -1795Netherstead Brick hand-made probably 19th C BOX 12W.T.Lack; grocer 20th century – items of stationery BOX 09*Post Office 1851-1914Village Hall; Opening 1995 – photographsVillage Hall – Information and Plan/Photo in Annual Report of Beds Rural Comm. Charity 1993/94 p.24! Colmworth Mill – see MillsHouse sale details of Grade 2 listed house*Netherstead Manor by Thelma Marks and notes – drawing! Colmworth Wood 1882! The Medieval Dam; drawing and text ! Geology of Colmworth Auction poster ; three tenements 1830 – ColmworthAuction posters (1) Channels End Farm

(2) Freehold estates ; Colmworth & Roxton 1892(3) Fields and arable land, Colmworth(4) Farmhouse ; Colmworth 1824

Affordable housing 1989 Project*An Ancient Manor House re Manor Farm *City Lane – Pictures of buildings and laneVillage Hall – luncheon details 20/8/1996

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Colmworth Houses – A selection (taken in 2008) CD }Affordable Houses in Colmworth 1989 }BOX 08Colmworth buildings for sale: various 2015 BOX 08

Colmworth: Census BOX 08

Census 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 (All these available to download from website)*Census 1881 & discList of inhabitants 1900-1945 (pack)12th Annual report of the poor law commissioners 1846*1901 on disc*1891 on discalso rural Nth Beds 1900 Census Study/Maps see Rural LifeSee also Bolnhurst / Colmworth for Episcopal visitations 1706 – 1720

Colmworth Church – St. Denys BOX 08

Large photograph +Miscellaneous informationPlans + specificationsInformation re: church – 1980s- 1996*Photograph re: skeleton in churchPhotograph of marriage of Betty Johnson’s daughter at churchPhotographs of interior*Stained glass/church- see photocopy from Bedfordshire Magazine Autumn 1968Letter to Revd. Sheila Morton 2005Notes on church of St. Denys/Colmworth parsonage 1607-1822Information re: Timothy MatthewsFolder on Matthews family and MormonsMap of Colmworth church – see map of church – 1624 in map collectionSt. Denys church – see photocopy on Colmworth church from Bedfordshire Magazine Spring 1989St. Denys church; notes for the proposed Son et Lumiere productionGrave found in St. Denys church tower; notes and plan (2copies)*Colmworth Graveyard; Plan (in roll)*Epitaphs in number order from the graveyard July 1993 by Harvey SmithDrawings exterior (2) copiesDrawings interior (2) copies*Epitaphs; inscriptions recorded by Arthur Weight Mathews 1913! *The Tower; plan ! St. Denys church; photos (7) plus sketch and textTalk on Matthew Paris – poster – 1/7/2011Memorial Inscriptions in the Churchyard, and Inscriptions in the Church, Sept. 2009.Memories of Thelma Marks 1962-2009Bells – 1) Article on the Bell Foundry 2) Albert Morris, Bell RingerWilliam Otter, Rector of St. Denys 1812.

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Matthew Paris Exhibition and Talk at St. Denys Church 1/7/2011Diamond Jubilee Service 3/6/2012 leaflets (2) }Timothy Matthews by Chris Walker 18/10/04 C.D. }Varley, Joan ‘A Bedfordshire Clergyman/ or the Reformer and his Bishop’ (An Article on Timothy Matthews).Bedfordshire Local History Association – History in Bedfordshire, Spring 2013. Article on Revd. Thomas Whitehurst, Rector of Colmworth, 1786-1791Friends of St. Denys initial meeting 1/2/2014Heales Charity Folder Church Register of Expenditure

Colmworth Cricket

Photocopies of photographs of cricket team – date? Identities?

Colmworth Country Park

Letter and leaflet re official opening 22/5/2010Photos of first meeting re the Country Park 2008

Colmworth Families/Estates BOX 01

Estate of William Dyer –date?Moore family –see photocopy of Moores of Colmworth + Bolnhurst from Bedfordshire Magazine Winter 1984De Braybrook family- see photocopy in De Braybrooks of Colmworth from Bedfordshire Magazine Autumn 1968*Safford family: Colmworth residents 1791Letter re: Colmworth estate 1937! Victor Stringer and Family biographical details (see also WW2) ! The English Civil War & Colmworth; Text and 4 photos of tombs of the Dyer family Richard Lack/Colmworth Home Guard – see WW2*Colgrave Family – photos and notes compiled by Judith Parr up to 31/8/2008

Colmworth Footpath Voluntary Group BOX 21

2 folders of assorted material including some periodicals covering period 1993- 1998 and some correspondence and minutes from 2002/2003See also Colmworth general re- rural action + footpaths action pack

Colmworth Parish Plan 2010 BOX 21

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Colmworth: General BOX 07

! Ancient Greens – Green Lane informationSee Walks, North BedfordshireDomesday entry for Colmworth*Entries re: Colmworth in Beds. Mercury 1883, 1884, 1889Entry from Kelly’s Directory, 1937Colmworth –see photocopy from Bedfordshire Magazine Winter 1959-60Colmworth-see photocopy from Bedfordshire Magazine Autumn 1968Colmworth/Bolnhurst 1846-photocopy from Bedford Times 26/10/1846Frankpledges 1583-1612Entry re: village/church families (date +source unknown)Colmworth Archaeological dig 10/1997 artefactsColmworth Home Guard see WW2Colmworth and the Great War see WW1History of Colmworth (Handwritten) by W StapletonFuneral Service Sheets for Richard Lack and Ivan Lawson 2007Colmworth; German Bomber Oct 1940 see WW2Colmworth; People Buildings 1977-1985Colmworth Country ParkArticle on Colmworth- see Beds Mag photocopy winter 1959/60Victorian history ; Colmworth place names & their meanings (for use with maps) Colmworth ; weights & measures 1856 Colmworth ; village plan of activities / facilities Footpaths action pack ; Countryside Commission (see also Colmworth maps) BOX 20Rural action folder BOX 20Colmworth Parish Paths – Circular Walk LeafletSunday Times Article – 27/1/2008 ‘The 20 Top Most Sought-After Villages in England’ (includes Colmworth)Transcription of Medieval Documents from 14 & 15th Centuries by Kevin Ward, County ArchivistQueen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Events in Colmworth 3/6/2012 BOX 17 “ “ Diamond Jubilee Book Mark BOX 17See Colmworth Church for Diamond Jubilee ServiceColmworth Listed Buildings BOX 07Prigmore’s Golf Course – newspaper articles BOX 07History Trail and related material – 7/6/2013

Colmworth Houses

Colmworth e.g.s.(2copies)*How to research the history of a house in Bedfordshire (Archive+Records service publication)*Using written archives to discover the history of your house by Nick Barratt*Preparing a research plan from Tracing the history of your house by Nick BarrattSee also:-article in St. Neots local history magazine re:-Investigating an old house*5 sets of papers relating to local history research of houses

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Colmworth Inhabitants BOX 09

Local artist: Thelma Marks- from Luton News 28/3/1998Obituary Anne Church died 6/10/2003Article re: Charles + Edward AllenEllison brothers; photograph and letterRon Brightman & John Pell; conversations 13/4/2005 cassetteMary & Ivor Carr; conversations 26/01/03 cassetteFuneral Service (4/3/2010) for Ron Brightman 19/9/24 – 17/2/2010Patricia Ball, Postmistress – Retirement after 30 years (see Colmworth Chronicle Sept. 2009)Albert Morris – see article under St. Denys ChurchObituary – Adelaide Allen (Rector’s wife)Auschwitz - Why it Happened? – Play written and performed by Michael Prior, ProgrammeFolder with information/interviews with local residents

*Colmworth: Maps

(*All maps are now in display/easier access boxes)

Map showing Colmworth Church 1624Map of Colmworth and area 1765Map of Colmworth and area 1826Map of Colmworth showing land ownership date?Map of Colmworth-detailed 18562maps of Lordship Farm 1763Map of Colmworth –date?Map of Colmworth showing fields 1763Map of Colmworth showing fields-1838?Colmworth Manor maps! Maps of Colmworth & surrounding villages by Thelma Marks – ! Bedford North OS Map pathfinder 1002; Colmworth – ! Maps of Colmworth & North Beds, 3 maps and texts (2 maps dated 1835) ! The fields of the Parish of Colmworth following enclosure in 1838 – ! The fields of the Parish of Colmworth – pre enclosure 1838 –Place names and their meanings - ! Pathfinder O.S. map Colmworth 1989 Village map not to scale 2008 - 7 items O.S. map with proposed A1 bypassMap of Bedfordshire with ColmworthO.S. Sheet 52 ; proposed new boundary Little StaughtonO.S. Map Colmworth / Thurleigh 1959Colmworth, detailed mapMap 1964 ; footpaths / bridleways (see also Colmworth footpaths)O.S. Survey map 1960

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Colmworth award mapColmworth old field names (1) + (2)Colmworth before enclosure pre-1838Channels End ; sale map 1892Maps for Local History – A list of some useful books BOX 07

Colmworth + Neighbours’ History Society BOX 15

Colmworth & Neighbours History Society Journal Issue 1 BOX 09Also cross-reference PERIODICALS; general – see Colmworth & Neighbours History Society for Journal issue 1. BOX 09

CD - Photographs of ColmworthFloppy – Interview formNewsletters 2003,2004,2005.Quiz sheet: Colmworth local history trail 7/6/2003(2 copies)Programme 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014Medieval supper 2004Leaflet 2010*4 photographs taken at the Medieval supper 2004Sixth Wife programme + notes and artworkIntroductory leafletsResources re:talks e,g. English Heritage; speaker 2005 card with contact number Bedford Heritage month 9/2004 includes Life in medieval Colmworth talk

e.g. Honeydon: map see Honeydon –talk given 17/1/2003e.g. Rushcraft: Felicity Irons see Rushcraft talk given 11/2003re: visits e.g. The Manor; Hemingford Grey- see Hemingford Grey visit 3/4/2003e.g. Bedford Auction centre; review –Russian at Heart, Sonechka’s Story – leaflet 9/10/2013Shakespeare Ladies Club – 2 posters 20/10/2006Origins of Arab/Israeli Conflict (notes on talk given at CNHS)BOX 10Medieval Banquet at St. Denys 25/9/2004Local History on the Internet – Workshop 12/9/2007 BOX 09

Domesday book: Bedfordshire BOX 10Conference 17/6/2006: Talk by John Hutchings CDA music banquet at Chicksands Priory 1/7/2006: ProgrammeThe Shakespeare Ladies Club; Tales of Georgian London; Leaflet 26th Oct 2006*Life at the Medieval Edge – A Walk around Ravensden, Thurleigh and Bolnhurst, Aug. 2009

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Talk by Barry Tomlinson ‘Air War over the Western Front WW1 given 18/05/2012 BOX 09Barbeque 2002 Richard III Talk – several items, 21/3/2014,Letter of Oliver Cromwell to Valentine Wauton 1644

Colmworth & Neighbours History Society ACCOUNTS 2002-2012

Correspondence re. talks BOX 9

Colmworth & Neighbours History Society BOX 16

The Secretary’s ‘Working Files’ (BOX 16)• MINUTES – Nov. 2001 – June 2008 (inc. notes on inaugural meeting held 11 Jan 2002)(In Turquoise Lever Arch File)• GENERAL FILE – Aug. 2003 – Dec 2006 (inc. everything eg membership lists, activities, programmes, minutes and reports for the Colmworth Chronicle. (In Purple Lever Arch File)• GREEN BOX FILE – CNHS Hosting of the BLHA Conference in June 1996 – everything.• GENERAL FILE – 2002-2003 (includes ‘The beginning’ of the Society) (In Blue L/A File)• Speakers, Outings and Correspondence 2006• Speakers 2007• York Trip Folder 2009

Colmworth & Neighbours History Society: History Research Group 2005 onwards BOX 09

Research proposals and Notes of meetings

Colmworth School Archives stored at Bedford and Luton Archives Service

Staff Details 1966-1991*Collection of photographs secured by a rubber band*Folder of photographs (named) collected by Audrey Henderson*3 red boxed folders of photographsColmworth School Group photos (boxed) which includes 1919 school photograph 4 A4 size files of named photos 1 Box file of unnamed photos1 Box file of grouped and dated photosNote: re: photographs- Many of the photographs are undated + identities are unknown! School research; including photographs, stats, charter ! Church School enquiry 1846/7 School reports 1920/1930- sensitive materialReport by H.M.Inspectors Feb/April 1962, and June 1952

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Names of children in Class 2 January 1940 Parent/teacher association records (folder)Plans of school 1969Miscellaneous informationColmworth School; Indenture 8th Jan 1841! Colmworth school - generalPlan of drainage 1940Article in Bedfordshire Times & Citizen 16/9/2010Memories of Evelyn and Ken Huckle of Cherry Orchard Farm 1930’s (also includes memories of shops and tradesmen of the 1930’s)Copies of School Registers from 1900-1912 ]Evacuee Register World War II 1939-1946 ] together in one envelopePublic Record Office Kew – Search Information + Elementary and Secondary Schools

Information on other schools, eg Hitchin, CardingtonInformation on 1966 Colmworth School, building and layoutInformation on old C. School 1884, dimensionsOld School drawings by Hector Colgrave (1930’s)Old School layout 1904Martha Topham – schoolteacher at Old School, folderLog Book and extracts, plus research folderGreen folder on Head Teachers at Old SchoolFolder on A.S. Briggs (Head) and other material on Old School (sons killed in WW1)Folder on 1966 school including leaving cards for Jeanne Rainford

ADDITIONAL BOX ON COLMWORTH SCHOOL BOX 27Sketch of pre-1966 school by Thelma Marks

Colmworth Ventures BOXES 21 & 22

Colmworth Chronicle, photo and distribution plan 1986-1987Village Hall and Sign- see also Colmworth; General for people/buildings 1977-1995 photosColmworth Parish Plan 2010 (in 2 archive boxes): BOX 21 includes everything eg questionnaires, Parish Plan booklets, minutes etc. ! Large plastic folder containing P.P. display material.

Colmworth Village Hall BOX 8Colmworth Village Hall Committee; Chairman’s Report May 2015

NEIGHBOURING TOWNS AND VILLAGES BOX 05

BedfordC.D. King Offa and BedfordSt. Marys church; Bedford; bookletBedford; guided walks 2003;leaflets

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Bedford; miscellaneous information, including timetable of trains serving Bedfordshire area 1883?The Siege of Bedford Castle; Booklet BOX 03Bedford 50 years ago by Victor Farrar see books in library BOX 10Booklet – Pageant of Bedford 27/6/1966 – 2/7/1966Bedford Street Names; folder BOX 05 or BOX 03Megolithic origins of Bedford; article BOX 05 or BOX 03Kimbolton Road - Folder

Bedfordshire

Map 1086 (Doomsday) – see photocopy from Bedfordshire Magazine Autumn 1995Environment Agency the Ouse washes; folder! Rural Nth Beds 1901 census study maps of

! Brick/tile works workman! Male labourers and the gentry! Divisions of Nth Beds! The leather trade and railway workers

! Bedforshire Times re weights and measures 27/9/1856 ! Episcopal visitations in Beds 1706 to 1720 re Bolnhurst & Colmworth 1706, 1717, 1720 ! Recognising Medieval woodland ! Recognising greens and commons ! Ancient and T junction boundaries Kelly Directory C.D. – Bedfordshire 1890Post Office Directory C.D. Bedfordshire 1877A Walk Around Historic Churches LeafletOpen Sunday at Bedfordshire Parish Churches 26/6/2011 – BookletBedfordshire Artist – David Green b. 1935 d. 2013 BOX 05How to make a pilgrimage without leaving home (Article on Walks of John Bunyan in Bedfordshire)

BOX 05TITLEY, Anne Seymour: A Wayfarer in Bedfordshire; pub.1980 BOX 05 Bunyan’s Bedfordshire; a progress by bicycle BOX 05 MEADOWS, Eric G: A Bedfordshire Quiz Book; pub.1998 BOX 05

Bedfordshire Churches

Church Trails: Toddington & Northern Parishes (leaflet) }Historic Churches in South Bedfordshire (leaflet) } BOX 05

Bolnhurst

Census: 1841, 1851, 1861,1871,1881 1891,1901 (All available to download from website) BOX 05! School; origins and charterHistory of Bolnhurst by W Stapleton – handwrittenBolnhurst school logbooks 5 1885-1930 plus 1931-1950 ! Chronological table of major events in the life of the school and schoolhouse

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! History on my doorstep 2 photos 2007 & 1920 ! 1904 rating survey for Bolnhurst school! Children of Bolnhurst school pre 1920 photo ! The description of our village! Bolnhurst rector – The Reverend John Jones 1700-1770 ! Episcopal visitations in Bedfordshire 1706 – 1770 Bolnhurst / Colmworth Mavourn Farm, Bolnhurst – see CNHS Walk 2009, August.

Bushmead; buildings

Gery Arms- Bushmead- public house- photographBushmead Priory- photographsThe Wheatsheaf two drawingsBushmead Priory; menus 1795-1796! Map of Priory and Manor of Bushmead 1624 ! Bushmead Priory photos 7 and text ! Analysis of Bushmead Estate map Bushmead Priory menus 1796-1823 Bushmead Priory; memories of the Priory – text Bushmead Priory before demolition gifted by Alan Woodwood Bushmead estate 1624 map

Eaton Socon + Eaton Ford

See War history: The Eatons at warRoads – see Inn roads into Eaton Socon – photocopy from Bedfordshire Magazine Autumn 1950Jarrett, Sue – Medieval Mishaps and Mayhem in Eaton Socon Parish. (Booklet)

Harlington

Harlington Heritage Trust Newsletter June,Sept,Dec 2005 , march, June 2006, Sept, Dec 2010, March, June 2011Harlington Heritage Trust Book BOX 11

Hemingford Grey

MapThe Manor; Hemingford Grey (leaflet)

Honeydon

Tithe Farm, Honeydon – see St. Neots local history magazine Summer 1995

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Map

Houghton House

Photograph with Bedfordshire Rifle Volunteers 1869Pack of maps

Houghton Conquest

HOUFE, Simon: A Victorian Family at Houghton Conquest 1838-78, pub.2004 (includes BURGON, J.W.: Houghton Conquest, written 1874) BOX 5

Kempston

Historical Landscape and Archaeology BOX 5

Keysoe

See Walks, North BedfordshireCensuses – 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 (all available to download from website)! St Marys church; 2 photos plus inscription plus text Village Voice Jan to March 2007Village Voice, August 2004, War MemorialVillage Voice Oct 2012 (2 issues). 2011, June, Sept, Oct, Nov. 2013 – July, Sept. Oct. Nov. 2014 – January, Feb, March.Bolnhurst and Keysoe Parish Newsletter, October 2013 BOX 05

Little Barford

Information in envelope BOX 5

Little Staughton

Census: 1841,1851,1861,1871,1881,1891,1901 (All available to download from website)See Walks, BedfordshireGravestones; research (list now available as a download)! Little Staughton; origins, pathfinders (WW2) Bedfordshire Family History Society Monumental Inscriptions of the Baptist Chapel, Little Staughton – surveyed 1980 + 2011 BOX 05

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Little & Great Paxton

St James’ Church, Little Paxton – History and ArchitecturePhilip Dickinson – Booklet on Great Paxton BOX 05Holy Trinity, Great Paxton – Plans and Notes

Oakley

Parish church; bookletDomesday book entry (also other villages)Brief history of Oakley

Ravensden BOXES 25 - 26

Census: 1841,1851,1861,1871,1881,1891,1901 (all available to download from website)Tax ListsSports day 2000: photograph! Ravensden Baptist church 2004; photo ! Ravensden church 2004; photo! Brickworkers at Cleat Hill, Ravensden 1905Tilwick – deserted hamlet. See CNHS Walk, 2009, August.The Ian Freeman Archive - in 2 Archive boxes (to be sorted)The Wagstaffe Family of Ravensden 1200-1809Manor Farm, Wood End + photosBlue Folder – miscellaneous informationChurch informationFootpaths + register of footpathsMaps, miscellaneous informationRoads and Bridges in Ravensden and other villagesBlack book with notes on Ravensden and adjoining villagesGrey folder – Ravensden and adjoining villagesBox of field namesThree Boxes of Ravensden slides

Renhold

! All Saints church; photo, painting and text All Saints church; photo 2006! Howbury Hall; 2 pictures of early and late building All Saints church 1 photoList of Field Names BOX 05

Riseley

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Riseley Historical Constitution 2000

Roxton

Roxton village; history of a North Bedfordshire villageRoxton Parish Magazine June 1962 incl. Gt. Barford, Wilden and Ravensden BOX 05

St. Neots and Eynesbury

History and library guideLeaflet – Local History Month 2011St Neots Local History Magazine

- Spring 1996 including article by Rosa Young on Investigating an old house- Summer 1996- Summer 1995 including an article by David Bushby on Tithe Farm, Honeydon.- Spring 2005.

St Neots, Eynesbury and the Eatons (Leaflet Published by St. Neots Community Archive Group)The Lost Priory of St. Neot (Leaflet) St. Neots Cycle Map (Leaflet) BOX 5Walks: see Walks - St Neots

Thurleigh

ACT for Enclosing lands 1805 BOX 05

Wilden

Census: 1891, 1901 (available to download from website)See Walks, North BedfordshireMaps: pre 1817 and modernHistory of the parish of Wilden by Mike Rider 1995Lionsfield House – see photocopy from Bedfordshire Magazine Summer 1995Stained glass at church – see photocopy from Bedfordshire Magazine Autumn 1968

Wyboston

3 photographs of garage

Yelden

See Walks, North BedfordshireYelden past and present

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Wrest Park and Orangery

Wrest Park and Orangery – see newsletter Bedfordshire local history association Summer 2000

TOPICS & THEMES:

Archaeology

Bedford archaeological and local history newsletters 1997,and1998Albion archaeology – annual review 2000- 2001, 2001- 2002Bedfordshire county archaeological service – annual review 1998- 1999, 1999-2000A highway to the past(ancient landscapes under the Bedford Southern bypass)See also Roman history

Bignor Roman villaColmworth crop markings/ Roman villa; aerial photographsColmworth Archaeological dig 10/1997: artefacts

Items from WW2 found in Colmworth see WW2Flag Fen – Britain’s Bronze Age Centre (Newsletter, Feb. 2008) BOX 06

Archive presentation and display

Sourcebook 2002/ 2003Leaflet Archive C.D. Books: letter

Archive Research

Notes on archive research

Dovecotes; Bedfordshire

Dovecotes – see Dovecotes and pigeons of Bedfordshire – see photocopy from Bedfordshire Magazine Winter 1995

English Parish Churches

Willson, Roger – The Tradition of the Church is Change; Changing Liturgy and the Use of Space in English Parish Churches from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century (Talk to CNHS 2009) BOX 09

Mills

! Local mills; Keysoe, Thurleigh, Bolnhurst, Riseley, Duloe, photos and text

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! Colmworth Mill; photos, map and text Windmill Research 2005-2009 by June Colgrave and Beverley Brown. Includes: Duloe, Thurleigh, Colmworth, Bolnhurst, Keysoe and Riseley. Including information on millers.

National Lottery Community Fund regional offices

List of offices

National Trust properties

Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire: leafletsHoughton Mill: booklet – both in a pack

Public Houses

Gery Arms- Bushmead- public house- photograph- see Bushmead: buildingsGery Arms – Sale NoticeSale of Swan public house- 1830- poster- see Colmworth buildingsBrewery, Day & Son St. Neots. Sale Notice 20/11/1919The Beehive, Colesden – Sale NoticeThe Wheatsheaf Inn, Colmworth – Sale NoticeThe Jolly Ploughboys, Chawston – Sale Notice

Record Offices

Information from the House of Lords record officePublic record office: London

Roman history

Bignor Roman villaSee also Colmworth crop markings/Roman villa; aerial photographs

RushcraftRushcraft: Felicity Irons: leaflet

Walks – Bedfordshire BOX05John Bunyan Trail Section 1: leaflet (45 mile walk)John Bunyan Trail Section 2: leaflet (25 mile walk)

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Walks – North BedfordshireHidden Britain leaflets:

1. North Bedfordshire Wolds2. Ancient Walks Upper Dean to Swineshead3. John Bunyan Triangle Walk and Donkey Walk, Keysoe4. Little Staughton5. Bedford, Brickhill to Thurleigh6. Bedford, Putnoe to Wilden7. Yelden to Melchbourne8. Colmworth9. Rides in the Wolds; Three Routes for Riders off Road Cyclists and Walkers10. A Walk Around Historic Churches

Triple triangle walk: Keysoe – leaflet BOX05

Walks – St Neots BOX 05

St Neots: town trail - leaflet

War history BOX 05

Napoleonic warLectures on Napoleonic prisoners of warNaval officers/administrators prior to 1815 researched by Dr David Davies

World War 1 BOX 06

Bedfordshire+Luton archives+record service newsletter Dec.1998; sources re: W.W.1.The Eatons at War (covers W.W.1 +W.W.2.,and mentions Honeydon in W.W.2)! Colmworth & The Great War 1914-1918 with 2 photos of memorials and textFULLER, Steven: 1st Bedfordshires; pt.1. Mons to the Somme; pub.2011 (book)DEACON, M.G. ed: The Shiny Seventh; 7th Service Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment at war 1915-1918; pub.2004 (book)

World War 2 BOX 06

Twinwoods Airfield + control tower; leafletMinistry of Food poster/ rationingNorman Cross leaflet appeal- leafletBedford W.W.2 airfield trailColmworth prisoners of war; research BOX 7Bedford Record 8/10/1940 – End of a raider and Caring for refugeesSee also B.B.C. Your Families War history re: W.W.2. in Periodicals; general

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! Victor Stringer – photos of memorial plaque in St Denys Church! Colmworth Home Guard 1940 photo ! Little Staughton; origins Pathfinders WW2 ! The Home Guard in Colmworth 3 photos and text ! The Home Guard in Colmworth key to names in photo Items from WW2 found in Colmworth! Colmworth; German bomber Oct 1940 photo ! Richard Lack; Colmworth Home Guard photo 1940 ! 1940 Colmworth Home Guard marching in Channels End photo ! 1940 Colmworth Home Guard on parade photo ! James Winstanley research WW2 P.O.W. camp Colmworth! I.C.O. with photos – crashed bomber plane Colmworth references at Kew National Archives, including refs. to POW camps and Colmworth School.Book – Lilly Cooper ‘A Little London Evacuee’ pub. 2009 incl. chapter on Colmworth BOX 9Book – Stephen Risby – Research on Italian POW Labour in Bedfordshire, Sept. 2007Public Record Office, Kew – Prisoners of War in British Hands 1698-1949POWs at Ducks Cross Camp – article/photo in Beds Times and Citizen 3/11/11 BOX 6MALCOLMSON, Patricia and Robert ed.: A Soldier in Bedfordshire 1941-42; the diary of Private Denis Argent, Royal Engineers; pub.2009 (book) BOX 9Gazette of 3rd, 4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) Nov.1945

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