Colmworth Archives V1



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 03

Local 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 03

The Historian Autumn 2002-Spring2004 no.75-81(7 copies in all) BOX 02

Local History Magazine May/June2001-March/April2002 85-90 (6 copies in all) BOX 02

Family Tree Magazine Nov2001 BOX 02

Ancestors Oct/Nov2001 +April/May2002 BOX 02

Women’s History Magazine June 2003 issue44 BOX 02

B.B.C. History Magazine May2002 and special issue on Powers of the Press BOX 02

B.B.C. Your Families War History BOX 02

Bedfordshire Mag photocopy of Article on Colmworth Winter 1959/60 BOX 07

Rural History Today, July 2001 Issue 1 BOX 02

Village Voice – see Keysoe

Series of Bedfordshire Archaeological Society Journals (19 in total) - containing articles by Ian Freeman on North Bedfordshire Buildings.

CBA (Archaeology) Report No. 13

The Archaeological study of churches (book)

How to Record Churchyards (booklet)

Archaeology by Experiment (book)

Milestones and Waymarkers Vol 2 (Published 2006), Vol 3 (Pub. 2009) } BOX 02

Milestone Society; activities (2 leaflets)

Local Historian: July 2014, October 2014 BOX 03

Local 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 office

Bedfordshire Parish Series leaflet No 4; Bedfordshire/Luton Archive local record office

Summary list of Archive holdings, April 2006 (2 copies)

Local Studies Bulletin

Beds Parish Register – August 02

BLARS Summary of their Archive Holdings Aug 02 – April 06 – Aug 06

Local History: Miscellaneous BOX 07

Local history societies; Bedfordshire 2002+2003, 2004+2005

History in Bedfordshire newsletter: Bedfordshire local history association Summer 2000

re:-Wrest Park+ Orangery

History in Bedfordshire Autumn 2012 BOX 03

Several publication lists on local history

Local 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 history

Family History: The basics and beyond BBC Publication

Journey into History: Use the Internet to become a history detective. BBC publication

Internet resources for history

*Agricultural wages: recent wages (1) from 2/06/85 (2) from 1/9/83

History and Environment Record (H.E.R.) Leaflet BOX 03

Patterns 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

Turf village by Andrew Day

Bedfordshire historic buildings: the heritage and its problems today

Cameo of Fashion 1951 – 1982; The story of D’arcy & Rosamunde of Bedford by Thelma Marks

History of cooking folder including 300 Years of Food and Wine by Janet Clarke – catalogues 41&42

Bedford 50 Years Ago, Victor Farrer

“Come Out of the Parlour” article by John Martin Robinson

BOX 11

The Golden Century; Europe 1598-1715, Maurice Ashley

The Knight and Chivalry, Richard Barber

King Arthur in Legend and History, as above

The Greek Experience, C M Bowra

Britannia; A History of Roman Britain, Sheppard Frere

The World of Rome, Michael Grant

The Climax of Rome, as above

Europe in the 20th Century, George Lichtheim

The World of the Phoenicians, Sabatino Moscati

The Age of Reconnaissance; Discovery Exploration and Settlement 1450-1650, J H Parry

BOX 12

Victory Cook Book by Marguerite Pattern

Medieval Cooking Today by Moira Baxter

7 Centuries of English Cooking by McKendry Maxime

Middlesex

Northumberland

Leicestershire & Rutland

Nottinghamshire

Lincolnshire

Derbyshire - “The King’s England” Arthur Mee

The Accounts of the Guild of the Holy Trinity, Luton 1526-1546 Ed. Barbara Tearle

Mr & Mrs Knife, Fork and Baby Spoon (2 copies) (illustrator local resident - Harriet Longfield)

By Betty Spencer-Thomas

Refer to WW1 and WW2 for books on Bedfordshire Regiments

BALDWIN, A.W. and PALMER, W.E.: In Bedfordshire Byways

COLMWORTH

Colmworth Booklets BOX 07

Millennium 2000 (2 copies)

Colmworth festival events

Art at Colmworth 1977

Colmworth Periodicals BOX 17

Colmworth & Neighbours History Society Journal Issue 1BOX 09

Colmworth Chronicle Special Edition Dec 1999 }

Colmworth Chronicle issues up to Feb 2014 }

Duplicate copies of above 26–53, 55-57, 60

Parish magazine 1965-1972 BOX 18

Interlink (first deanery magazine 1972-Dec1981) BOX 18

Wilden, Ravensden, + Colmworth Church Newsletter issues up to Jan 2014 (Oct 2012 issue is missing) Feb, March, April, 2014 BOX 18

Victoria County History – Colmworth

Transcription of Medieval Documents circa 1350 (by Kevin Ward)

Colmworth Chronicle: issues up to May 2015

Wilden, Ravensden & Colmworth Church Newsletter: issues up to June 2015 (but Oct 2012 issue is

missing) BOX 18

Colmworth: buildings/land BOX 07

Colmworth Manor

Crop 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 - picture

Sale of Swan public house 1830- poster

Sale of freehold estates in Colmworth + Roxton 1892- poster

(includes Channels End Farm)

Sale of Farmhouse + land 1824- poster

*Blacksmiths shop; watercolour painting by Thelma Marks

Letter 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) -1795

Netherstead Brick hand-made probably 19th C BOX 12

W.T.Lack; grocer 20th century – items of stationery BOX 09

*Post Office 1851-1914

Village Hall; Opening 1995 – photographs

Village Hall – Information and Plan/Photo in Annual Report of Beds Rural Comm. Charity 1993/94 p.24

! Colmworth Mill – see Mills

House 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 – Colmworth

Auction 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 lane

Village Hall – luncheon details 20/8/1996

Colmworth Houses – A selection (taken in 2008) CD }

Affordable Houses in Colmworth 1989 }BOX 08

Colmworth 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 & disc

List of inhabitants 1900-1945 (pack)

12th Annual report of the poor law commissioners 1846

*1901 on disc

*1891 on disc

also rural Nth Beds 1900 Census Study/Maps see Rural Life

See also Bolnhurst / Colmworth for Episcopal visitations 1706 – 1720

Colmworth Church – St. Denys BOX 08

Large photograph +Miscellaneous information

Plans + specifications

Information re: church – 1980s- 1996

*Photograph re: skeleton in church

Photograph of marriage of Betty Johnson’s daughter at church

Photographs of interior

*Stained glass/church- see photocopy from Bedfordshire Magazine Autumn 1968

Letter to Revd. Sheila Morton 2005

Notes on church of St. Denys/Colmworth parsonage 1607-1822

Information re: Timothy Matthews

Folder on Matthews family and Mormons

Map of Colmworth church – see map of church – 1624 in map collection

St. Denys church – see photocopy on Colmworth church from Bedfordshire Magazine Spring 1989

St. Denys church; notes for the proposed Son et Lumiere production

Grave 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 Smith

Drawings exterior (2) copies

Drawings interior (2) copies

*Epitaphs; inscriptions recorded by Arthur Weight Mathews 1913

! *The Tower; plan

! St. Denys church; photos (7) plus sketch and text

Talk on Matthew Paris – poster – 1/7/2011

Memorial Inscriptions in the Churchyard, and Inscriptions in the Church, Sept. 2009.

Memories of Thelma Marks 1962-2009

Bells – 1) Article on the Bell Foundry

2) Albert Morris, Bell Ringer

William Otter, Rector of St. Denys 1812.

Matthew Paris Exhibition and Talk at St. Denys Church 1/7/2011

Diamond 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, 1786-1791

Friends of St. Denys initial meeting 1/2/2014

Heales 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 22/5/2010

Photos 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 1984

De Braybrook family- see photocopy in De Braybrooks of Colmworth from Bedfordshire Magazine Autumn 1968

*Safford family: Colmworth residents 1791

Letter 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 2002/2003

See also Colmworth general re- rural action + footpaths action pack

Colmworth Parish Plan 2010 BOX 21

Colmworth: General BOX 07

! Ancient Greens – Green Lane information

See Walks, North Bedfordshire

Domesday entry for Colmworth

*Entries re: Colmworth in Beds. Mercury 1883, 1884, 1889

Entry from Kelly’s Directory, 1937

Colmworth –see photocopy from Bedfordshire Magazine Winter 1959-60

Colmworth-see photocopy from Bedfordshire Magazine Autumn 1968

Colmworth/Bolnhurst 1846-photocopy from Bedford Times 26/10/1846

Frankpledges 1583-1612

Entry re: village/church families (date +source unknown)

Colmworth Archaeological dig 10/1997 artefacts

Colmworth Home Guard see WW2

Colmworth and the Great War see WW1

History of Colmworth (Handwritten) by W Stapleton

Funeral Service Sheets for Richard Lack and Ivan Lawson 2007

Colmworth; German Bomber Oct 1940 see WW2

Colmworth; People Buildings 1977-1985

Colmworth Country Park

Article on Colmworth- see Beds Mag photocopy winter 1959/60

Victorian 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 20

Rural action folder BOX 20

Colmworth Parish Paths – Circular Walk Leaflet

Sunday 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 Archivist

Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Events in Colmworth 3/6/2012 BOX 17

“ “ Diamond Jubilee Book Mark BOX 17

See Colmworth Church for Diamond Jubilee Service

Colmworth Listed Buildings BOX 07

Prigmore’s Golf Course – newspaper articles BOX 07

History 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 Barratt

See also:-article in St. Neots local history magazine re:-Investigating an old house

*5 sets of papers relating to local history research of houses

Colmworth Inhabitants BOX 09

Local artist: Thelma Marks- from Luton News 28/3/1998

Obituary Anne Church died 6/10/2003

Article re: Charles + Edward Allen

Ellison brothers; photograph and letter

Ron Brightman & John Pell; conversations 13/4/2005 cassette

Mary & Ivor Carr; conversations 26/01/03 cassette

Funeral Service (4/3/2010) for Ron Brightman 19/9/24 – 17/2/2010

Patricia Ball, Postmistress – Retirement after 30 years (see Colmworth Chronicle Sept. 2009)

Albert Morris – see article under St. Denys Church

Obituary – Adelaide Allen (Rector’s wife)

Auschwitz - Why it Happened? – Play written and performed by Michael Prior, Programme

Folder with information/interviews with local residents

*Colmworth: Maps

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

Map showing Colmworth Church 1624

Map of Colmworth and area 1765

Map of Colmworth and area 1826

Map of Colmworth showing land ownership date?

Map of Colmworth-detailed 1856

2maps of Lordship Farm 1763

Map of Colmworth –date?

Map of Colmworth showing fields 1763

Map 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 bypass

Map of Bedfordshire with Colmworth

O.S. Sheet 52 ; proposed new boundary Little Staughton

O.S. Map Colmworth / Thurleigh 1959

Colmworth, detailed map

Map 1964 ; footpaths / bridleways (see also Colmworth footpaths)

O.S. Survey map 1960

Colmworth award map

Colmworth old field names (1) + (2)

Colmworth before enclosure pre-1838

Channels End ; sale map 1892

Maps 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 09

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

CD - Photographs of Colmworth

Floppy – Interview form

Newsletters 2003,2004,2005.

Quiz sheet: Colmworth local history trail 7/6/2003(2 copies)

Programme 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014

Medieval supper 2004

Leaflet 2010

*4 photographs taken at the Medieval supper 2004

Sixth Wife programme + notes and artwork

Introductory leaflets

Resources 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 17/1/2003

e.g. Rushcraft: Felicity Irons see Rushcraft talk given 11/2003

re: visits e.g. The Manor; Hemingford Grey- see Hemingford Grey visit 3/4/2003

e.g. Bedford Auction centre; review –

Russian at Heart, Sonechka’s Story – leaflet 9/10/2013

Shakespeare Ladies Club – 2 posters 20/10/2006

Origins of Arab/Israeli Conflict (notes on talk given at CNHS)BOX 10

Medieval Banquet at St. Denys 25/9/2004

Local History on the Internet – Workshop 12/9/2007 BOX 09

Domesday book: Bedfordshire BOX 10

Conference 17/6/2006: Talk by John Hutchings CD

A music banquet at Chicksands Priory 1/7/2006: Programme

The 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

Talk by Barry Tomlinson ‘Air War over the Western Front WW1 given 18/05/2012 BOX 09

Barbeque 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 photographs

Colmworth School Group photos (boxed) which includes 1919 school photograph

4 A4 size files of named photos

1 Box file of unnamed photos

1 Box file of grouped and dated photos

Note: 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 material

Report by H.M.Inspectors Feb/April 1962, and June 1952

Names of children in Class 2 January 1940

Parent/teacher association records (folder)

Plans of school 1969

Miscellaneous information

Colmworth School; Indenture 8th Jan 1841

! Colmworth school - general

Plan of drainage 1940

Article in Bedfordshire Times & Citizen 16/9/2010

Memories 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 envelope

Public Record Office Kew – Search Information + Elementary and Secondary Schools

Information on other schools, eg Hitchin, Cardington

Information on 1966 Colmworth School, building and layout

Information on old C. School 1884, dimensions

Old School drawings by Hector Colgrave (1930’s)

Old School layout 1904

Martha Topham – schoolteacher at Old School, folder

Log Book and extracts, plus research folder

Green folder on Head Teachers at Old School

Folder 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 27

Sketch of pre-1966 school by Thelma Marks

Colmworth Ventures BOXES 21 & 22

Colmworth Chronicle, photo and distribution plan 1986-1987

Village Hall and Sign- see also Colmworth; General for people/buildings 1977-1995 photos

Colmworth 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 8

Colmworth Village Hall Committee; Chairman’s Report May 2015

NEIGHBOURING TOWNS AND VILLAGES BOX 05

Bedford

C.D. King Offa and Bedford

St. Marys church; Bedford; booklet

Bedford; guided walks 2003;leaflets

Bedford; miscellaneous information, including timetable of trains serving Bedfordshire area 1883?

The Siege of Bedford Castle; Booklet BOX 03

Bedford 50 years ago by Victor Farrar see books in library BOX 10

Booklet – Pageant of Bedford 27/6/1966 – 2/7/1966

Bedford Street Names; folder BOX 05 or BOX 03

Megolithic origins of Bedford; article BOX 05 or BOX 03

Kimbolton Road - Folder

Bedfordshire

Map 1086 (Doomsday) – see photocopy from Bedfordshire Magazine Autumn 1995

Environment 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 1890

Post Office Directory C.D. Bedfordshire 1877

A Walk Around Historic Churches Leaflet

Open Sunday at Bedfordshire Parish Churches 26/6/2011 – Booklet

Bedfordshire Artist – David Green b. 1935 d. 2013 BOX 05

How to make a pilgrimage without leaving home (Article on Walks of John Bunyan in Bedfordshire) BOX 05

TITLEY, 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 charter

History of Bolnhurst by W Stapleton – handwritten

Bolnhurst school logbooks 5 1885-1930 plus 1931-1950

! Chronological table of major events in the life of the school and schoolhouse

! 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- photograph

Bushmead Priory- photographs

The Wheatsheaf two drawings

Bushmead 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 war

Roads – see Inn roads into Eaton Socon – photocopy from Bedfordshire Magazine Autumn 1950

Jarrett, 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 2011

Harlington Heritage Trust Book BOX 11

Hemingford Grey

Map

The Manor; Hemingford Grey (leaflet)

Honeydon

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

Map

Houghton House

Photograph with Bedfordshire Rifle Volunteers 1869

Pack 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 Bedfordshire

Censuses – 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 2007

Village Voice, August 2004, War Memorial

Village 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, Bedfordshire

Gravestones; 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

Little & Great Paxton

St James’ Church, Little Paxton – History and Architecture

Philip Dickinson – Booklet on Great Paxton BOX 05

Holy Trinity, Great Paxton – Plans and Notes

Oakley

Parish church; booklet

Domesday 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 Lists

Sports day 2000: photograph

! Ravensden Baptist church 2004; photo

! Ravensden church 2004; photo

! Brickworkers at Cleat Hill, Ravensden 1905

Tilwick – deserted hamlet. See CNHS Walk, 2009, August.

The Ian Freeman Archive - in 2 Archive boxes (to be sorted)

The Wagstaffe Family of Ravensden 1200-1809

Manor Farm, Wood End + photos

Blue Folder – miscellaneous information

Church information

Footpaths + register of footpaths

Maps, miscellaneous information

Roads and Bridges in Ravensden and other villages

Black book with notes on Ravensden and adjoining villages

Grey folder – Ravensden and adjoining villages

Box of field names

Three 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 photo

List of Field Names BOX 05

Riseley

Riseley Historical Constitution 2000

Roxton

Roxton village; history of a North Bedfordshire village

Roxton Parish Magazine June 1962 incl. Gt. Barford, Wilden and Ravensden BOX 05

St. Neots and Eynesbury

History and library guide

Leaflet – Local History Month 2011

St 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 5

Walks: see Walks - St Neots

Thurleigh

ACT for Enclosing lands 1805 BOX 05

Wilden

Census: 1891, 1901 (available to download from website)

See Walks, North Bedfordshire

Maps: pre 1817 and modern

History of the parish of Wilden by Mike Rider 1995

Lionsfield House – see photocopy from Bedfordshire Magazine Summer 1995

Stained glass at church – see photocopy from Bedfordshire Magazine Autumn 1968

Wyboston

3 photographs of garage

Yelden

See Walks, North Bedfordshire

Yelden past and present

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,and1998

Albion archaeology – annual review 2000- 2001, 2001- 2002

Bedfordshire county archaeological service – annual review 1998- 1999, 1999-2000

A highway to the past(ancient landscapes under the Bedford Southern bypass)

See also Roman history

Bignor Roman villa

Colmworth crop markings/ Roman villa; aerial photographs

Colmworth Archaeological dig 10/1997: artefacts

Items from WW2 found in Colmworth see WW2

Flag Fen – Britain’s Bronze Age Centre (Newsletter, Feb. 2008) BOX 06

Archive presentation and display

Sourcebook 2002/ 2003

Leaflet

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

! 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: leaflets

Houghton Mill: booklet – both in a pack

Public Houses

Gery Arms- Bushmead- public house- photograph- see Bushmead: buildings

Gery Arms – Sale Notice

Sale of Swan public house- 1830- poster- see Colmworth buildings

Brewery, Day & Son St. Neots. Sale Notice 20/11/1919

The Beehive, Colesden – Sale Notice

The Wheatsheaf Inn, Colmworth – Sale Notice

The Jolly Ploughboys, Chawston – Sale Notice

Record Offices

Information from the House of Lords record office

Public record office: London

Roman history

Bignor Roman villa

See also Colmworth crop markings/Roman villa; aerial photographs

Rushcraft

Rushcraft: Felicity Irons: leaflet

Walks – Bedfordshire BOX05

John Bunyan Trail Section 1: leaflet (45 mile walk)

John Bunyan Trail Section 2: leaflet (25 mile walk)

Walks – North Bedfordshire

Hidden Britain leaflets:

1. North Bedfordshire Wolds

2. Ancient Walks Upper Dean to Swineshead

3. John Bunyan Triangle Walk and Donkey Walk, Keysoe

4. Little Staughton

5. Bedford, Brickhill to Thurleigh

6. Bedford, Putnoe to Wilden

7. Yelden to Melchbourne

8. Colmworth

9. Rides in the Wolds; Three Routes for Riders off Road Cyclists and Walkers

10. 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 war

Lectures on Napoleonic prisoners of war

Naval 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 text

FULLER, 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; leaflet

Ministry of Food poster/ rationing

Norman Cross leaflet appeal- leaflet

Bedford W.W.2 airfield trail

Colmworth prisoners of war; research BOX 7

Bedford Record 8/10/1940 – End of a raider and Caring for refugees

See also B.B.C. Your Families War history re: W.W.2. in Periodicals; general

! 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 9

Book – Stephen Risby – Research on Italian POW Labour in Bedfordshire, Sept. 2007

Public Record Office, Kew – Prisoners of War in British Hands 1698-1949

POWs at Ducks Cross Camp – article/photo in Beds Times and Citizen 3/11/11 BOX 6

MALCOLMSON, Patricia and Robert ed.: A Soldier in Bedfordshire 1941-42; the diary of Private Denis Argent, Royal Engineers; pub.2009 (book) BOX 9

Gazette of 3rd, 4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) Nov.1945

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