Handwritten copy of poem “Kings Cross Station” by G. K. Chesterton.
P-GKC/R/015
Date: 1972-2000
Typewritten copy of poems “For a War Memorial” and “Elegy in a Country Churchyard”.
P-GKC/R/016
Date: 1970-2000
Typewritten copy of poems entitled “Girl Guides” and “Triolet”.
P-GKC/R/017
Date: 1970-2000
Photocopy of five poems written by G. K. Chesterton all entitled “Old King Cole” written in the style of other poets, re-printed in “The New Witness”.
P-GKC/R/018
Date: 10/12/1920
Handwritten notes ‘On Fairy Tales (from juvenile period)’
P-GKC/R/019
Date: 1970-2000
Copy of an article on the meaning of Armistice Day taken from the Beaconsfield Parish Magazine – December 1921
P-GKC/R/020
Date: 01/12/1921
Large black and white photo of Overroads where Chesterton lived before moving to Top Meadow in 1922. He lived there from 1909 – 1922. It was built in 1908.
P-GKC/R/021
Date: 01/07/1905
Black and white copy photograph titled “GK Chesterton Age about 15 or 16”. Further annotated “Chesterton did not learn to read until he was nine. By the age of 16 he had read all Shakespeare and most of Dickens”
P-GKC/R/022
Date: 1960-2000
Tinted copy photograph of “Top Meadow” Grove Road home to the Chesterton’s between 1922-1936
P-GKC/R/023
Date: 1936-2000
Chesterton with small child who is handing him a dandelion.
P-GKC/R/024
Date: 1900-1950
Copy black and white photograph titled “Gilbert and Frances outside the studio at Top Meadow 1912-“. Frances holding a black dog.
P-GKC/R/025
Date: 1930-2000
Copy black and white photograph titled “Gilbert and Frances Chesterton, 1922”
P-GKC/R/026
Date: 1930-2000
Copy black and white cuttings titled ‘The “Father Brown” stories’. Five cuttings stuck to card with further annotations “The late Kenneth More . . . The first “Father Brown” short story appeared in 1911″ and “Chesterton’s last public appearance – May 1936 at a garden fete at Bon Secours Nursing Home”
P-GKC/R/027
Date: 1936-2000
Shows Chesterton surrounded by books and papers.
P-GKC/R/028
Date: 1974
Copy black and white photograph titled “The Man behind the Mike” further annotated “Chesterton was a born broadcaster and his weekly talks on the BBC were immensely popular”.
P-GKC/R/029
Date: 1930-2000
Three copy black and white photographs stuck on one sheet and titled “Ye Olde English Fayre” – 26 June 1918 GK Chesterton as Doctor Johnson. Top photo “GKC in old coach”; centre photo “GKC seated in front row – (Frances, his wife, behind him”); bottom photograph L: “James Boswell” R: GKC as Dr Johnson”
P-GKC/R/030
Date: 1930-2000
Copy black and white photograph of GK Chesterton and colour photograph stuck on one sheet “Conversation Piece”. Further annotated ” This painting ‘Conversation Piece’ by James Gunn was the Picture of the Year at the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition in 1932. L: GK Chesterton; centre: Maurice Baring, novelist; R: Hilaire Belloc, poet and ...
P-GKC/R/031
Date: 1930-2000
Copy black and white photograph of GK Chesterton’s autobiography. Further annotated “Chesterton’s Autobiography was published posthumously”
P-GKC/R/032
Date: 1936-2000
Photocopy of Newspaper photograph of G K Chesterton sitting on a chair in ‘Top Meadow’ Grove Road. Top Meadow was built between 1912-1930 and has a blue plaque over the door stating that Chesterton lived there.
P-GKC/R/033
Date: 1930-1936
Article regarding the life of G K Chesterton including his time at Top Meadow. Includes black and white photograph.
P-GKC/A/001
Date: 2007
The article concerns the blue plaque on the home of G K Chesterton.
P-GKC/A/002
Date: 1980-1990
The article is a serialisation of a chapter on the life of G K Chesterton from a book on great Beaconsfield writers.
P-GKC/A/003
Date: 1997
Magazine cutting featuring a colour caricature of G K Chesterton by Batt.
P-GKC/A/004
Date: 1973