An appeal to finance the restoration of the Old Rectory. Includes photographs, details of features, plans of the building and estimates of costs for the renovation.
B-OR/B/001
Date: [1972]
Typed notes by Frost,B.C. [survey] on the condition of The Old Rectory on behalf of The Parochial Church Council. Details of work needed to be done and quest for financial support.
B-OR/N/002
Date: [1972]
An article on the underground history of Beaconsfield Old Rectory and photograph of The Reverend Ian Terry. The building stands on the site of a 13th C nunnery, rumoured to be linked to Burnham Abbey by a six mile tunnel. The tunnel is also thought to be a hiding place for persecuted catholic priests.
B-OR/NC/008
Date: 1981
Article regarding Stoke Park in Stoke Poges, its history and details of its development
B-SP/A/002
Date: c2000
Article and photograph of the War Memorial in Beaconsfield Old Town.
B-WM/NC/006
Date: 15/03/1991
Collection of articles, letters, research notes etc extracted from various sources and passed to the Beaconsfield and District Historical Society relating to Candlemas Pond.
B-CLP
Date: 1920-2000
A 52 page booklet containing chapters on St Mary’s first vicar, William de Windsor 1210, parish worship in England 1210 – 2010, and a history of rectors and buildings of St Mary’s church. Back cover lists all vicars and rectors 1210 – 1947.
B-SMAS/B/007
Date: 2010
Article on the church chests found in Buckinghamshire . Front page black and white photograph of Beaconsfield chest. Details on last paragraph of iron framed chest from about the seventeenth century with panelling and paintings with small scenes and landscapes
B-SMAS/A/004
Date: 1950-2000
List of rectors from 1210 and history of the buildings renovated and added to in 1869. Photographs of tombs noted. Ghost story about previous vicars wife accused of adultery and ‘slippered’ to death. Mixture of photocopies about different churches as well as St Marys including sketches and a letter to Mr Taylor ...
B-SMAS/A/021
Date: 1987
A History and Guide to St Mary and All Saints Church Beaconsfield with several photos and advertisements
B-SMAS/B/002
Date: 1979
Order of Service for a Choral Evensong celebrating 800 years of Christian Ministry in Beaconsfield by the Preacher The Right Revd John Pritchard, Bishop of Oxford. First vicar of Beaconsfield was William de Windsor in 1210. The service of Evensong originated from Latin services of Vespers and Compline sung prior to the Reformation. ...
B-SMAS/B/006
Date: 2010
A magazine containing a variety of articles, short stories, Offertory Accounts and church related topics. There is a short article on the history of the parish (1265).
B-SMAS/B/020
Date: 1875
The Friends of St Mary and All Saints Church Development Fund leaflet
B-SMAS/D/001
Date: 2000
Words such as Piscante, Stoups, Squints or Hagioscopes, Aumbries and Easter Sepulchres and Hatchments
B-SMAS/D/006
Date: 1950-2000
Margaret Bells written advice to Bernard Frost advising where to find information on the church for a guide to St Marys Church.
B-SMAS/L/005
Date: 1987
Newspaper article with photographs on St Mary’s and All Saints Church. Many photographs from 1869, 1897,1802and 1987. The New development fund launches Friends of St Mary and All Saints. Church was an outpost of Burnham Abbey. Patrons were Magdalen College Oxford from 1705 until 1982. John Waller bequeathed money for ...
B-SMAS/NC/016
Date: 06/03/2002
Newspaper article with picture looking at the origins of St Marys Church. 1210 is the earliest recorded vicar called ‘William’. Big renovations took place about 1470. Then in 1869 work took place extending the church eastwards adding a new chancel. Soon after re-dedication and completion of the renovated church, pinnacles were added ...
B-SMAS/NC/034
Date: 1981
Black and white photograph of detail of 14th century arch in St Mary’s Church, revealed during organ installation
B-SMAS/Ph/117
Date: c1950
A legal debate after 1203 about who should be the next vicar of St Marys and All Saints Church. Legal notes were written in Latin and then later translated into English. Proposed new vicar of Beaconsfield mentioned and land rents payable confirmed.
B-SMAS/R/017
Date: 2010
Court Record which established Windsor, W as Vicar of the Church. Controversy occurred between Ralf de Haudeng, Vicar of Burnham and Hugh de Windsor and whose son should be the next vicar of Beaconsfield. William de Windsor Hugh’s son was presented but there is no definite date when he was ...
B-SMAS/R/020
Date: 2010
A History and Guide to St Mary and All Saints Church Beaconsfield with several photos and advertisements
B-SMAS/X/002
Date: 1979
A booklet containing chapters on St Mary’s first vicar, William de Windsor 1210, parish worship in England 1210 – 2010, and a history of rectors and buildings of St Mary’s church. Back cover lists all vicars and rectors 1210 – 1947.
B-SMAS/X/007
Date: 2010
A booklet about St Mary church; includes background of the church, plan, the Parish, life outside the church and living in the Church; with illustrations of the Church Booklet by Canon Arthur A Jones Illustrations by Jim Godfrey
B-SMAS/X/020
Date: 2010