Village celebrates its own Saints day. Contains details of the legend of St Giles and refers to Chalfont St Giles Festival 1991.
G-Ch/NC/002
Date: 07/08/1991
Collection of articles, letters, research notes etc extracted from various sources and passed to the Beaconsfield and District Historical Society relating to Cookham
G-Ck
Date: 1900-2004
Map titled ‘Cookham – Medieval Features’ – site of 1977 excavation
G-Ck/MP/001
Date: 1970-2000
History and old photographs of area around Coleshill Buckinghamshire Including location map, illustrations of Aylesbury Union Workhouse, Aylesbury Cemetery, Hartwell House, St Mary’s Church Aylesbury, Stock Place [Waller’s birthplace], Bowers Farm, Rushmede House, Fleur de Lys Inn
G-Co/A/001
Date: 1973
Article giving the history of Coleshill, once a part of Hertfordshire formerly known as the Dacorum Hundred after the Danish Lord of Tring. Includes photographs.
G-Co/A/002
Date: 1995
A Short History of Coleshill by John Chenevix-Trench,. Corrected copy in 1988.
G-Co/N/001
Date: 1977
History of Coleshill – examples of local people, places and events
G-Co/N/002
Date: 1977
Cutting about the village of Coleshill. Includes photo of villages clearing snow in 1930s, photo of William Crane, Cobbler and Fact File of the village.
G-Co/NC/006
Date: 1994
History of Coles hill which is part of Burnham hundred
G-Co/R/001
Date: 1925
Notes detailing land ownership as it appeared in the Doomsday Book (Hundred of Burnham) and subsequent land transfers, gifts, exchanges and releases.
G-F/B/004
Date: 1960-1980
Photocopied handwritten notes describing the possible derivation of farm names from their Celtic origins
G-F/B/006
Date: 1960-1980
Photocopied pages from a book entitled ‘Buckinghamshire Place Names’. A list of possible derivations of place names in Buckinghamshire, including the names of farms
G-F/B/009
Date: 1960-1980
Article and photograph of Group Capt. Jack Ward standing on the old Roman Road at Wooburn Green Lane.
G-Ho/NC/004
Date: 1989
Extract from a book about Buckinghamshire place names, including Holtspur, Lillyfee Farm and Lude Farm
G-Ho/R/005
Date: [1960-1969]
Collection of articles, letters, research notes etc, extracted from various sources and passed to the Beaconsfield and District Historical Society relating to Gerrards Cross
G-GC
Date: 1979-2006
Article of discovering Buckinghamshire’s Ancient Hill Sites. Includes reference to Bulstrode Camp the largest in Bucks, covering 22 acres and lists others in Bucks.
G-GC/A/002
Date: c1990-2000
Newspaper cutting describing the discovery of pottery by Katharine Barb in Gerrards Cross
G-GC/NC/001
Date: 1979
Newspaper cutting regarding the discovery of Roman kiln in a Gerrards Cross garden
G-GC/NC/002
Date: 01/04/1998
List of holders of Lord of Manor of Hedgerley
G-He/N/006
Date: 1900-2000
24page book about High Wycombe which includes a short history and description of the town. Illustrated with line drawings.
G-HW/B/010
Date: 1970
Photocopy of Plan of The Ancient Town of Wycombe and its Precincts shows boundaries of Ancient Domesne and the Borough
G-HW/MP/001
Date: 1000-1500
Photocopy of Ground plan of Roman villa in Great Penns Mead, Wycombe.
G-HW/MP/003
Date: 1000-1500
Newspaper article on Pan Mill and its renovation and an open day for National Mills Day
G-HW/NC/008
Date: 1990-2000
Script from a talk given about the History of London Taverns
G-I/B/002
Date: [1950-1970]