Burkes Exhibition Boards – Mr W-A Miailhe de Burgh correspondence also Burke family coats of arms – No 5. -1 letter to Mrs Scott-Taggart from W-A Miailhe de Burgh (Mallorca); -2 photocopy of letter to Rev. Wynburne from W-A Miailhe de Burgh; -3 photocopy of an article entitled “Burke” from Irish Family Histories (3 copies); ...
P-EBu/N/010
Date: [1997]
Burkes Exhibition boards from Beaconsfield Historical Society Archives – Gregories Farm No2 -1 photocopy of pen and ink drawing of Gregories Farm; -2 Photocopy of pen and ink drawing of Gregories Farm from South West, including pond in foreground; -3 photocopy of photograph of Gregories Estate buildings; -4 newspaper cutting entitled ‘House has ...
P-EBu/N/019
Date: [1997]
Series of magazine and typescript articles relating to Edmund Waller and the Waller family.
P-EW/A
Date: 1950-2015
Magazine article of the history of Morris dancing over the years with black and white photographs, one showing Morris dancers in Beaconsfield
E-MM/A/001
Date: 1971
Booklet published by Beaconsfield& District Historical Society giving details of walk around the old town and some history of Beaconsfield
E-W/B/002
Date: 1960-2000
Collection of articles, letters, research notes etc. extracted from various sources and passed to the Beaconsfield and District Historical Society relating to Thomas Frederick Lane
P-TFL
Date: 1900-1930
Collection of articles, letters, research notes etc, extracted from various sources and passed to the Beaconsfield and District Historical Society relating to The Saracens Head later called the Royal Saracens Head.
I023
Date: 1884-2011
Collection of articles, letters and research notes etc. relating to Lude Farm
F023
Date: 1990-2000
Collection of articles, letters and research notes etc. relating to Arthur Taylor
P-ATay
Date: 1922-2000
Collection of articles, letters, research notes etc extracted from various sources and passed to the Beaconsfield and District Historical Society relating to Benjamin Disraeli
P-Dis
Date: 1881-2000
Collection of articles, photographs, letters and research notes etc. relating to Leslie Horrocks.
P-LH
Date: 1900-2001
Collection of articles, letters and research notes etc, relating to Edmund Burke extracted from various sources and passed to the Beaconsfield and District Historical Society.
P-EBu
Date: 1703-2015
Collection of articles, notes, and cuttings etc. relating to Edmund Waller and the Waller family.
P-EW
Date: 1740-2015
Photograph of The Royal Saracens Head taken from the roundabout. The article refers to the early history of the inn, including reference to Richard the Lionheart in 1194 and the origin of the name Ye Royal Saracens Hedde.
I023/R/006
Date: [1980-2000]
Booklet includes details of the pub history and description of current pub in 1975. The sketch was drawn by Geoffrey Battison.
I030/B/002
Date: [1964-1975]
Article about the origin of the inn sign of The Saracens Head, consisting of a letter from N Byron mentioning Joan Bamfords article and ‘Historic Chiltern Inns by Vera Burden.
I023/A/001
Date: [1980-2000]
Handwritten note about The Saracens Head stating Richard The Lionheart called at Beaconsfield in 1194 and gave permission for the inn to be called ‘Ye Royal Saracens Hedde’. Also Charles I stayed here and Edward VII with Lilly Langtree
I023/N/001
Date: [1980-2000]
Article and photograph concerning The Royal Saracens Head’s Tudor facia, fitted between 1884 and 1890. Also reference to other buildings in Windsor End
I023/NC/003
Date: 1993
Newspaper article and photographs about the public houses visited by the competitors taking part in the Beaconsfield Stretcher Race, with a short history of the pubs involved
E-SR/NC/012
Date: 1998
Collection of articles, letters and research notes etc. relating to Walks
E-W
Date: 1968-2002
A draft for the forward for the Souvenir Programme which includes extracts from a book on the History of Beaconsfield. It has a section on the Fair.
E-CF/A/003
Date: 1969
Subtitled “A pocket guide to charter fairs and their origins, with county lists and fair calendar” published by Shire Publications. Priced three shillings and sixpence. Includes charter, pie powder courts, Specialised fairs, the four great fairs of England inter alia. Beaconsfield charter fair referenced in Gazetteer.
E-CF/B/002
Date: c1967
Preface notes include Beaconsfield in ‘Roman Times, the Early Middle Ages, and the Fair”
E-CF/N/002
Date: c1969
Short history of Beaconsfield, including Great Estates, different periods of history
E-W/N/002
Date: 2001