Collection of articles, letters and research notes etc. relating to Wiggenton Farm
F020
Date: 1800-1999
Research notes of Celtic name derived from WIG-EYN-TON; meaning the farm of the woods of the uncultivated land permanent pasture. Also includes ad copy of a map of Wiggenton Farm and a copy of a photograph of workers at the farm
F020/N/005
Date: 1950-1990
1 article Curzon Avenue, Ledborough Lane, Warwick Road, The Railway Hotel and Roundabout. Also mentions Trade Tokens.
P-TFL/R/046
Date: 1929
Incomplete notes covering the origins of Beaconsfield Old Town, starting with the Saxon tribes.
P-D/N/013
Date: 26-Feb-80
Describes origins of Beaconsfield in Saxon times and at the time of the Domesday Book, reasons for growth, such as markets and fairs, with population and housing numbers in 1811 Mention of the estates of Hall Barn, Wilton Park and Butlers Court, and adjoining farmlands. Population ‘explosion’ caused by arrival of railway in 1906, and ...
P-D/N/017
Date: 01/03/1972
Notes on Stone Age Man in Beaconsfield: Discovery of hand-axe just north of Knotty Green. Notes on history of the site of the Lloyds Bank building in the old town, the Reading Room, Wycombe End Cottages, Factory Yard, the Old Meeting House, and the Malthouse
P-D/N/028
Date: 1923
Three fragile newspaper pieces regarding the election of Mr George A Charsley as Beaconsfield Coroner. Details of the history of the post of Coroner, and the association of the “Coronership” with the Charsley family – his grandfather had been Coroner in 1821 and his father in 1855. His deputy was to be his ...
P-D/NC/019
Date: 1882
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 and research notes etc. relating to Arthur Taylor
P-ATay
Date: 1922-2000
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 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
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
Article about the custom of walking the parish boundaries, its history and the fact that it is being revived at Beaconsfield. Includes photographs
E-W/A/001
Date: 1968
Leaflet about wood pastures at Burnham Beeches. (corporation of London)Articles on pollarding, history and present management. Contact details
B-BB/B/002
Date: 1984
Article about the encroachment of the M40. Good detailed history of Bulstrode Park
B-Bu/A/005
Date: 1968
Notes on the underground watercourse and springs f Beaconsfield
B-CLP/D/001
Date: c1985
Collection of articles, letters, research notes etc extracted from various sources and passed to the Beaconsfield and District Historical Society relating to Burnham Beeches
B-BB
Date: 1920-2010
The booklet is an interim report with photographs, maps and diagrams illustrating the archaeological finds along part of the route of the M40
B-M40/B/002
Date: 1973
Draft article charts the history of icehouses from 2000BCE to their demise in the 1920s. The lost icehouse is in Walkwood Beaconsfield.
B-IH/A/003
Date: c2000
Article charts the history of icehouses from 2000BC to their demise in the 1920’s. The lost icehouse is mentioned in Walkwood. There are 2 photographs.
B-IH/R/003
Date: 2003
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 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