A book giving information for teachers planning a visit to Wycombe Museum. 13 sides
P-HC/B/028
Date: 1994
“Compiled by the Beaconsfield and District Historical Society – Edited by A. W. Taylor C.B.” “Beaconsfield and District Historical Society Publication No. 4”
P-HC/B/031
Date: c1990
Sheet of A4 paper with an article pasted on either side. Article about fishing on the River Wye; Article about the history of the use of the River Wye.
P-HC/NC/031
Date: 1970-2000
Typed notes entitled ‘Holtspur – A brief History’.
P-HC/N/014
Date: 2000
The notes sub-divides the proposed book into a number of chapters with a brief outline in each chapter.
P-HC/N/017
Date: [1970-1990]
Article part of a book by members of the Beaconsfield and District Historical Society. pg3 – 55. some are duplicate copies (40 pages) Articles including black and white photographs. From very early ages, Roman times until mid 1900. Reasons for the settlement included general houses and development through the times.
P-HC/A/062
Date: [2000]
Article details various areas of Buckinghamshire of importance to the Kings and Queens of their times from 43AD to 1845
P-HC/A/073
Date: [1970]
Single sheet photocopied page 146. Discusses the roman road that is believed to wind its way through Beaconsfield but is unseen as underground.
P-HC/A/183
Date: [1970]
Collection of maps and documents on the Grant of the fair that have been laminated for a presentation to a Brownies pack in Beaconsfield.
O-BDHS/R/016
Date: 2022
Mention of a pottery run by a mother and daughter, next to the White Hart on Aylesbury End in a listed 16th century building with a showroom at the front and pottery behind. The pottery pieces created are made using the Hagman technique. Article details the type of jewellery made.
P-HC/A/131
Date: [1970]
The guide gives a detailed account of the history of the church, the different sections of the church along with hand drawn illustrations.
P-HC/B/040
Date: [1980-2000]
Well written typewritten article about the development of local churches. Local meetings date from 597AD at the local dignitarys house. Ministry priests moved between villages but soon burials, weddings and christenings became so numerous one priest could not manage everyone so the Lord of the Manor appointed village priests who would build the village churches. ...
P-HC/A/162
Date: 1968
Copy of an article entitled Sarsen Stones in and around Amersham’.
P-HC/R/079
Date: [1990-2010]
The notes cover the period from the Roman invasion through to the 1990s.
P-HC/R/024
Date: 2000
General history of Beaconsfield mentioning the big houses, parish church and name.
P-HC/A/064
Date: 1996-1997
Beaconsfield in 1860 was an area of 4541acres and had 1662 inhabitants. Suggestion is that it was named after a Beacon. Detail is provided of the market, large houses and ownership,
P-HC/A/065
Date: 1860
The article refers to excavations in the grounds of the Prebendal Aylesbury and the discovery of 5 human bodies. The article includes a series of photographs.
P-HC/R/084
Date: [1990-2010]
An extensive history of Beaconsfield and its environs with many coloured maps
G-Bucks/B/035
Date: [1980]
2 page article by Professor Wall Part 1 The Icknield Way. Cymbeline and the Kimbles. A military man faults a bishops Greek. A 19th century fete. Article on reverse details the saving and restoration of Pann Mill near the Rye, High Wycombe.
P-HC/A/123
Date: [1980-2000]
Interview between reporter Sue Benwell and Julia Carey a countryside officer from Buckinghamshire County Council about Whiteleaf Local Nature Reserve Restoration Project an 11acre site near Monks Risborough. The aim is to define and restore the famous hill Whiteleaf Cross. Its age is unknown but it was dug two feet into the chalk. Surrounding areas ...
P-HC/A/124
Date: [1980]
The CDs are in Publisher Format copied in November 2014. (copy )
O-BDHS/E/001
Date: 2014
A CD containing a copy of photographs in JPG format used in the book entitled ‘The History of Beaconsfield’.
O-BDHS/E/002
Date: 2015
This booklet is a combination of photocopied material of articles, maps, diagrams and photographs relating to the Romano-British Estate at Mantles Green Amersham.
P-PB/B/041
Date: [1990-2010]
The history of brickmaking in Bucks and describes the processes involved.
P-HC/A/109
Date: 1967