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 “Roman Roads at Cookham”
G-Ck/MP/003
Date: 1970-2000
Photocopied handwritten notes describing the possible derivation of farm names from their Celtic origins
G-F/B/006
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
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
Script from a talk given about the History of London Taverns
G-I/B/002
Date: [1950-1970]
An extract from a book/document on the historical geography. It is 4 double sided pages with information on the historical geography of Britain on one side and a map of Britain on the other. Pages 144-149.
P-HC/A/003
Date: c1900
Hand drawn map of Beaconsfield and surroundings showing details of where early visitors and settlers left their mark ; hand coloured with key. A scale of 0-1mile
P-HC/MP/016
Date: 1970
Copy of a map of Beaconsfield and surroundings showing details of where early visitors and settlers left their mark. With bereo additions
P-HC/MP/057
Date: 1970
photocopy of notes on a brief history of Holtspur from Roman times to 1990s
P-HC/R/002
Date: 2000
a photocopy of notes on a brief history of Holtspur from Roman times to 1990’s (some slightly different details to the one above).
P-HC/R/003
Date: c2000
Handwritten notes with typed copy for a lecture by John Broadbent on the evolution of the landscape and the impact on development in the Beaconsfield area.
P-JB/N/061
Date: [1970-1990]
Type-written lecture notes entitled “Looking at Beaconsfield” from pre-historic to modern time.
P-JB/N/068
Date: c1990
Hand drawn annotated map of Beaconsfield and surroundings showing details of where early visitors and settlers left their mark ; includes description of the “Viatores”.
P-HC/MP/015
Date: 1970
Notes of development of south Buckinghamshire from ice age to Saxon times.
O-PRB/N/004
Date: c1966
Article and photographs regarding Beaconsfield, drawn from “Recollections of Old Beaconsfield” by Kathleen Day.
O-PRB/NC/036
Date: 1973
The booklet gives a detailed history of Penn Wood from Iron Age through to 1999.
P-PB/B/005
Date: 1999
The iron was found during the excavation of a Romano/British site at Mantles Green Farm.
P-PB/A/023
Date: 1984
The article refers to areas of archaeological interest investigated in Misbourne valley at Gerrards Cross. Also included are a series of maps of the area.
P-PB/A/024
Date: [1970-2000]
The article is a geophysical survey of Bulstrode and includes diagrams of the camp.
P-PB/R/016
Date: 2003
Copy of an arial view of Lodge Hill, Saunderton from the south.
P-PB/R/129
Date: [1990-2000]
Copy of an arial photograph showing the Bronze Age barrows near Hall Lane, Grange Farm, Saunderton Lee.
P-PB/R/128
Date: [1990-2000]