Collection of articles, letters and research notes etc. relating to Home Farm
F021
Date: 1880-2000
Old photographed copy of Map showing Land owned by Edmund Waller
F021/MP/002
Date: 1950-2000
Notes written by Lady Burnham for Heritage Day September 1994; attached notes on the derivation of name from HEOL BAN FFERM, “the farm at the summit of the road” referring to the old Roman Road from Silchester to St Albans and list owners of Hall Barn Estate. Copy of OS map showing entrance drive ...
F021/N/001
Date: 1994
Notes titled “Hall Barn – Past, Present and Future (2) written by Anne Burnham
F021/N/002
Date: 1970-1980
Typewritten notes together with image of Hall Barn from a drawing by William Fenton ARCA. Includes reference to John Aislabie Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1717-1721 implicated in the South Sea Bubble, who acquired the estate by marriage to the widow of Stephen Waller
F021/N/003
Date: 1980-2000
Guide book outlining the history of the manor with photographs, detailed room descriptions, and information on exhibits.
P-Dis/B/001
Date: 1976
Collection of articles, letters, research notes etc extracted from various sources and passed to the Beaconsfield and District Historical Society relating to the Day family or given to the archive by members of the Day family.
P-D
Date: 1880-2001
Pamphlet of printed from “Records of Bucks” Vol xx, part 4, 1978 covering the role of communities in Buckinghamshire during World War 1, also an partial article on Windmills
P-D/B/001
Date: 1978
Brief history of St Mary’s church , details of The Friends of St Mary’s, and of the Development Fund.
P-D/B/002
Date: 2000
Official programme with details of flower displays in St Mary and All Saints Church, in aid of the Belfry Appeal; back page has information on the tower and bells.
P-D/B/004
Date: 1977
Booklet covering historical aspects of the whole of Buckinghamshire
P-D/B/005
Date: c1960
Personal recollections of Old Beaconsfield by Kathleen Day. Gives a personal history of Old Beaconsfield, including shops, literary figures, transport and more.
P-D/B/008
Date: 1990
Contains a series of handwritten essays on historical events in Beaconsfield and People; for instance Edmund Burke. Also a recipe for ‘A Good Chutney’
P-D/B/014
Date: c1870
Names of 71 exhibitors for the Festival of Flowers; part of Beaconsfield’s 700th Fair and Festival 1269-1969
P-D/D/002
Date: 1969
Letters requesting information about the genealogy of Thomas, Michael, John Edgerley and Rebecca Halowell. One dated November 1980 and one February 1981.
P-D/L/002
Date: 1980-1981
Catalogue Twenty of books on social history from Life of England 1550-1950 with pictures of tools
P-TF/B/001
Date: [1995-2000]
The January article includes references to the Church Bells account and John Handon.
P-TFL/R/001
Date: 1922
Three monthly articles on the history of manorial rights and customs with particular detailed references to Beaconsfield and Thomas Lane is mentioned.
P-TFL/R/017
Date: 1924
1 article on Advowson and the custom of tithing of the parish church.
P-TFL/R/024
Date: 1926