2 articles Wycombe End, Aylesbury End and Mill Lane Cottage. Also mentioned are Gregories and Edmund Burke.
P-TFL/R/041
Date: 1928
1 article Curzon Avenue, Ledborough Lane, Warwick Road, The Railway Hotel and Roundabout. Also mentions Trade Tokens.
P-TFL/R/046
Date: 1929
2 articles on Candlemas derivation, Candlemas Mead and Candlemas Pond.
P-TFL/R/049
Date: 1929
6 articles on Restoration Memories, Waller Monument and Charity Panels.
P-TFL/R/052
Date: 1930
Recollections by Thomas Lane, regarding the removal of panels in Beaconsfield. From Beaconsfield Parish Magazine April-June 1930.
P-TFL/R/054
Date: 1930
Booklet titled A Beaconsfield Sketchbook by Trevor Crompton FCSD consisting black and white sketches and historical narrative of Beaconsfield. 2 copies
P-TrCr/B/001
Date: 2005
Collection of articles, letters and research notes etc. relating to the Wharton family.
P-Wha
Date: 1881-1883
A bible donated by Philip Lord Wharton under to terms of his will in 1694. He who died in 1694 aged 83. This bible was owned by Mary Ann Harding in1882. The cover is embossed “By the will of Philip Lord Wharton, 1881”
P-Wha/B/001
Date: 1881
4 copies of a typed article relating to the Wharton family, who owned Wooburn House, the location of their estates and connection with St Mary’s Church Beaconsfield. This typed sheet was originally inside a bible which was distributed under terms of his will in 1694, The article also states that the new church ...
P-Wha/N/001
Date: 1983
Short description of stage coach services through and lodgings in Beaconsfield, describing services between London and Oxford in 1669, 1816 and 1834. Mentions notorious highwayman Claude Duval, including robbery of £100 from a farmer at the Crown Inn.
P-D/N/003
Date: c1970
Brief history of horse-drawn coaching days and transport in Beaconsfield from 1667 until around the coming of the railway in 1906. Describes some services, mention of Jack Shrimpton, the highwayman, and tale of a horse breaking loose and running through building that was later the Broadway Hotel (now part of the Crazy Bear Hotel). Final ...
P-D/N/004
Date: c1970
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: the toll gate at Broad Lane; Oxford to London coach services and fares in 1664, 1667, 1669 and 1672; mention of Jack Shrimpton, highwayman, hanged in 1713
P-D/N/019
Date: 1990
Notes by Anne Burnham describing the history of Hall Barn lands and buildings through the ages, starting in 1624 with acquisition of the land, and first building in 1675. Describes subsequent additions and alteration under different owners (Edmund Waller, his son Henry, and Sir Gore Ousley)
P-D/N/022
Date: 1970
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
Coach and wagon routes through the ages which pass close to Beaconsfield with times and frequencies including types of load
P-D/N/032
Date: c1970
Article about Kathleen Day’s childhood memories of the Charter fair
P-D/NC/002
Date: 1999
Article on Beaconsfield Old Town with 4 photos of the Fair, Wycombe End, farm workers, plus sketch of Miss Clark of the Toyshop in London End.
P-D/NC/004
Date: 1973
Written long before railway came to Beaconsfield in 1906 description of the ancient buildings of Beaconsfield including detailed description of the rectory; connection with Augustine Burnham Abbey and chronological account of endowment of the manor of Beaconsfield. The rectory was rebuilt in 16th century and occupied until the 19th century by the rector. ...
P-D/NC/008
Date: c1883
Court Leet records from 1645 to 1784 including Edward Bedder,Mayor and Jonathan Randall becoming freeman of the borough and paying fine. William Pitt elected Burgess of Wycombe: Extracts from the parochial records showing how parochial authorities rid themselves of the responsibility of the sick: contains details of monies paid to itinerant sick to leave: ...
P-D/NC/009
Date: c1883
Assorted news cuttings stuck on paper including: Week of Prayer held in non-conformist churches during January; bicycle match between John Keen and G O Wright which covered 10 miles for prize money of £20. Keen winning: detailed report of sudden death of Rev. Samuel James Bowles, rector . Includes account of ...
P-D/NC/010
Date: c1885