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
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
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
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