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
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
General interest article concerning the alleged Discovery of Noah’s Ark. Detailed account of visit of Bucks Archaeological Society to Beaconsfield where they inspected the church, Burke’s tomb, Wallers tomb, derivation of the name of Beaconsfield (a clearing in beech woods). The society then had lunch at Wilton Park courtesy of Mr Du Pre. ...
P-D/NC/014
Date: 1883
Continuation of account of wedding of Mr Harry Webster Lawson to Miss Olive de Bathe including guests, details of dress and honeymoon in South of France. Letter to editor of Bucks Free Press dated January 16th 1884 regarding Gray and his connection to Stoke Poges. Article regarding Beaconsfield church bells dated 12/10/83 concerning ...
P-D/NC/018
Date: 1884
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
