This chapter entitled ‘Burke’s Memorial’ includes extracts from a book of cuttings about the memorial to Edmund Burke erected in the Beaconsfield Parish Church in 1898.
P-D/A/001
Date: 1990
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
Descriptions of insurance for Henry Turrell carpenter, Mary Watson, Stephen Woodbridge, Barber and Perukemaker
P-D/N/011
Date: c1980
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
Covers: Extract from the Guardian newspaper of June 2nd, 1875 in ‘Table Talk’ of an anecdote on Joshua Reynolds famous picture, ‘The ‘Infant Hercules’ and his connections to Beaconsfield and Lord Northwick Rolfe; ‘Household Hints (1895)’ on A Simple Way to Economise Fuel; notes from the Rector’s letter (C Humphrey Cholmeley), December 21st, 1894 ...
P-D/N/025
Date: 1875
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
Notes on Market House; gives a brief description of the architecture of the building and brief description of it and surrounding shops.
P-D/N/033
Date: c1990
Kathleen remembers life in Beaconsfield, including the history of cricket, plays, musical evenings a drag hunt in the town.
P-D/NC/001
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