Page 38 of an article with diagrams of rail systems at the stations. 5 sheets in total with diagrams of individual stations enlarged and printed separately. Railway station on line between Marylebone and High Wycombe.
P-HC/A/174
Date: 1912
A history of Lacey Green windmill. Built in 1650 in Chesham and moved to Lacey Green in 1821. Known as a smock mill as it was squarish. Ground wheat for flour. Then flour was imported from America around 1914-1915 and the mill was last used in 1914. Used occasionally during the second world war. Article then ...
P-HC/A/173
Date: 2005
The article details in 1086 the Pann Mill a watermill creating paper and was held by Robert D’Oilly in the Desborough Hundreds. On the Rye on common grazing land was found ‘Pannmyle’ in 1235 owned by the Knights Hospitallers. The article details the mill history until its demolition in the 1970’s.
P-HC/A/172
Date: c1975
Journey along the river Wye looking for general mills-corn,cloth and paper. Includes hand drawn map. Paper making changed and the mills went into disrepair. Glory Mill was a paper mill from 1612 to 1999.
P-HC/A/171
Date: 2006
6 separate articles with photographs of the Mill in London End. Windmill built 1811 lost its vanes in the late 1800’s. Now to be demolished. Letters object to the mill being demolished.
P-HC/A/170
Date: c1968
The first mention of a mill probably at Beaconsfield is via a lawsuit in 1311. It is believed to have been built by Robert II de Burnham in the 13th century.
P-HC/A/169
Date: [2000]
Article and map showing the 37 mills – Paper, Corn and Saw mills along the Wye Valley from West Wycombe Lake to Bourne End on the Thames. Most are paper mills. On the reverse is an article about the mill at Bourne End in 1796. The two Lower Mills made paper and the other board ...
P-HC/A/168
Date: [1960]
Article with multiple photographs. The earliest chest is believed to be at Cublington in the late 12th century. Chests were recorded from 1538 but all churches had them by 1603 to hold records, vestments, and sacred vessels. Some old chests were decorated with ornate ironwork, other chests were engraved with the names of the churchwardens. ...
P-HC/A/167
Date: [1967]
The Bells of Buckinghamshire article details the role of the tower to hold the bells. Earliest church bells are believed to be at Lee church where the bells date from 1290. Many bells are mentioned at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries when bells were moved to local churches. Little Missenden’s five bells ...
P-HC/A/166
Date: [1967]
2 articles (4 pages in total) about Church Fonts between Saxon times to thirteenth century and thirteenth century onwards. Photographs included. Detailed article about the designs, and ornate covers of church fonts. Early fonts were large as infant baptism was total immersion.
P-HC/A/165
Date: [1966]
Article plus 8 photographs details churches in Buckinghamshire and what they are made from. Oxford Stone was difficult to move as heavy to transport so flint was used a lot. The churches in Buckinghamshire are architecturally interesting. Penn Church has a lot of flint. Little Missenden Church was developed little by little unlike Wycombe Church ...
P-HC/A/164
Date: [1966]
Part of a speech by Maurice Bond Clerk of the Records at Buckingham Palace. Page3. Works on the castle starting in 1963 revealed wall paintings, beams and a fireplace. In1296 the castle building was burnt down and left derelict for years. The article describes the findings in 1963 at Windsor castle.
P-HC/A/163
Date: [1963]