The Old Church School built in 1872 fell into disrepair after 100 years as a school. The buildings were rescued in 1976 by Patrick Reyntiens an internationally renowned stained glass expert. The glass expert wanted a large studio to set up classes and a school. Repair was needed to the roof and the building needed ...
P-HC/A/023
Date: 1977
The market charter was granted by King Richard 111 ‘s brother in 1255. These markets were held in churchyards until this was banned in 1285 as the ground was consecrated. Market rules were strict. Many vendors walked or pack animals bought them. Town sergeants checked the rules. The market continued until 100 years ago when ...
P-HC/A/022
Date: 1982
Details are given of the points of interest in the New Town. Parades of shops on either side of the railway bridge. Bekonscot. The Catholic Church built in 1914. The Earl of Beaconsfield pub with the catholic church as an annex. Both Church and pub well known to G K Chesterton. Pictures of WH Smith ...
P-HC/A/021
Date: 1982
Article about Bekonscot, Its start by Roland Callingham opening in 1929 (completed in 1934)- 1979 Golden Jubilee. Proceeds go to charity £300,000 raised by 1979. More popular than Waddesdon Manor the most visited National Trust property in Bucks. Visited by the 8year old Queen Elizabeth with her mother in April 1934. Close association with the ...
P-HC/A/020
Date: 1979
Differences noted between the Old and New Town. With photographs by Raymond Lea. The Old Town has a mix of Georgian and Victorian buildings. A small stuck insert details the Boundary Stone article.
P-HC/A/019
Date: [1960]
Note in an article on Angela Thirkell a well known authoress detailing English country life. She visited before the 2nd world war and moved here when war broke out. Known as the grande dame sans merci of the London literary world according to Margot Strickland who wrote her biography. She was Rudyard Kiplings and Stanley ...
P-HC/A/018
Date: 1960-1990
Poem by Kathleen Day about the closure of Hedgerley Lane due to the M40 motorway
P-HC/A/017
Date: 1970-1980
Stone cross noted in St Mary and All Saints Beaconsfield. A memorial was created in 1925 in memory of all those buried in mass graves due to mass epidemics. A link was found between cholera and overcrowding. So churchyards were closed, beaconsfield in 1899.
P-HC/A/016
Date: 1975
A picture of the disused school at Beaconsfield to be occupied by Patrick Reyntiens as a stained glass school
P-HC/A/015
Date: 1980
Picture and short notes on The Yew Tree Pub on the Beaconsfield Road just north of Farnham Royal
P-HC/A/014
Date: [1980]
Finding Out about Beaconsfield The name of a new booklet by Beaconsfield Historical Society. Written by Tim McKay and pen and ink by John Broadbent. A walk around the town piinting out places of interest.
P-HC/A/013
Date: 1978
The Fowlers of Beaconsfield. The Fowlers some buried in St Marys Church. Note is mentioned of the writers grandfather Joseph Ford Fowler a master watch maker who owned a jewellers shop in Beaconsfield. He was the only man who Disraeli would let touch his clocks.
P-HC/A/012
Date: [1975]