Electronic reproduction of a photograph of Enid Blyton with Imogen Pollock by John Gay
P-HC/E/002
Date: 2008
Electronic reproduction photograph of Alison Uttley by Madam Yevonde
P-HC/E/001
Date: 2008
Various versions of the name Beaconsfield are noted and also farms, and local places.
P-HC/A/066
Date: [2000]
Beaconsfield in 1860 was an area of 4541acres and had 1662 inhabitants. Suggestion is that it was named after a Beacon. Detail is provided of the market, large houses and ownership,
P-HC/A/065
Date: 1860
General history of Beaconsfield mentioning the big houses, parish church and name.
P-HC/A/064
Date: 1996-1997
Parish Magazine article with photographs. Article details the three cottages on the south side of the High Street. Made of local material – clay bricks. The wattle and daub fill of the wooden frame was replaced with brick. Beaconsfield was at its most prosperous in the 18th century a lot of the coach houses had ...
P-HC/A/063
Date: 2007
Article part of a book by members of the Beaconsfield and District Historical Society. pg3 – 55. some are duplicate copies (40 pages) Articles including black and white photographs. From very early ages, Roman times until mid 1900. Reasons for the settlement included general houses and development through the times.
P-HC/A/062
Date: [2000]
2 page article about Beaconsfield detailing Early days, Markets, big houses and development of the New Town. Sketchs included.
P-HC/A/061
Date: 1991-1992
Aerial view of the ‘four ends’ crossroads. Church in the right foreground.
P-HC/A/060
Date: 1974
Photographs are of keepers lodge, Ledborough woods. North of Ledborough Lane west of Amersham Road.
P-HC/A/059
Date: 2001
The typed article includes random details . Population details 1811-1901 Population recorded as 1461 to 1570 excluding paupers and clergy. It was reported that the town was almost inaccessible until the railway arrived. The first car came in 1890. The police station was stone built in The County Badge is recorded as an angry swan with ...
P-HC/A/058
Date: [1970]