____________________________________________________________ If you would like to purchase ‘Henry John Sylvester Stannard with notes on his daughter Theresa Sylvester Stannard’, by Richard Morgan for £5 + £3 p&p signed for postage, then please complete the contact form below. By return of email,…
Hoddleston and its Satellite Villages
Bedfordshire Historical Records Society – leather bound editions for sale
I have recently come into my possession 6 volumes of the Bedfordshire Historical Records Society. They are antique 1st edition leather bound and marbled books including volumes 1,2,3,4,6 and 13. If you or anyone else is interested feel free to…
Stevington – The Natural History of a Bedfordshire Parish
Stevington Historical Trust Registered Charity Number: 1086669 www.stevingtonhistoricaltrust.org.uk 16 March 2015 Later this year the Trust will publish its latest work entitled: “Stevington – The Natural History of a Bedfordshire Parish.” We are now taking advance subscriptions. The book, which…
Hoddlesden and its satellite villages
Themes in this popular book, acclaimed by local and family historians, describe and illustrate the ways in which people earned a living in rural communities countrywide (similar to the experiences in Bedfordshire where lace was a domestic industry) during late…
Eltisley History Society (Cambridgeshire)
Eltisley History Society has just published a book about the village’s men who fought in the First World War, and we are organising a visit to the World War One battlefields in May 2015. Flyers with more details about the…
Langford through the Lens – Volume 1
A School at War Exhibition and ‘Remembered with Pride’ Book Launch
A School at War How the Great War affected one small school in one small town. An exhibition between 28th June – 25th November 2014 at the British Schools Museum, Hitchin. Full details may be found on the poster A…
Bedford Town Centre Statues
How often does a visitor to a town wonder who ‘that statue over there’ is, or a resident ask ‘what statue?’, having walked passed it everyday? These questions are answered for visitors and residents of Bedford in a new guide…
The Hat Industry of Luton and its Buildings – a new book
English Heritage are about to publish a new book The Hat Industry of Luton and its Buildings, as part of our Informed Conservation series. I have attached an information sheet on the book which gives you some details. I understand…
Brickmaking – A History and Gazetteer written by Alan Cox – for sale
Dear sirs, My father, Mr. John Cooksey, wrote a book on brickyards – Brickyards of The Black Country – A Forgotten Industry. Unfortunately he passed away in May this year. My reason for writing is whilst sorting through his vast…
Bedfordshire Place Names – a new book
A new book by Anthony Poulton-Smith – just published I hope some of your members may be interested in the latest title in our county place names series which has just been published in Kindle eBook format, price £2.98. This…
Cleveland Street Workhouse saved
CLEVELAND STREET WORKHOUSE SAVED AND A NEW BOOK AND PLAQUE The extraordinary history of the Workhouse which has now been saved, and the four plus years of Charles Dickens’s life only a few doors away, has been researched and written…
Willington and the Russells
Willington Local History Group is offering a new book, Willington and the Russells by Chairman, Robert Bollington. It tells the story of Willington from 1774 to 1902 when it formed part of the Duke of Bedford’s Estates. It takes us…