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BLHA 2018 AGM and Conference
Bedfordshire Local History Association AGM & Annual Conference 2018 Saturday 2nd June 2018 Hosted by Clapham Historical Society at Clapham Village Hall, 118 High Street, Clapham, Bedford MK41 6BS Please click on the button below for full details and booking…
Stannard Book Publication
____________________________________________________________ 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…
BLHA Spring Event – Island Hall, Godmanchester – Sunday 13th May 2018
YFor the booking form click on link below: BLHA Spring Event 2018 – Island Hall
Bedfordshire Archives – Newsletter Winter 2018
Issue 114 Winter 2018
BLHA – Autumn Event 2017 – Sulgrave Manor
Full details of the programme and booking arrangements are in the BLHA Autumn Event 2017 – Sulgrave Manor
Old Village Names
Hello. I am trying to identify a couple of villages in existence in the late 1700’s, early 1800’s. The spellings I have are various and several. The two villages in question are Smedley, and Sturtly/Sturtley/Streatly/Streatly. Any help and information would…
Location of the Lipton Market shop in Bedford
Hi, Hope you can help with this seemingly simple enquiry. I want to find out the location (road or street) of the “Lipton Market” shop in Bedford. (I’ve attached a photo of the shop) The date would be c1891 to…
Knotwork at 1 St Paul’s Square Bedford
Hello, my name is Brian Wedge and I live in Berkhamsted, Herts. I am a member of the International Guild of Knot Tyers and wonder if you could provide any information about the above building. I am asking because in…
Kempston Cemetery
I am hoping you can help our family discover why a Great Uncle of ours is buried at Kempston. He was serving with the Royal Engineers in 1916. Name -Thomas Jenkins, Svce No.182786 .plot M 20. Was there a hospital…
Elizabethan Star Chamber Web Site
The Elizabethan Star Chamber Project, hosted by AALT at the University of Houston, is putting county names on cases in TNA STAC 5 (Records of the Court of Star Chamber in the reign of Elizabeth). There are now sufficient cases…
The Berman/Bermona Hat Factory, Luton
I am searching for any references to the Berman/Bermona Hat Factory, Luton; in particular would welcome contact with anyone who worked there. My research is in connection with the Southern Counties Costume Society. Very much hoping you can help. Thank you, Carolyn…
BLHA 2016 AGM and Annual Conference Event Report
BLHA 2016 AGM and Conference Event Held on Saturday, 18 June 2016 Hosted by Sharnbrook Local History Group ‘OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR STORIES: RESEARCHING OUR LOCAL HERITAGE’ Keynote Speaker: PROFESSOR CARENZA LEWIS Professor of the Public Understanding of Research at Lincoln…
BLHA AGM & Conference 2017 Hosted by Bedford Architectural, Archaeological, and Local History Society (BAALHS) – Saturday 24th June 2017
The Conference theme will be: “BEDFORD THROUGH THE AGES” Keynote Speaker: MIKE LUKE (Albion Archaeology) “The Great Ouse Valley in Early Times” Full details of the programme and booking arrangements will be in the Spring 2017 issue of History in Bedfordshire (HIB). BLHA AGM…
BLHA Spring Event 2016 – Rippington Manor, Nr Sandy – Wednesday 11th May 2016
Wednesday 11th May 2016 from 1pm Guided tour of house and gardens with afternoon tea, £16.00 per person. Please book by Monday 25th April, places are strictly limited. Full details may be found here – BLHA Spring Event 2016 – Rippington Manor.
Postcard Collection in the Heritage Library
Stuart Antrobus has done a great piece of work to put our postcard collection into 6 albums arranged by town, village and subject. The albums are available to view on Tuesdays (when the Heritage Library in Bedford Central Library is…
BLHA AGM & Conference 2016 Hosted by Sharnbrook Local History Group – Saturday 18th June 2016
Our Communities, Our Stories: Researching our Local Heritage. Keynote Speaker professor Carenza Lewis Professor of the Public Understanding of Research at Lincoln University and one of the original Time Team Presenters. Full details may be found in the Spring issue…
Papermaking in Bedfordshire
I have just read online the excellent article by Daven Chamberlain in Vol. 6 no 4 of your BLHA newsletter Summer 2013, as my 4 x g grandfather Thomas DURRANT (1776/7-1853) was a papermaker, possibly in Bedfordshire, and I am…
BLHA Autumn Event – Monday 26th October 2015
A visit to The Church of St Peter de Merton with St Cuthbert, Bedford Monday 26th October 2015 from 2.30pm Beyond the Green at the top end of Bedford’s High Street lies the parish church of St Peter’s, on…
Secrets of the Sands
As a representative of a local history society we thought you may be interested in the work of the Secrets of the Sands Landscape Partnership. Bedfordshire Rural Community Charity and the Greensand Trust are leading the Secrets of the Sands…