Volume Quarto memoirs, volume 2:
G. Herbert Fowler (1928-1934)
The four parts of the volume were published separately between 1928 and 1934. Each contains a large scale reproduction map of the village's pre-enclosure field system and a detailed analysis of the ownership and usage of the land.
Part 1 'The ...
Volume Quarto memoirs, volume 1:
by G. Herbert Fowler (1922)
Contents:
'Bedfordshire in 1086: an analysis and synthesis of Domesday Book,' by G. Herbert Fowler
This book presents a detailed analysis of land holdings and their fiscal value in the Domesday assessment. It considers the ‘social fabric’ of Norman and Anglo-Saxon society, ...
Volume Survey of Ancient Buildings, volume 1:
J. Steele Elliott
This book contains photographs of all the windmills in the county for which any illustration was known at the date of publication. There are photographs of 36 windmills, or their remains, in twenty-seven Bedfordshire towns and villages, taken between 1858 ...
Volume Survey of Ancient Buildings, volume 2:
by J. Steele Elliott (1933)
The book contains an introduction and descriptive catalogue of springs, wells, ditches and other water-related artefacts. It cites old documents and place names as evidence for their provenance.
The photographs were taken between 1870 and 1932, and also include twelve of ...
Volume Survey of Ancient Buildings, volume 3:
by F. G. Emmison and J. Steele Elliott (1936)
Contents:
'Turnpike roads and toll gates of Bedfordshire', by F. G. Emmison
'Map of turnpike roads', drawn by F. G. Emmison, 1935
'The pounds of Bedfordshire', by J. Steele Elliott
'Local duck decoys', by J. Steele Elliott
Much of the volume ...
Volume 7:
(1923)
Contents:
‘A calendar of the pipe rolls of the reign of Richard I for Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire 1189-1199’, by G. Herbert Fowler and Michael W. Hughes.
The calendar in English is preceded by an introduction which explains what the roll contains and ...
Volume 9:
(1925)
Contents:
‘The Shefford beaker’, by Cyril Fox [The beaker, dating to about 1800 BC, was found between Shefford and Campton in 1819. It is stated to be the only authentic example of a beaker-folk artefact found in the upland valley of ...
Volume 64:
edited by Yvonne Nicholls (1985)
On the dissolution of the smaller monasteries in 1536, the Court of Augmentations was set up to administer their property until such time as other arrangements, such as sales, could be arranged. Commissioners made an inventory of their property: local ...
Volume 8:
(1924)
Contents:
‘Stagsden and its manors’, by J. Steele Elliott [A reconstruction of the location of the manors in 1086, with a map of them and the adjoining manors.]
‘Three records of the alien priory of Grove and the manor of Leighton Buzzard’, ...
Volume 63:
edited by Yvonne Nicholls (1984)
On the dissolution of the smaller monasteries in 1536, the Court of Augmentations was set up to administer their property until such time as other arrangements, such as sales, could be arranged. Commissioners made an inventory of their property: local ...
Volume 62:
by Betty Chambers (1983)
Widely regarded as a model of its kind, this book, which took eighteen years to prepare, catalogues the printed County maps of Bedfordshire from Christopher Saxton (1576) to the Ordnance Survey of 1901. It also describes the town plans for ...
Volume 67:
edited by David Bushby (1988)
This volume presents original material to illuminate the state of elementary education in Bedfordshire during the second half of the nineteenth century, a vital period of change in the development of education.
Amongst the documents from which extracts are taken are: ...
Volume 70:
edited by Chris Pickford (1991)
The dictionary is preceded by an introduction on timekeeping and the history of clock- and watchmaking in Bedfordshire. Extracts are included from a selection of documents to illustrate the sources used in compiling the dictionary. They range over advertisements, Bedfordshire ...
Volume 69:
edited by John S Thompson (1990)
This selection of early documents, transcribed and translated from Latin by John Thompson, includes the Hundred Rolls of 1274 and 1279 (taken from the Record Commission's editions of 1812 and 1818); account rolls for Higham Gobion and Streatley 1379-82; tithe ...
Volume 73:
edited by Chris Pickford (1994)
This is the first in a series of four volumes describing Bedfordshire's parish churches in detail. It is based on new and specially commissioned research, bringing together original official sources and contemporary accounts. This volume covers Ampthill to Gravenhurst. Many ...
Volume 24:
edited by T. S. Willan (1946)
During the seventeenth century attention was given to improving river navigation in several parts of the country, in return for tolls from boats carrying cargo on the river. Before the civil war the improvements to the River Ouse were mainly ...
Volume 23:
by Ernest Oscar Payne (1946)
In the first part of the book, based on his University of London PhD thesis, the author draws on the correspondence and other writings of Richard How of Aspley Guise (1727-1801?) to present a picture of life in the Bedfordshire ...
Volume 22:
edited by G. Herbert Fowler and Joyce Godber (1945)
The documents in the cartulary deal with the Priory’s property and privileges. They are transcribed in Latin and accompanied by brief summaries in English. There is an extract from the Valor Ecclesiasticus setting out the assessment of the Priory in ...
Volume 30:
edited by C. D. Linnell (1950)
Benjamin Rogers was vicar of Stagsden from 1712 to 1720, when he was presented by Lord Trevor to the living of Carlton, where he remained until his death in 1771. His diary covers the years 1727 to 1752. In addition ...
Volume 29:
by Margery Bassett (1949)
The body of the book is a biographical dictionary of the men who represented Bedfordshire in Parliament as knights of the shire between 1274 and 1495. It is preceded by a list of Parliaments and Bedfordshire’s representatives, taken from official ...
Volume 3:
(1916)
'Roll of the justices in eyre at Bedford, 1227,' by G. Herbert Fowler [Introduction and English translation of the roll]
'The Domesday water mills of Bedfordshire,' by W. Austin [Includes a map of their location]
'The King's larderer of Meppershall,' by Mrs. ...
Volume 26:
edited by Guy Parsloe (1949)
Minutes of the meetings of the Court of Aldermen, Common Hall and Common Council. They deal with procedure, admission to the freedom of the town, admission of burgesses, appointment of town officials, town property, repairs, the salary of the school ...
Volume 32:
(1952)
Contents:
‘Harrold priory: a twelfth century dispute,' by C. R. Cheney [Latin texts of nineteen of the documents in a law suit about the patronage of Stevington church, with an introduction. The documents cover the period from the mid-twelfth century to ...
Volume 31:
edited by F. N. L. Poynter and W. J. Bishop (1951)
Dr Symcotts lived in Huntingdon and his medical practice extended over Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. His patients included notable families and the editors have highlighted Oliver Cromwell and his family, drawing on other sources that also refer to him receiving ...