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[Beagley invoices] Collection of
Invoices to Mr & Mrs Beagley of Bedford
A nice collection of 25 invoices, ranging in dates from 1898 to 1918, for
such services as shoe repairs, clock repairs, plus bills from grocers, butchers,
clothiers etc. All the bills were from Bedford traders, many of them in the High
Street. In addition to the invoices there's a gun licence issued to Albert Beagley
in 1915. Throughout this time the Beagleys lived in Bushmead Avenue. All the
papers have spike-holes. Condition varies but mostly good for their age. The
collection (ref 394/33) £8.00 post-free Not for export
[Greenaway invoices] Collection of
Invoices to F W Greenaway
A collection of 7 invoices, ranging in dates from 1918 to 1923.
Predominantly Kempston. Quite decent condition, but all have spike-holes.
(ref 394/34) £3.50 post-free Not
for export
[Pain document] Copy of Will of Joseph
Pain of Harrold
This is an undated but approx 1850 [the paper has 1848 watermarks] copy of
the 1849 will of apothecary Joseph Pain who died 11th April 1850. The will mentions
several nephews and neices [Pain, Man, Grocock, Lovell, Barry] as well as several other
people whose relationships - if any - to Joseph aren't mentioned. Manuscript on 4
large paper sheets with a 5th as the covering sheet. Each sheet has a small hole
where old folds cross but nothing serious. (ref 394/38) £10.00
post-free Not for export
The Story of Bedford
Joyce Godber, 1978. 160pp inc index, 32pp of ills. Boards
damp-marked o/w VG in spine faded d/w. (ref 550/33) £8.00
Old Bedford
Rev C F Farrar, 1926. Heavy 4to, 289pp inc index, 'with 3 coloured and
94 other illustrations and 2 maps'. Nice clean copy, easily VG without the strained
hinges normally encountered. (ref 0000) £38.50
Bedford Lunatic Asylum - Milk Bill
This 1852 invoice shows the Asylum was using 70 gallons of milk a week.
The charge was less than 1d per pint. Printed invoice with manuscript
insertions, spike hole at top left. (ref 394/18) £5.00 UK
post-free
[Bedford Sale Particulars] Sale
Catalogue of Furniture and Effects
William Pearson was a baker and confectioner in Bedford High Street. In
1876 all his furniture, shop fittings and stock came up for sale. Well over 100 lots
included items ranging in scale from his horse and cart to sweets, biscuits &
confectionery. Single paper sheet, printed on both sides. (ref 394/27) £8.00
UK post-free
Bedford Burgess Certificate
This 1810 certificate appoints Joseph Margetts Peirson of Hitchin as a
burgess of Bedford. Printed form with manuscript insertions. (ref 394/29)
£12.50 post-free Not
for export
[Biggleswade] Return of District Highway
Official
This return, required by Act of Parliament, is dated 1864 and lists the three
officials (Thomas J Hooper, John Cook and Jas Newbery) and their salaries. Long
tears along old folds & therefore needs careful unfolding. Outside (as
folded) is very grubby. (ref 394/21) £3.00 UK post-free
[Chicksands/Campton/Meppershall/Haynes/Mauldon/Clophill
document] Schedule of The Chicksands Estate
A schedule drawn up by the Board of Agriculture in 1894 of this 3100 acre
estate owned by Sir Algernon Kerr Butler Osborn of Chicksands Priory, Bart. The
schedule is particularly useful to both local and family historians in that it breaks the
estate down into its various blocks (inc 5 farms) and shows who are the occupiers, of
which there are about 15 - an example is The Greyhound Inn, tenanted by Messrs Wells.
Manuscript on large parchment sheet [approx 21"x16"], nice and clean
though multifolded. If you think your ancestor might have been one of the tenants,
by all means check with us before you buy. (ref 60/18) £18.00
post-free Not for export
[Cockayne Hatley document] Document concerning
Land Scheduled under The Land Improvement Act 1864
A schedule drawn up by the Inclosure Commissioners in 1872 of 1237 acres of
land owned by Capt Henry Francis Cockayne Cust - this must have been virtually the entire
parish as our 1966 gazetteer shows Cockayne Hatley as comprising 1175 acres. The
schedule is particularly useful to both local and family historians in that it breaks the
1237 acres down into its various blocks (inc 4 farms) and shows who are the 5 occupiers.
Manuscript on large parchment sheet [approx 26"x21"], reasonably clean
though multifolded. If you think your ancestor might have been one of the 4 tenant
farmers, by all means check with us before you buy. (ref 60/27) £15.00
post-free Not for export
[Cranfield Document] Copy of
Surrender - Manor of Cranfield
This is a contemporary copy of an entry in the Cranfield court rolls for
1810, recording the surrender of the copyhold of 'All that Cottage or Tenement situate
standing and being at the end of Broad Green.....late in the Occupation of William Pulley
and Mary Pulley and now of the said James Read, the Cottage or Tenement late of Sarah
Aschurch and now of James Pettit being on or towards the West part thereof.....'.
The surrender was by James Read in favour of Samuel Goodman, both shown to be 'of
Cranfield'. The surrender bears the signature James Read which we take to be in his
own hand. Manuscript on paper, 1806 watermark. (ref 394/30) £10.00
post-free Not for export
25 Years of Dunstable 1952-1977
A collection of 400 (yes, 400) captioned photographs by Bruce Turvey, 1977.
VG in G d/w. (ref 550/41) £12.50
[Eaton Socon] Sale of Goodwick Farm
An 1854 contract for the sale of the 163 acre farm by Lord Guernsey to Edward
Sheardown (of Doncaster). Very grubby indeed (as folded). Also a draft of the same
document, and a draft of a subsequent covenant which includes details of previous deeds
& the respective parties going back to 1812. All manuscript on paper. (ref 754/273)
The three items £6.00 post-free Not
for export
Old Harlington (2) in Camera
Russell Preston and Stephen Castle, 1993. Oblong 8vo, 80pp inc index, most of
the pp contain full-page captioned photos. VG. (ref 7978) £6.00
Houghton Conquest Reflections
Bedfordshire FHS, 1987. A5 format in pink card covers, 32pp inc surname
index, village sketch map inside front cover. Clean copy (ref 525/24) £2.50
UK post free
Kempston Coronation Poster
This Coronation Day programme advertises events from 9.30 am (united service
in the parish church) to 9.30 pm (bonfire & fireworks). A prize of 20/- was to
be awarded to the best decorated house. Large [approx 19"x29"] poster with
red white & blue union jack margins, quite fresh though a three inch tear at the top.
(ref 394/25) £12.50 UK post-free
[Kempston Band] Printed Details of
Officers and Instrumentalists
This undated item on card gives details of the president, other officers and
22 instrumentalists. The margins are irregular as though the list was cut from a
larger item. Front grubby, traces of mount in the corners on the back. (ref
394/28) £4.50 UK post-free
Luton Parish Church - An Album of Photographic
Studies
T G Hobbs, 1924. Unpaginated but 7pp of text accompanied by 64 photo-ills.
Very nice clean fresh copy, F. (ref 7869) £15.00
Milbrook, Bedfordshire
Engraving cut from the Gentlemen's Magazine, 1828. View is of the
church, with 6 leaping boards in the foreground - bet they're not there now. (ref
394/11) £2.50 UK post-free
In the Steps of John Bunyan
Vera Brittain, nd. 440pp inc index, 56 ills, map eps. An excursion into
Puritan England, the book is centred on Bedfordshire. G. (ref 5364) £4.00
Magna Britannia - Bedfordshire
Daniel & Samuel Lysons, 1978 reprint of 1806 ed. 4to, 189pp inc index, 13 plates. A
reprint of the earliest history of the county with an essay on the Lysons brothers and the
Magna Britannia as a whole. F in VG d/w. £25.00
Bartholemew's Map of England & Wales -
Sheet 25
Undated (1910s-1920s?) 2 miles to the inch map, predominantly Herts, some ink
annotations. Blue paper covers on linen-backed map. (ref 0000) £5.00 UK post-free
History All Around
Vivienne Evans, 1986 rep. A5 booklet in card covers, 142+xvpp, 40 ills
on 24pp. Very useful handbook of local history and leisure attractions within a 20
mile radius of Luton & Dunstable - 'A fascinating collection of local historical
anecdote and information. All the major towns are covered, plus dozens of villages.
Fully referenced plus comprehensive lists of reading for further research.'.
Pub at £3.95, this VG copy (ref 210/24) £4.50
Folk - Characters and Events in the History of
Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire
Vivienne Evans, 1989. Pictorial card covers, 142pp inc index, several
drawings. Interesting selection of about 150 people and events of the past 1000
years chosen to offer as wide and interesting a picture as possible. Nice clean
copy, VG. In print at £5.99, this copy (ref 165/57) £3.00
Plan of the proposed Bedford Canal from the
Grand Junction Canal near Fenny Stratford to the River Ouse Navigation at Bedford
Map cut from the Bedford Canal Prospectus & Plan, 1812. Size
approx 7"x7"folded and with lots of old crumples. The Fenny
Stratford-Bedford link only takes up about an inch of this map, which stretches from
Lancaster to the Humber, from Bristol to the Thames - but the map is deliberately scaled
this way to identify all the navigable waterways the proposed canal would interlink.
(ref 394/10) £2.00 UK post-free
Programme of Events for the Annual Bedfordshire
Show, 1920
4pp pamphlet. Admission was 10p and a cold luncheon was less
than 25p. Old folds. (ref 394/14) £2.50 UK post-free