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Manor, Church, Chapel &
Graves,
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Hill Railway, Railways,
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Schools, Scouts
& Guides, People, Memoirs,
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HISTORY
SOCIETIES |
Northamptonshire
History Societies (NALH) |
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General, map |
A
21st Century Satellite Map with added Historical Features |
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Roman
finds |
Catalogue of Roman
Finds |
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general, buildings |
Details on the
Listed Buildings compiled by B. Andrews |
Reference Lists |
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general |
Index
for George Freeston's "Gossip Time" articles |
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general |
Local 2004
Publication - Blisworth (out of print) |
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myths ? |
Blisworth Fact or
Myth ? A few common misconceptions . . . |
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general |
Miscellaneous
Reference Lists |
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general
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George
Freeston's 1953 Scrapbook
(Internet Explorer file)
PDF File (low quality) - or obtain CD
from Blisworth Heritage Society |
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general |
A
List of Freehold Properties c1919 within the Grafton Estate |
Reference Lists |
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general |
Village
Archives held at the Northamptonshire Records Office |
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general, links |
Links to Articles
from "The History of the County of Northampton" |
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history |
The Toll
Cottage and the Turnpike |
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general, history, map |
Review
of the Village in 1805 (B. Andrews, 2005) |
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general, map |
Birds-Eye view of 1729
Blisworth |
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general |
An
Impression of the Village circa 1100 |
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old village names |
Blisworth's
name 1066 to 1800 (M. Clinch) |
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Arm |
Blisworth Arm - general
information page. |
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Arm |
Blisworth Arm archive
pictures - Neighbouring Villages |
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Census, tenants |
Family Heads in
1919 (Grafton Estate Sale document) |
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census, directory |
Family Heads in 1936
(Directory) |
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Family Heads in 1952 (Parish C. lists for
house numbering - not on display) |
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Regular census pages are not kept on
this website. |
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Village,
housing |
Development of
Village Housing 1938 - 2007 |
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village,
purchases |
Land
Purchases during the 1650 - 1700 interregnum |
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village, housing |
Social Values
and Housing, 1800 - 1930 |
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village,
general |
Index
for George Freeston's "Gossip Time" articles |
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village |
Blisworth
Parish Council, Early Years, 1894 - |
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village |
Community
Fields and Allotments |
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village |
Sewage
and Water Services, 1890 - 1960 |
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village |
Post
Office Services |
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village |
Law and
Order |
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village, buildings |
The Great Fire of 1798 |
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new
buildings |
Developments
in the High Street from 1798 |
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village, land |
Should common
land be restored at "The Cross"? |
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Arm |
Blisworth Arm - general
information page. |
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Arm |
Blisworth Arm archive
pictures - Neighbouring Villages |
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Manor |
Information
collected for "Bridges History", c.1718 |
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manor,
purchases |
Land
Purchases during the 1650 - 1700 interregnum |
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manor |
Documents
in the Church Chest, 1896 |
Fields & Allotments
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manor |
Transcriptions
of Documents above, E. Rose |
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manor |
The Wakes
of Blisworth |
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manor |
The Wakes -
internet article |
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manor |
The Location
of Wake's Seat in Blisworth |
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manor |
Discussion
regarding a Fish Pool |
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Church,
buildings |
Use of
the Church on the Eve of the Reformation, P.Barnwell, 2005 |
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Rectors |
Full
List of Rectors, Blisworth Church |
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Church |
Oldest
exterior picture and
Pages of other
pictures |
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Church, the Cross |
Churchyard
Cross |
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Church, bequests |
A List of
Pre-reformation Bequests to the Church, 1913 |
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Church |
Minutes of the
first P.C.C. Meeting, 1928 |
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Church, buildings |
Church History by
George Freeston |
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Church |
Restoration of the
Church Bells (incl. G. Freeston's account), 2003 |
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Church, people |
Archive of pictures of
Church Groups |
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Church, people |
The Story of
Rev. Ambrosse, 1797 - 1839 by B. Hornby |
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Chapel |
History of
Baptists in Blisworth by S. Dyster |
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Chapel |
General pictures of
Chapel, interior and exterior |
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Chapel, buildings |
Enlargements
to the Chapel in 1865 |
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Chapel |
Baptists
history as reported c.1875 |
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Chapel |
John
Goodridge's Early Account (from N.R.O.) |
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Chapel, people |
Archive of pictures
of Baptists Groups |
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Chapel, people |
19th Century Baptists Members List - Research
Page |
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Chapel |
Little
known Blisworth Wesleyan Methodists Group c. 1841 |
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Graves |
Families
Page incl. details of Anglican and Baptists Graves |
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Buildings |
Cat.
of Prominent Buildings incl. link to 'Listed' (under construction) |
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buildings |
Note entries on Church and Chapel above |
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buildings |
Details on Listed Buildings compiled by B. Andrews |
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date stones |
Recorded
Date-stones by George Freeston |
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buildings |
History of
the Village Hall |
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buildings |
The
Bacon Factory buildings, from the Scrapbook 1953 |
bacon factory |
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buildings |
Blisworth
Hotel and Gardens, an account by G. Freeston |
hotel, gardens |
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buildings |
Grafton
House (aka. Grafton Arms, The Duke's Arms) |
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buildings |
Blisworth
House and use the search box |
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buildings |
Miscellany on
Buildings |
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buildings |
The Toll
Cottage and the Turnpike |
railway arch |
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buildings, cottages |
Details
on a row of cottages in the High Street |
High Street
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buildings, cottages |
Home Farm,
Stoke Road |
Stoke Road
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buildings, cottages |
The
row of cottages opposite the Royal Oak |
High Street
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buildings, history |
Review
of the Village in 1805 (B. Andrews, 2005) |
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buildings |
The Lowndes
aka. The Loundes |
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buildings, views |
Connegar
Leys, 1953 |
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buildings |
The
Navigation Inn - Timeline |
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Archaeology |
Catalogue
of Metal Detecting Group finds in the Parish |
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archaeology |
A Dig near
the Saltway in Gayton Parish, August 2007 |
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archaeology,
Roman |
Catalogue of Roman
Finds in Blisworth |
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archaeology |
A Roman Site
near the Village? |
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archaeology, domestic |
Letters
and Newspaper, found in roof space |
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archaeology, industrial |
Ironstone wagon
Axle, found in field |
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Landmarks,
Maps |
Evidence
of our Roman Salt Way path |
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maps |
Suggestions for the course of the Saltway to the East |
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maps |
1838 Grafton
Survey Map - in sections |
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fields inclosure, map |
Details
of the Inclosure Award 1808 |
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landmarks, maps |
The Loundes fields |
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landmark |
A Comment
on how the Manorian Warren was managed |
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maps |
From Google: Village
Streets Parish with
historical features |
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maps |
Grafton 'Pocket' map, c.1820
- part of parish |
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maps |
Clinch's
field map - c1935 |
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Maps |
Field Names Both
of the above two maps at full scale |
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Canal |
Links relating to
Canal, Narrow Boats, Tunnel and Hill Railway
including some recent material. |
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canal, miscellany |
Boat
decoration |
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canal, miscellany |
Blisworth
Arm to Northampton horse railway, 1805? - 1815 |
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canal, miscellany |
Weedon
"Barracks" or Royal Ordnance Depot - five linked short articles |
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canal, map |
Review
of maps of canal at Blisworth |
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memoirs,
canal |
Blisworth
Arm and the Canal, Doreen Blood |
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canal manager |
Thomas William
Millner, Canal Manager 1895 - 1930 |
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canal,
The Arm |
History
of Blisworth Arm - also Neighbouring Villages (home page) |
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The Arm |
Taped
Pub-talk about the Arm, transcript from GF tape |
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canal,
The Arm |
The Russian Oil
Products Ltd. depot |
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canal,
The Arm |
History
of Navigation Inn |
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canal,
The Arm |
History
of Sand Landings Wharf |
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canal,
The Arm |
Features
at Blisworth Arm |
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canal,
North Sea |
Motor
Vessel Blisworth - Grand Union shipping connections |
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Tunnel & hill railway |
Links relating to
Canal, Narrow Boats, Tunnel and Hill Railway |
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tunnel, repairs |
Images relating to
the 1982 tunnel repairs |
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tunnel, toll road map |
Details
of the c.1794 over-hill toll road |
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tunnel |
Reconstruction
of the Attempts to complete the tunnel |
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tunnel, ghost |
The
Tunnel Ghost Story |
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tunnel
repairs, memoir |
Tunnel
Repairs; an account by George Freeston |
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tunnel
repairs, memoir |
Tunnel
Repairs; an account by Robin Garrett |
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Railways |
Northampton's
reactions to the Railway c. 1837 by J. Wake |
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railway |
'Railways' archived pictures - see
homepage images index |
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station map |
Annotated map
of station and goods-marshalling area |
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railway, miscellany |
Description
of the Station Gas House aka "Tank House" |
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railway, miscellany |
An 1865 Plan
to link the SMJ and Northampton branch lines. |
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railway, people |
Rabbit
Hunting on the SMJ Line |
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railway,
memoirs |
Reminiscences
of John Whitehead - Blisworth main signal box |
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railways |
Blisworth
Station main signal box - John Whitehead |
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railway,
people |
Edgar Ayres
- a railways career as postman |
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memoirs,
railways |
Railway
Station and Blisworth Hotel, Doreen Blood |
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railway
history |
The history of the
SMJ railway company, Andy Thompson |
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memoirs,
railways |
SMJ
Cottages, Doreen Blood |
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SMJ, Rolt |
A reference to Tom
Rolt's autobiography - the SMJ Line |
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railway
accident |
Accident
near the station in 1922 |
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Mills |
Concise History of
Blisworth Milling 1086 - 1900 |
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mills, watermill |
Some
Details of the Watermill |
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people, mills |
Tribute
and account of Funeral of Joseph Westley |
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mills |
Part-Fictional
Account of the 1879 Flour Mill Fire |
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Trades |
'Early Industry' archived pictures - see
homepage images index |
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trades, memoirs |
1954
Newspaper coverage of Villager's Trades, etc. |
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trades |
Wheel-Wrighting |
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trades |
The British
Bacon Company factory
and photographs |
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cycles
and motors |
Freeston's
Garage, The Cross - 1930s example trading records |
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baking & milling |
Images
Collection - Stoke Road baking, milling, Bacon Factory |
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baking |
The
Blisworth Bakeries |
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pig
keeping, war |
Blisworth
Pig Clubs? |
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Mining &
Quarrying |
History of
Pre-WWII Blisworth Mining & Quarrying |
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people |
The story of John
Roper, Grafton Agent c. 1810 |
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quarrying |
Limestone
Quarry and railway |
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archeology,
limestone |
Early
Limestone Quarry by the Salt Way |
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Events |
'Occasions' archived pictures - see homepage
images index |
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events |
Collection of Parish
Council Bills, 1935 Jubilee Celebrations |
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events |
150th
Anniversary - Canal Tunnel Completion, 1955 |
bicentenary |
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events |
200th Anniversary (Bicentenary - 2005) - see home page link |
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events |
Details
of the 1940s and '50s Horse Show |
farming |
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events |
Stills from a cine
film of the 1947/8 Fete |
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events |
The
last exhibition by G. Freeston, 1981 |
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Schools |
A brief Historical Overview heads the Schools
images page |
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schools, miscellany |
Two
historical archive pieces, George Freeston |
schools |
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schools, records |
Headteacher's Log Book Part
I Part
II |
schools |
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poetry |
Poems
for Children, Marjorie Hare (teacher 1931 to 1966) |
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schools, war, aviation |
Extracts from
Part I Above - World War I Experiences |
schools |
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memoirs,
school |
School
Days, Doreen Blood |
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Scouts and
Guides |
Girl
Guides 'Sea-Rangers' project 1945 - 1948 |
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scouts |
Current
Situation and a plea for information |
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People |
'Personalities' archived pictures - see homepage
images index |
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people, social customs |
Blisworth
Kettling or Drumming, 1895 and 1936 |
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people,
social customs |
What was Tea ?
- a compilation of references to tea. |
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people, census |
No census data available here. 1936
'Directory' Village Listing |
family research |
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people |
Archive pictures of Guides
and Scouts - under construction |
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people |
The story of John
Roper, Grafton Agent c. 1810 |
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people, mills |
Anecdote
about the Westleys, G. Freeston |
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people, mills |
Tribute
and account of Funeral of Joseph Westley |
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people |
Village cobblers -
about to be extended |
High Street |
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people |
The
Brafields of Blisworth, c1600 - 1800 |
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people |
John
Green - calligrapher, poet, cobbler |
Stoke Road |
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people |
John Green - A
contemporary interpretation of his work, E. Ashworth. |
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people |
Partial Family Tree - Whitlocks |
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people |
Edwin Whitlock
- a military career |
family tree |
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people, memoirs |
Percy
Whitlock - on holiday in Blisworth. Percy
Whitlock website |
family tree |
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people |
Rev. Ussher honours 'Witty'
Whitlock |
family tree
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people |
Edgar Ayres
- a railways career |
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people |
Lucy
Perkins - anecdotal |
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people |
Arthur Basford
- Baptist background |
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people |
G. Freeston meets Arthur
Norman & Fred Gulliver |
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people |
Dr.
Jeaffreson's Consulting Room - village improvisation! |
Personalities |
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people |
Richard
Dunkley - renown builder, railway and municipal buildings |
Railway Arch |
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people |
Thomas William
Millner, Canal Manager 1895 - 1930 |
Canal Page
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people |
The
Ludham family - canal building era. |
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people, church |
The Story of
Rev. Ambrosse, 1797 - 1839 by B. Hornby |
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people |
The
Children of Connegar Leys, 1953 |
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Memoirs |
1954
Newspaper collection of interviews, etc |
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memoirs, interview |
Excerpts from sound
recordings made by G. Freeston |
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memoirs collection |
Collection
by Mona Clinch (1938) |
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memoirs |
Story
of the Dancing Bear, Fred Burbidge |
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memoirs |
Two other
stories, Fred Burbidge |
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memoirs, interview |
Fred
Burbidge, interviewed by G. Freeston |
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memoirs, personal |
Life as a Son
of an Undertaker, Witty Whitlock |
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memoirs |
Sparrow
Clubs George Freeston |
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memoirs, rewritten |
Rural
Economics, based on excerpts |
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memoirs |
Blisworth
Station, L. Griffiths |
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memoirs, poem |
Connegar Leys,
by Andy Newbery |
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memoirs, personal |
The Bridge, by Andy
Newbery |
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memoirs, poem |
The Shop, by
Andy
Newbery |
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memoirs |
Travelling
through the Village c.1940, Jim Payler |
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memoirs, poem |
Gayton Road,
by Andy Newbery |
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memoirs, personal |
Life at the
Gas House & Relocating to Birmingham, Bert Varney |
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memoirs, personal |
Railway
Station and Blisworth Hotel, Doreen Blood |
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memoirs,
railway |
A
few miscellaneous Railway Characters, John Whitehead |
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memoirs, personal |
SMJ
Cottages, Doreen Blood |
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memoirs, personal |
Blisworth
Arm and the Canal, Doreen Blood |
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memoirs,
personal |
Taped
Pub-talk about the Arm, transcript from GF tape |
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tunnel
repairs, memoir |
Tunnel
Repairs; an account by George Freeston |
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tunnel
repairs, memoir |
Tunnel
Repairs; an account by Robin Garrett |
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memoirs, personal |
School
Days, Doreen Blood |
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memoirs,
personal |
Blisworth
Arm, 1939 - 46, John Dale |
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memoirs,
personal |
WWII
Memoirs in
note form, Barbara Semple |
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memoirs |
The Choir
Suppers, interview with W. Whitlock |
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memoirs, personal |
About
H. Ploughman & Tree Felling, Fred Burbidge |
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memoirs |
Bathing in the
Canal, G. Freeston's account |
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memoirs, personal |
Pranks Admitted
to - various authors eventually, hoped for |
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memoirs, personal |
Memories of
Blisworth, Sir Hereward Wake |
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memoirs |
WWII
Christmas Story, Local Constable (retold by G.F.) |
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memoirs, interview |
William
Whitlock by G. Freeston (excerpts) |
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memoirs |
The War
Years Rosa Thorpe |
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memoirs |
Memories
of WWII in Blisworth Robin Freeston |
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World Wars |
Collection of
references Grouped comments as received. |
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World War I |
Military
Service records |
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war, school, aviation |
Extracts from
School Log Book - World War I Experiences |
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World War II |
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war |
Robin
Freeston's WWII Calendar this draws on G. Freeston's War Diary
(see below) and Robin's own WWII studies. His more personal memories as a
boy are recorded in 'Memories' on the next line. |
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war, memoirs |
Memories
of WWII in Blisworth Robin Freeston |
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memoirs,
personal |
Blisworth
Arm, 1939 - 46, John Dale |
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war |
George
Freeston's War Diary 1940 - 41 |
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school, war measures |
School Log Book - World War II
notes, embedded in 1922 -1958 record. |
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war, pig
clubs? |
Blisworth
Pig clubs |
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war |
Air crashes logged by Gibson |
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war |
Pamphlet
on Recommendations for War Savings, published 1944 |
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war, people |
Archived 'Wartime
Pictures' - see homepage
images index |
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war, memoirs |
The War
Years Rosa Thorpe |
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war, visiting soldiers |
Friends
with Canadian soldiers |
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visiting
soldiers |
Memoirs in
note form by Barbara Semple |
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war, people |
WWII
Christmas Story, Local Constable (retold by G.F.) |
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pre-war, aviation |
A
Piece from the Northampton Independent |
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