INDEX OF ALL HISTORICAL ARTICLES

There are list divisions, linked here, for General, Village, Housing, Manor, Church, Chapel & Graves, Buildings, Archeology, Landmarks & Maps, Canal, Tunnel & Hill Railway, Railways, Mills, Trades, Mining, Events, Schools, Scouts & Guides, People, Memoirs, World War I and II This page has been known to misbehave and offer broken links. Please report them to "Contact us" and try the search box on the homepage instead. Any items that include significant pre-Victorian references are given a background thus: Articles relating directly to the work of George Freeston have a background thus:
Home page link	Keywords	Description	Referenced in a website page
	HISTORY SOCIETIES	Northamptonshire History Societies (NALH)

	General	Village Archives held at the Northamptonshire Records Office
	county	Links to Articles from "The History of the County of Northampton"
	references	Miscellaneous Reference Lists

	George Freeston	Index of Freeston Articles in Round & About
	George Freeston	The Compiled Collection of Articles in Round & About

	George Freeston	George Freeston's 1953 Scrapbook (Internet Explorer file) alternatively a PDF File (low quality)
	George Freeston	Monthly Notes in the Church News "Magazine" George Freeston

	map	A 21st Century Satellite Map with added Historical Features
	Iron Age evidence	Iron Age crop marks
	Roman finds	Catalogue of Roman Finds
	archaeology	All Parish Archaeology - in overview
	ancient routes	Review of Work in Progress on Ancient Routes
	general, buildings	Details on the Listed Buildings compiled by B. Andrews	Reference Lists
	general	Local 2004 Publication - Blisworth (out of print)
	myths ?	Blisworth Fact or Myth ? A few common misconceptions . . .
	general	A List of Freehold Properties c1919 within the Grafton Estate	Reference Lists
	history	The Toll Cottage and the Turnpike
	general, history, map	Review of the Village in 1805 (B. Andrews, 2005)
	general, map	Birds-Eye view of 1729 Blisworth
	general	An Impression of the Village circa 1100
	old village names	Blisworth's name 1066 to 1800 (M. Clinch)
	Arm	Blisworth Arm - general information page.
	Arm	Blisworth Arm archive pictures - Neighbouring Villages

	Census, tenants	Family Heads in 1919 (Grafton Estate Sale document)
	census, directory	Family Heads in 1936 (Directory)
	oddfellow data	Oddfellow Membership 1841 - 1940
		Family Heads in 1952 (Parish C. lists for house numbering - not on display)
		Regular census pages are not kept on this website.

	Village
	village, purchases	Land Purchases during the 1650 - 1700 interregnum
	village	Blisworth Parish Council, Early Years, 1894 -
	village	Community Fields and Allotments
	routes	Review of Work in Progress on Ancient Routes
	village	A Review of Village Allotment Politics, 1958 to 1963
	village	Sewage and Water Services, 1890 - 1960
	village springs	Fisher brook and our local Geology
	village	Post Office Services
	village	Law and Order
	village, buildings	The Great Fire of 1798
	new buildings	Developments in the High Street from 1798
	village, land	Should common land be restored at "The Cross"?
	Arm	Blisworth Arm - general information page.
	Arm	Blisworth Arm archive pictures - Neighbouring Villages
	fields	a review of Field names

	Housing	Development of Village Housing 1938 - 2007
	housing	Social Values and Housing, 1800 - 1930
	housing, allotments	A Review of Village Allotment Politics, 1958 to 1963
	planning process	Blisworth and the Planners 2009 - 2011
	planning process	Localism - Neighbourhood Plan, 2011 - 2012
	housing	Housing Monitor

	Manor	Information collected for "Bridges History", c.1718
	manor, purchases	Land Purchases during the 1650 - 1700 interregnum
	manor	Documents in the Church Chest, 1896	Fields & Allotments
	manor	Transcriptions of Documents above, E. Rose	..
	manor	The Wakes of Blisworth
	manor	The Wakes - internet article
	manor	The Location of Wake's Seat in Blisworth
	manor	Discussion regarding a Manorial Fish Pool

	Church, buildings	Use of the Church on the Eve of the Reformation, P.Barnwell, 2005
	Church, rectors, village	Monthly Notes in the Church News "Magazine" George Freeston
	Rectors	Full List of Rectors, Blisworth Church
	Church	Oldest exterior picture and Pages of other pictures
	Church, the Cross	Churchyard Cross
	Church, bequests	A List of Pre-reformation Bequests to the Church, 1913
	Church	Minutes of the first P.C.C. Meeting, 1928
	Church, buildings	Church History by George Freeston
	Church	Restoration of the Church Bells (incl. G. Freeston's account), 2003
	Church, people	Archive of pictures of Church Groups
	Church, Mothers' Union	The Mothers' Union Banner and the Harris Family
	Church, people	The Story of Rev. Ambrosse, 1797 - 1839 by B. Hornby

	Chapel	History of Baptists in Blisworth by S. Dyster
	Chapel	General pictures of Chapel, interior and exterior
	Chapel, buildings	Enlargements to the Chapel in 1865
	Chapel	Baptists history as reported c.1875
	Chapel	John Goodridge's Early Account (from N.R.O.)
	Chapel, people	Archive of pictures of Baptists Groups
	Chapel, people	19th Century Baptists Members List - Research Page
	Chapel	Little known Blisworth Wesleyan Methodists Group c. 1841

	Graves	Families Page incl. details of Anglican and Baptists Graves

	Buildings	Cat. of Prominent Buildings incl. link to 'Listed' (under construction)
	buildings	Note entries on Church and Chapel above
	buildings	Details on Listed Buildings compiled by B. Andrews
	date stones	Recorded Date-stones by George Freeston
	buildings	History of the Village Hall
	buildings	History of the "Sun, Moon & Stars" Building (includes comments)	sun, moon & stars
	buildings, names	The Victorian Naming of the "Sun, Moon & Stars"	sun, moon & stars
	buildings	The Bacon Factory buildings, from the Scrapbook 1953	bacon factory
	buildings	Blisworth Hotel and Gardens, an account by G. Freeston	hotel, gardens
	buildings	Grafton House (aka. Grafton Arms, The Duke's Arms)
	buildings	Blisworth House and use the search box
	buildings	Miscellany on Buildings
	buildings	The Toll Cottage and the Turnpike	railway arch
	buildings, cottages	Details on a row of cottages in the High Street	High Street
	buildings, cottages	Home Farm, Stoke Road	Stoke Road
	buildings, cottages	The row of cottages opposite the Royal Oak	High Street
	buildings, history	Review of the Village in 1805 (B. Andrews, 2005)
	buildings	The Lowndes aka. The Loundes
	buildings, views	Connegar Leys, 1953
	buildings	The Navigation Inn - Timeline
	buildings, school	1912 plans and c1930 aerial photo of the School

	Archaeology	Catalogue of Metal Detecting Group finds in the Parish
	archaeology	A Dig near the Saltway in Gayton Parish, August 2007
	ancient routes	Review of Work in Progress on Ancient Routes
	archaeology, Roman	Catalogue of Roman Finds in Blisworth
	archaeology overview	All Parish Archaeology - in overview
	archaeology	A Roman Site near the Village?
	archaeology	Review of Settlements in the Area - Stephen Young, Nov 2010
	archaeology, domestic	Letters and Newspaper, found in roof space
	archaeology, industrial	Ironstone wagon Axle, found in field

	Landmarks, Maps	Evidence of our Roman Saltway path
	maps	Suggestions for the course of the Saltway to the East
	maps, route to south	Consider Nunn Lane to Alderton Green
	map, routes	Review of Work in Progress on Ancient Routes
	maps	1838 Grafton Survey Map - in sections
	fields inclosure, map	Details of the Inclosure Award 1808
	landmarks, maps	The Loundes fields
	landmark	A Comment on how the Manorian Warren was managed
	maps	From Google: Village Streets Parish with historical features
	maps	Grafton 'Pocket' map, c.1820 - part of parish
	maps	Clinch's field map - c1935
	Maps	Field Names Both of the above two maps at full scale
	maps, fields	a review of Blisworth's field names
	maps, springs	Fisher Brook and our local Geology

	Canal	Links relating to Canal, Narrow Boats, Tunnel and Hill Railway including some recent material.
	canal, miscellany	Boat decoration
	canal, miscellany	Blisworth Arm to Northampton horse railway, 1805? - 1815
	canal, miscellany	Weedon "Barracks" or Royal Ordnance Depot - five linked short articles
	canal, map	Review of maps of canal at Blisworth
	memoirs, canal	Blisworth Arm and the Canal, Doreen Blood
	canal manager	Thomas William Millner, Canal Manager 1895 - 1930
	canal, The Arm	History of Blisworth Arm - also Neighbouring Villages (home page)
	The Arm	Taped Pub-talk about the Arm, transcript from GF tape
	canal, The Arm	The Russian Oil Products Ltd. depot
	canal, The Arm	History of Navigation Inn
	canal, The Arm	History of Sand Landings Wharf
	canal, The Arm	Features at Blisworth Arm
	canal, North Sea	Motor Vessel Blisworth - Grand Union shipping connections

	Tunnel & hill railway	Links relating to Canal, Narrow Boats, Tunnel and Hill Railway
	tunnel, repairs	Images relating to the 1982 tunnel repairs
	tunnel, toll road map	Details of the c.1794 over-hill toll road
	tunnel	Reconstruction of the Attempts to complete the tunnel
	tunnel, ghost	The Tunnel Ghost Story
	tunnel repairs, memoir	Tunnel Repairs; an account by George Freeston
	tunnel repairs, memoir	Tunnel Repairs; an account by Robin Garrett

	Railways	Northampton's reactions to the Railway c. 1837 by J. Wake
	branch line	F.H.Mair's description of the Blisworth to Northampton branch, 1845
	railway	'Railways' archived pictures - see also the images index
	station map	Annotated map of station and goods-marshalling area
	station map	Large Scale Map of Station - c1910
	map, mail catcher	Location of the Railways Mail Catcher - "Letter Catcher"
	railway, miscellany	Description of the Station Gas House aka "Tank House"
	railway, miscellany	An 1865 Plan to link the SMJ and Northampton branch lines.
	railway, people	Rabbit Hunting on the SMJ Line
	railway, memoirs	Reminiscences of John Whitehead - Blisworth main signal box
	railways	Blisworth Station main signal box - John Whitehead
	railway, people	Edgar Ayres - a railways career as postman
	memoirs, railways	Railway Station and Blisworth Hotel, Doreen Blood
	railway history	The history of the SMJ railway company, Andy Thompson
	memoirs, railways	SMJ Cottages, Doreen Blood
	SMJ, Rolt	A reference to Tom Rolt's autobiography - the SMJ Line
	railway accident	Accident near the station in 1922

	Mills	Concise History of Blisworth Milling 1086 - 1900
	mills, watermill	Some Details of the Watermill
	people, mills	Tribute and account of Funeral of Joseph Westley
	mills	Part-Fictional Account of the 1879 Flour Mill Fire

	Trades	'Early Industry' archived pictures - see also the images index
	trades, memoirs	1954 Newspaper coverage of Villager's Trades, etc.
	trades	Wheel-Wrighting
	brick-making	The Blisworth Brick Company
	trades	The British Bacon Company factory and photographs
	cycles and motors	Freeston's Garage, The Cross - 1930s example trading records
	baking & milling	Images Collection - Stoke Road baking, milling, Bacon Factory
	baking	The Blisworth Bakeries
	pig keeping, war	Blisworth Pig Clubs?
	farming, forestry	A Young's 1791 Farming Notes - Northamptonshire
	odd fellows	Oddfellow Membership 1841 - 1940

	Mining & Quarrying	History of Pre-WWII Blisworth Mining & Quarrying
	people	The story of John Roper, Grafton Agent c. 1810
	quarrying	Limestone Quarry and railway
	archeology, limestone	Early Limestone Quarry by the Salt Way
	quarry, school trip	School trip to the Quarry

	Events	'Occasions' archived pictures - see also the images index
	events	Collection of Parish Council Bills, 1935 Jubilee Celebrations
	events	150th Anniversary - Canal Tunnel Completion, 1955	bicentenary
	events	200th Anniversary (Bicentenary - 2005) - see home page link
	events	Details of the 1940s and '50s Horse Show	farming
	events	Stills from a cine film of the 1947/8 Fete
	events	The last exhibition by G. Freeston, 1981

	Schools	A brief Historical Overview heads the Schools images page
	plans, aerial photo	1912 plans and c1930 aerial photo of the School
	schools, miscellany	Two historical archive pieces, George Freeston	schools
	school plans	Blisworth School Plans - 1911
	schools, records	Headteacher's Log Book Part I Part II	schools
	poetry	Poems for Children, Marjorie Hare (teacher 1931 to 1966)
	schools, war, aviation	Extracts from Part I Above - World War I Experiences	schools
	memoirs, school	School Days, Doreen Blood

	Scouts and Guides	Girl Guides 'Sea-Rangers' project 1945 - 1948
	scouts	Current Situation and a plea for information

	People	'Personalities' archived pictures - see also the images index
	people, social customs	Blisworth Kettling or Drumming, 1895 and 1936
	people, social customs	What was Tea ? - a compilation of references to tea.
	people, census	No census data available here. 1936 'Directory' Village Listing	family research
	people	Archive pictures of Guides and Scouts - under construction
	people	The story of John Roper, Grafton Agent c. 1810
	people, oddfellows	Oddfellow Membership 1841 - 1940
	people, mills	Anecdote about the Westleys, G. Freeston
	people, mills	Tribute and account of Funeral of Joseph Westley
	people	Village cobblers - about to be extended	High Street
	people	The Brafields of Blisworth, c1600 - 1800
	people	Ronald William French, 1921 - 1992
	people	The Harris Family (Mothers' Union Banner)
	people, railways	A few miscellaneous Railway Characters, John Whitehead and others
	people	John Green - calligrapher, poet, cobbler	Stoke Road
	people	John Green - A contemporary interpretation of his work, E. Ashworth.
	people	Partial Family Tree - Whitlocks
	people	Edwin Whitlock - a military career	family tree
	people, memoirs	Percy Whitlock - on holiday in Blisworth. Percy Whitlock website	family tree
	people	Rev. Ussher honours 'Witty' Whitlock	family tree
	people	Edgar Ayres - a railways career
	people	Lucy Perkins - anecdotal
	people	Arthur Basford - Baptist background
	people	G. Freeston meets Arthur Norman & Fred Gulliver
	people & memoirs	Susan Clarke's book on Gullivers (held at BHS)
	people	Dr. Jeaffreson's Consulting Room - village improvisation!	Personalities
	people	Richard Dunkley - renown builder, railway and municipal buildings	Railway Arch
	people	Thomas William Millner, Canal Manager 1895 - 1930	Canal Page
	people	The Ludham family - canal building era.
	people, church	The Story of Rev. Ambrosse, 1797 - 1839 by B. Hornby
	people	The Children of Connegar Leys, 1953

	Memoirs	1954 Newspaper collection of interviews, etc
	memoirs, interview	Excerpts from sound recordings made by G. Freeston
	memoirs, tapes	Leslie John Chambers (Northampton,Blisworth, WWI)
	memoirs collection	Collection by Mona Clinch (1938)
	memoirs	Story of the Dancing Bear, Fred Burbidge
	memoirs	Two other stories, Fred Burbidge
	memoirs, interview	Fred Burbidge, interviewed by G. Freeston
	memoirs, personal	Life as a Son of an Undertaker, Witty Whitlock
	memoirs	Sparrow Clubs George Freeston
	memoirs, rewritten	Rural Economics, based on excerpts
	memoirs	Blisworth Station, L. Griffiths
	memoirs, poem	Connegar Leys, by Andy Newbery
	memoirs, personal	The Bridge, by Andy Newbery
	memoirs, poem	The Shop, by Andy Newbery
	memoirs	I Remember Blisworth, by Andy Newbery
	memoirs	Travelling through the Village c.1940, Jim Payler
	memoirs, poem	Gayton Road, by Andy Newbery
	memoirs, personal	Life at the Gas House & Relocating to Birmingham, Bert Varney
	memoirs, personal	Railway Station and Blisworth Hotel, Doreen Blood
	memoirs, railway	A few miscellaneous Railway Characters, John Whitehead and others
	memoirs, personal	SMJ Cottages, Doreen Blood
	memoirs, personal	Blisworth Arm and the Canal, Doreen Blood
	memoirs, personal	Taped Pub-talk about the Arm, transcript from GF tape
	tunnel repairs, memoir	Tunnel Repairs; an account by George Freeston
	tunnel repairs, memoir	Tunnel Repairs; an account by Robin Garrett
	memoirs, personal	School Days, Doreen Blood
	memoirs, personal	Blisworth Arm, 1939 - 46, John Dale
	memoirs, personal	WWII Memoirs in note form, Barbara Semple
	memoirs	The Choir Suppers, interview with W. Whitlock
	memoirs, personal	About H. Ploughman & Tree Felling, Fred Burbidge
	memoirs	Bathing in the Canal, G. Freeston's account
	memoirs, personal	Pranks Admitted to - various authors eventually, hoped for
	memoirs, personal	Memories of Blisworth, Sir Hereward Wake
	memoirs	WWII Christmas Story, Local Constable (retold by G.F.)
	memoirs, interview	William Whitlock by G. Freeston (excerpts)
	memoirs	The War Years Rosa Thorpe
	memoirs	Memories of WWII in Blisworth Robin Freeston

	World Wars	Collection of references Grouped comments as received.

	World War I	Military Service records
	Clarke	WWI information on two Clarke brothers
	war, school, aviation	Extracts from School Log Book - World War I Experiences
	WWI, Northampton	Memoirs L J Chambers

	World War II
	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.
	war, memoirs	Memories of WWII in Blisworth Robin Freeston
	memoirs, personal	Blisworth Arm, 1939 - 46, John Dale
	war	George Freeston's War Diary 1940 - 41
	bomb, Blisworth	First bomb on Blisworth
	school, war measures	School Log Book - World War II notes, embedded in 1922 -1958 record.
	war, pig clubs?	Blisworth Pig clubs
	war	Air crashes logged by Gibson
	war	Pamphlet on Recommendations for War Savings, published 1944
	war, people	Archived 'Wartime Pictures' - see also the images index
	war, memoirs	The War Years Rosa Thorpe
	war, visiting soldiers	Friends with Canadian soldiers
	visiting soldiers	Memoirs in note form by Barbara Semple
	war, people	WWII Christmas Story, Local Constable (retold by G.F.)
	pre-war, aviation	A Piece from the Northampton Independent