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RefNoKGILBERT/3504/LH/15
AltRefNo3504
TitleFolder of notes and cuttings: Buildings of Wansford and their inhabitants, place-names, copy maps and aerial photographs, article 'A Wansford Mystery' concerning 'Greystones', Readers Digest article (1979), Buildings of Architectural and Historic Interest. Various dates.
DescriptionResearch notes, newspaper cuttings regarding the history of Wansford and its developments, as well as research on occupants in Wansford, Thorney and Sibson.
Includes notes regarding historical findings at 'Greystones' in Wansford, nd, manuscript for The Lost Inns of Wansford and Sibson, 1979. Copy notice from the Duke of Bedford to Henry Wing at Woburn Abbey that gave permission to Lieutenant St.George Lyster permission to shoot at the Manor "provided he does not shoot at Pheasants or to into the Woods", 1809. Booklet on the history of the Tangye patent, 1884-1920. Extensive article from Woman's Journal on 13 Robins Field, Wansford, May 1969. Letter from Harold Skuse, New Zealand, thanking John Gilbert for information, 22 August 1980.

Envelope containing: photographs of a Plan of the Parish of Thornaugh and Wansford and the Bedford Purlieus in the County of Northampton 1871, Wansford 1887 OS Map, Wansford taken from A Plan of the Lordship of Thornaugh, Wansford, Stibbington, Sibson and Elton, Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire belonging to his Grace the Duke of Bedford by John Wilson 1841. Wansford taken from the Thornaugh and Wansford Tithe Award July 1838 (2 copies). Plan of Durobrivae marking hearby buildings, potteries, etc, nd. Aerial photograph of Wansford, nd.
Envelope containing: copy of plans and estimates for building a house at Wansford for Robert Butcher Esq, 29 March 1762 (original at Bedfordshire Archives). Copy account of tenants to his Grace the Duke of Bedford at Wansford, 1756. Copy list of Thornhaugh, Wansford, Sibson and Stibbington deeds.
Datec1887-1969
CreatorNameMr J. L. Gilbert
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives
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