A History of Preston in Hertfordshire
A History of Preston in Hertfordshire
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Temple Dinsley
Temple Dinsley - an overview
86 views of Temple Dinsley1913
The gardens of Temple Dinsley
The owners
The Pryor family 1874 - 1901
J Barrington-White 1901 - 1908
The Fenwicks 1908 - 1918
Douglas Vickers 1918 - 1923
Amina Countess of Carnarvon
Princess Helena College
The tenants
Thomas Halsey 1840 -1844
John Weeks 1869 - 1879
Frederick MacMillan
The Cottage/Dower House
Preston Places
Introduction
The Cottages
An overview of the cottages
Tracing the history of cottages
Back Lane
Chequers Lane - NE side
Chequers Cottages
Church Lane - North side
Crunnells Green/ School Lane
Hill Farm Lane
Holly Cottages
Jacks Hill
Kiln Wood Cottage
(The) Old Forge
Preston Green
Sootfield Green
Spindle Cottage
Swedish Cottages
(The) Wilderness
Farms
Castle Farm
Home Farm, Hitchin Road
Minsden Farm
Offley Holes Farm
Pond Farm
Poynders End Farm
Preston Hill Farm
Temple Farm
Inns
The Chequers
The Red Lion
Community buy out of Red Lion
Houses
Hill End
Offley Holes House
Stagenhoe
Wain Wood and Bunyan’s Dell
The Manor of Welei
The ‘Waste’ of Crunnells Green
The Trees of Preston Green
Straightening Preston Hill Road
The Preston/Gosmore tumulus
Preston Life
Agriculture and Ag Labourers
Allotments
Beating the Parish boundaries
Benefit Clubs
Best-kept Herts village (1950s)
Cricket
Crime
(The) Fair
Football
Mobility
Morality
Ponds
(The) Pound
Straw plaiting
Wells and Wind pumps
Religion
Introduction
Anglican churches
A photographic visit to St
Martins
Minsden Chapel
Plans to sell Minsden Chapel
Nonconformity at Preston
Bunyan’s Chapel
Back St Meeting House, Hitchin
Education
History of Preston’s 3 schools
Pupils in the school logbook
School mistresses
List of teachers
Attendance
Literacy
Preston School 1900 - 1939
Eugenics and Preston School
‘Preston School 100 Years Ago’
- Daily Mirror story
Data
Preston births and baptisms
Preston Marriages 1800 - 1900
Marriages St Martins 1909-1985
Burials 1800 - 1900
Burials, St Martins 1906 - 2009
Censuses
General notes
1801,1807 and 1821 Censuses
1841 Census
Analysis
1851 Census
Analysis
1861 Census
Analysis
1871 Census
Analysis
1881 Census
Analysis
1886 Religious census
1891 Census
Analysis
1901 Census
Analysis
1911 Census
Analysis
1921 Census
Analysis
1939 Register
Militia lists 1750 - 1785
1811 Preston map and award
1837 Rates book
Manorial records of T Dinsley
Wills of Preston people
Preston people
Introduction
Preston soldiers of WW1 One
People of Prestion 1929 - 1950
People of Preston 1952 - 1985
Photos of local folk 1950/60s
A gallery of Preston folk
A sad suicide in 1933
An odd incident c1865
Althams Crunnells Grn House
Armstrong family
Ashton family
Barker, Rose - schoolmistress
Blanchards of Rose Cottage
Cook, Arthur of Stagenhoe
Cook, Rebecca Preston poems
Dawson, Mr and Mrs DJW
Freebody, Nina - historian
Gribble, Norah Mrs Seebohm
Gunning, S of Langley End Cot
Fox twins - poachers
Hall, Samuel
Hinde, Robert: Preston Castle
Hine, Reginald - Hitchin
Jenkins, Cecil and Maggie
Jenkins. Herbie Castle Farm
Middleditch, Dick
Newell, Leonard and Eileen
Pedder, William 1837 - 1919
Peters family
Peters, David - recollections
Phillips, Nurse: first midwife
Pryor, Armigel
Ralston de Vins
Sansom, Chris - historian
Scott family of Church Road
Seebohms of Poynders End
Soldene. Emily - musical star
Soldene, Emily and Preston
Soto, Sam: Preston 1969/72
Stanley, William (Bill) and Rose
Stevens, Simon - teacher
Sunderland, Robert memories
Swain, early saga
Swain tree, early
Swain tree, early - notes
Swain (later family)
Swain, Charles
Swain, Stephen
Thrussell, ‘Blind Bob’.
Turl, Mary - postwoman
Waller family, builders
Whitbread, Chalkley: farmer
The Book
“The History of Preston in
Hertfordshire”
Details of the book
The book launch and signing
The Booklet
“St Martin’s, Preston in
Hertfordshire”
Details of the booklet
In press and on screen
Family Tree magazine
Preston School
The lost manor of Welei
Webite
Book
Using a researcher
FamilyTree Monthly
Fairey Tales
The Villager
Re: Preston
Hitchin Comet
Hitchin History Day
Preston in film, TV and radio
A History of Preston in Hertfordshire
Wray
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