A History of Preston in Hertfordshire
A History of Preston in Hertfordshire
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Preston History “Preston” defined Preston’s manors and parishes A detailed history to 1700: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Two maps from 17thC & 18thC A Roman Road at Preston? The Preston/Gosmore tumulus The Nuns of Elstow Preston history by N Freebody Mrs Maybrick’s Scrapbook: Pt 1 Pt 2 Pt 3 Pt 4 Pt 5 Pt 6 Preston people in 17th century Traditions of Bunyan at Preston Herts Sessions re: Preston Visits: 1890s, 1913 and 1970 Parish News 1900 - 1941: Part 1 Pt 2 Pt 3 Pt 4 Preston and World War Two
Temple Dinsley Temple Dinsley - an overview Changing face of TD 1541 - 1907 86 views of T Dinsley 1907-1989 The gardens of Temple Dinsley The rose garden of T Dinsley The owners The Ithells of Temple Dinsley Thomas Harwood Svt and Esq The Darton family Part 1 The Darton family Part 2 The Pryor family 1874 - 1901 J Barrington-White 1901 - 1908 The Fenwicks 1908 - 1918 Douglas Vickers 1918 - 1923 Almina Countess of Carnarvon Princess Helena College The tenants Thomas Halsey 1840 - 1844 John Weeks 1869 - 1879 Henry Brand 1880 - 1889 Frederick MacMillan 1891 - 1901 The Cottage/Dower House
Preston Places 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 Hitchwood Cottages, 1 & 2 Holly Cottages Jacks Hill/Poynders End Kiln Wood Cottage (The) Old Forge Preston Green Sootfield Green Spindle Cottage Swedish Houses (The) Wilderness Farms Castle Farm Home Farm, Hitchin Road Minsden Farm/Ladygrove 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 Red Lion CAMRA award 8/2021 Houses Hill End Offley Holes House Stagenhoe Wain Wood and Bunyan’s Dell The ‘lost’ Manor of Welei The ‘Waste’ of Crunnells Green The Trees of Preston Green Straightening Preston Hill Road The Preston/Gosmore tumulus Affordable housing 2014/15 Sir Edwin Lutyens and Preston
Preston Life Agriculture and Ag Labourers Allotments Beating the Parish boundaries Benefit Clubs Best-kept Herts village (1950s) Cricket Crime (The) Fair, Sheep and Fun-fair Football Mobility Morality Ponds (The) Pound Straw plaiting Wells and Wind pumps
Religion at Preston An overview The two Anglican churches Photos within St Martins Parish News: Part1, Pt2, Pt3, Pt4 Minsden Chapel Nonconformity at Preston Bunyan’s Chapel Back St Meeting House, Hitchin
Education History of Preston’s 3 schools School mistresses Attendance and absenteeism Literacy Preston School 1900 - 1939 Eugenics and Preston School Daily Mirror story - ‘Preston School 100 Years Ago’
Newspaper Stories Introduction Preston Hill ‘Murder’/robbery Parsonage Farm Fire A breach of promise story Arson Assault Drunkenness Family Disputes Farmers and dealers Poaching Highway offences Theft and robbery Manslaughter Miscellaneous - Part 1 Part 2
Data Analysis of 19thC children Preston births and baptisms Preston Marriages 1800 - 1900 Marriages St Martins 1909-1985 Deaths at Preston - an overview 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 Preston soldiers of WW1 People of Prestion 1930 - 1951 People 1952 - 85 Pt1, Pt2, Pt3 A photo 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 RDJW 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 of Castle Farm Middleditch, Dick Newell, Leonard and Eileen Pedder, William 1837 - 1919 Peters family Peters, David - recollections Phillips, Nurse: first midwife Priestley, (Sir) Joseph Child Pryor, Armigel Pryor, Ralston and Geoffrey Sansom, Chris - historian Scott family of Church Road Seebohms of Poynders End Smith, Sidney 4 Chequers Cot Soldene. Emily - musical star Soldene, Emily and Preston Soto, Sam at Preston 1969/72 Stanley, William (Bill) and Rose Stevens, Simon - teacher Sunderland, Robert memories Swain, early family Swain tree, early Swain tree, early - notes Swain tree, late Swain, James 1824 - 1898 Swain, Charles and descdnts Swain, Stephen Thrussell, ‘Blind Bob’. Turl, Mary - postwoman Waller family, builders Whitbread, Chalkley: farmer
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In magazines and on screen Family Tree magazine Preston Victorian School The lost manor of Welei Creating a family history website Writing a local history book Using an expert for family history Family Tree Monthly Fairey Tales The Villager Re: Preston Hertfordshire Life Re: Preston Hitchin Comet Hitchin History Day Preston in film, TV and radio
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The History of Preston in Hertfordshire 1) Details of the book 2) The book launch and signing St Martin’s, Preston in Hertfordshire Details of the booklet
New in January 2022 The early history of cricket at Preston is reappraised and its founding fathers are suggested
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