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There Was A Market In Fenny Stratford 772 Years Ago (5 March 1976)

TRM/158

My fancy is tickled by the Fenny Stratford traders’ idea that a royal charter dated 1608 gives them the right to hold a weekly market on Mondays. I rather approve. I do not know whether the claim could be made to stick, but I would be delighted if it could, even if the traders then ...
The Industry That Dug Itself Out (27 March 1975)

TRM/111

“But who may abide the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner’s fire.” So runs the great bass aria from Handel’s Messiah, and for scores of years I have enjoyed hearing it whenever it has been sung by a competent singer. Recently, however, I came upon the ...
Enlargement of the upper map of The Mannor Of Stanton

DKC/002/003

A further enlargement of the upper map of The Mannor Of Stanton, showing the Parsonage, the Church, parcels of Hospital Land, and an earlier Mannor House in a different location from the current Great Linford Manor House.
Highwaymen - Fact & Folklore (11 April 1975)

TRM/113

The somewhat tortuous and, in places, very narrow road from Little Brickhill to Great Brickhill is still known to local people as “Jack Ironcap’s Lane,” after a highwayman who is said to have used it to pounce suddenly on Watling Street travellers and to make his get-away afterwards. Here and now I must point out that ...
Mysteries Are Piled On Mysteries (15 October 1974)

TRM/090

I like a good mystery. Especially do I like a good mystery of history, such is why a Gretna Green situation seems to have arisen at Great Woolstone during the six years 1664 to 1669 inclusive. This mystery, with its suggestion of runaway marriages, was brought to light in 1947 by Mr. Warren Dawson. Mr. Dawson ...
The upper map of The Mannor Of Stanton

DKC/002/002

An enlargement of the upper map of The Mannor Of Stanton.
Two maps of The Mannor Of Stanton

DKC/002/001

Hand-drawn C17th maps of The Mannor Of Stanton using calligraphy with decorative flourishes, showing Great Linford village and the surrounding land at two different scales – undated. North is towards the right of the maps.
Gayhurst, Guy Fawkes and Goats (26 November 1976)

TRM/195

A number of small matters have lately engaged my interest. Matters like the proposal to turn Gayhurst House into separate houses and flats. Incidentally, the English Place Names Society say that Gayhurst means “goat wood.” The Old English word for a goat was pronounced “gate” and a wood was a “hurst” – hence Brockenhurst and Lyndhurst ...
The Royal Fusiliers Regiment on guard

TBC/001/025

Postcard showing The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers on guard over the seven Bishops Tower of London 1633. On either side of the card are men in bright red uniforms with men in black robes in the centre. The card is unwritten. One of six colour postcards of the Royal Fusiliers Regiment ...
Map of Great Linford & manor estate from C17th original

DKC/002/004

Hand-drawn map of Great Linford & manor estate taken from C17th original, showing the Church and the Parsonage. Many of the parcels of land show the name of Sir Richard Napier, who owned the estate from 1650 to 1678. North is towards the left of the map.
Custom Goes Off With A Bang (8 November 1974)

TRM/092

At mid-day next Monday, if all goes according to custom, six loud bangs will rend the air of Fenny Stratford. The bangs will be repeated at 2p.m. and again at 4p.m. After that there will be no more such bangs until the same times next year. The bangs will be made by the famous Fenny Poppers, ...
The Riddle Of Two Dead Cats (4 April 1975)

TRM/112

I was a little surprised to read in a recent issue of the Gazette that St Martin’s Church is now the only building in Fenny Stratford proposed to be listed for conservation on historical and archaeological grounds. Only a little surprised, because since the war there have been a number of such surveys, proposals and recommendations ...