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The narrative describes a journey from the source of the River Test to its estuary at Southampton. The author highlights various aspects of each settlement and illustrates the book with sketches and paintings.
A collection of short stories by various writers, each based upon a historical event in Titchfield's past.
A complete history of Wolverton, Stony Stratford and surrounding villages from the earliest settlement to 1945.
In January 1967, the government announced the creation off a new town. Based in North Bucks, it was to take the name of a small village at its centre. 50 years later this new town has a population of 250,000 and growing. This book charts the political struggles that preceded the announcement.
Half a century ago, most of North Bucks was in agricultural use. The small railway town of Wolverton, developed in the 19th century, was the only town of any significance, although smaller market towns such as Stony Stratford, Olney, Newport Pagnell and Fenny Stratford might quarrel with that assessment. Bletchley had developed at a pace […]
George Castleden (1804-1884) was a prolific letter-writer and poet from Woburn, in Bedfordshire. The son of the local Congregationalist preacher, he worked as a clerk in the Duke of Bedford’s offices at Woburn Abbey for twenty years. As well as many published poetical works, he also wrote extensively to the local papers. His subjects were […]
This book was written ten years ago and first published in 2010. The recent publication of Pure Republic, which covers some of the same ground, prompted me to revise the original book. Some material has been updated or corrected and there is some new information. Parts, which wherefore appropriate to Pure Republic, have been discarded. […]
