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Robin
Freeston's Index of
Notes by the compiler - Robin Freeston: From the first issue in Summer 1975 to the January/February issue of 1999 George made regular contributions to the village magazine - in over a hundred issues. These related both to contemporary and historical events. He himself preserved these magazines and others have supplied more copies. Together with ‘The History of Your Parish Church’ 1964/75 previously serialised in the Blisworth Church News Sheet and recently digitally preserved these writings represent a great amount of George’s writings on Blisworth. They were recorded in an ephemeral form and it is only now ten years after his death that this attempt to preserve and index them has come about. This separate index will be found a valuable tool in consulting these writings where a wealth of information about Blisworth past and present is to be discovered. After consulting the index enter the appropriate reference no. in edit/search, using brackets, to find the entry in the following manner . . . example - [17] The manner of George’s signing off varies. The entries have been kept as the original except for being represented in italics. PLEASE NOTE, there are 6 copies missing: Mar/Apr 1980 Nov./Dec.1986 Jan./Feb.1987 Mar./Apr.1987 Sep./Oct. 1995, May/Jun.1999. If any of these happen to come to light I would beg the loan or gift of them to help make this collection complete. This Link opens the Compilation in a separate Tab
SUBJECT ISSUE NUMBERS 1992 rain and late harvest ---------------------------------------------- 72 1996 rainfall, weather, crops etc. ------------------------------------ 88 Alexander, Walter ------------------------------------------------------------ 3c Allotments ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 60 Arbutts Lane ------------------------------------------------------------------ 50 Baptist Chapel -------------------------------------------------------- - - - - 15 Barnes, James ------------------------------------------------------------------ 76 Barry family -------------------------------------------------------------------- 61 Basford, Arthur Eaton ------------------------------------------------------ 4 Baxter/Daft -------------------------------------------------------------- - - - 17 20 Birch, bakers in High Street ---------------------------------------------- 6a Birds in summer 1995 ------------------------------------------------------ 85 Blenheim bomber crash ---------------------------------------------------- 84 Blisworth Arm ------------------------------------------------------------------ 38 Blisworth by-pass ------------------------------------------------------------ 63 63a 63b 63c 66 Blisworth Caravan Park ---------------------------------------------------- 46 Blisworth Church new benefice arrangements ----------------- 93 Blisworth, early forms of the name ---------------------------------- 2 Blisworth Hill Farm ------------------------------------------------------ - - 13 22 53 Blisworth Hill Railway and Toll Road ------------------------------- 5 88 Blisworth Hotel ---------------------------------------------------------------- 32 45 Blisworth Hotel Pleasure Gardens -------------------------------------- 6 60 Blisworth Hotel Swimming Pool by Walter Alexander - - - - 46c Blisworth House ------------------------------------------------------------ - 40 44 Blisworth in 1793 - - - - ---------------------------------------------------- 43 Blisworth in 1872 --------------------- -------------------------------------- 70 89 Blisworth in June 1988 ---------------------------------------------------- 53 Blisworth in 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------ 89 Blisworth, over-crowding pre. W.W.I ---------------------------------- 69 78 Blisworth Peterborough railway line -------------------------------- - 38 Blisworth Plain -------------------------------------------------------------- - 13 14 Blisworth Rectory ------------------------------------------------------------ 61 Blisworth School ------------------------------------------------------------ 79 84 Blisworth, short account from prehistoric to Domesday - - 2 Blisworth, Station ---------------------------------------------------------- - 38 44 Blisworth Station, Bookstall -------------------------------------------- 4 Blisworth Tunnel Hill Farm - - see Tunnel Hill Farm Bodsworth, Dennis -------------------------------------------------------- - 18 59 Bodsworth, Greta ---------------------------------------------------------- - 18 59 Bombs on village ------------------------------------------------------------ 84 British Bacon Company ---------------------------------------------------- 62 British Pepper & Spice Mill ---------------------------------------------- - 15 87 Brownies -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 59 Bull, Dr. Derek ---------------------------------------------------------------- 72 Bull and Boar -------------------------------------------------------------- - - 26 Bunker, Rev. Harry ------------------------------------------------------ - - 18 Bus Shelter ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 41 Buttermilk Hall -------------------------------------------------------------- - 13 Buttmead ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 53 By-pass, see Blisworth by-pass Caesar, Richard ---------------------------------------------------- - - - - - - 18 Canal ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 38 66 80 Canal, accidents -------------------------------------------------------------- 56 Canal bathing ------------------------------------------------------------------ 71 Canal, district engineer ---------------------------------------------------- 38 Canal, planning, surveying and construction ------------------- 74 Canal Wharfs -------------------------------------------------------------- - - 38 Catechism ---------------------------------------------- ------------------------ 4 Cattle and sheep droving ----------- -------------------------------------- 44 80 Cave, Mrs, hat and millinery shop ------------------------------------ 62 Cemetery Wall ------------------------------------------------------------ - - 10 Chapman, Edward -------------------------------------------------------- - - 16 Chapman, Thomas ----------------------------------------------------------- 16 Chennels, Rev. -------------------------------------------------------------- - 16 Chester, Mr. W. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 62 Cheyney, Scoutmaster ---------------------------------------------------- - 18 Church Council ---------------------------------------------------------------- 26 Church matters 1998 ------------------------------------------------------ 95 Church records exhibition in church 1997 ----------------------- 91 Churchwardens accounts ------------------------------------------------ 67 Clematis Cottage ------------------------------------------------------------ 47 Clinch, Col. H.W. ------------------------------------------------------------ - 40 Clinch, Mrs. Mona Clyde -------------------------------------------------- 40 Colley, Rev. Wingfield ------------------------------------------------------ 97 Collins, Doris -------------------------------------------------------------- - - 29 Coronation May 1937 ------------------------------------------------------ 85 Country Bus -------------------------------------------------------------------- 100 Court Leet ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 53 Cricket at Blisworth ---------------------------------------------------------- 80 Cubs ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ 18 Daily mail London to Manchester Air Race --------------------- 46 Dalton, John and Marilyn ------------------------------------------------ 40 Dancing bear ------------------------------------------------------------------ 94 Danish Piggery ---------------------------------------------------------------- 40 Dunkley, Richard -------------------------------------------------------------- 45 46 50 De Wilde, James ---------------------------------------------------------------- 46 52 70 89 Elmhurst, Captain ------------------------------------------------------------ 84 Enclosures ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 53 60 Erichsen, Mr. and Mrs. ---------------------------------------------------- 40 Exhibition in the church 1981 ------------------------------------------ 17 Farms in 1871 -------------------------------------------------------------- - - 83 Fisher ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11 13 47 83 Flower and produce show ------------------------------------------------ 60 Ford Lane ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 50 Freeston, E.T. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 102 Freeston, George -------------------------------------------------------- - - 9 17 18 19 Freeston, Robin -------------------------------------------------------------- 86 Freeston, Ron ------------------------------------------------------------------ 18 59 61 Freeston family -------------------------------------------------------------- 62 Gas House ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 44 George III, Jubillee festivities - - - -------------------------------------- 6 101 Glebe Farm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 53 Goode’s Bushes -------------------------------------------------------------- 50 Goodridge, Alfred, blacksmith ---------------------------------------- 62 Goodridge, Richard, blacksmith -------------------------------------- 62 Grafton, Duke of ------------------------------------------------------------ 45 Grafton Arms ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16 38 91 Grass Lanes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 43 Great Fire of Blisworth -------------------------------------------------- - 3 38 53 Green, A. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - 16 Griffith family ---------------------------------------------------------------- 44 Guides ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 59 Hangmans Wood ---------------------------------------------------------- - - 14 Hawkins, Mr. and Mrs. ---------------------------------------------------- 61 Hill Farm, Gayton Road ---------------------------------------------------- 53 83 Hill, William, cobbler ------------------------------------------------------ 62 Historic Village Talks by George -------------------------------------- 9 Home Farm -------------------------------------------------------------------- 40 53 83 Hugget, Mary, sweet shop ---------------------------------------------- 62 Hunsbury Iron Ore Furnaces -------------------------------------------- 15 Introduction -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Iron Stone excavations ---------------------------------------------------- 60 Knightley, Sir Richard of Fawsley ------------------------------------ - 14 Knock Lane -------------------------------------------------------------------- - 13 14 Laver, Mr. Basil -------------------------------------------------------------- 40 Linnett, John ------------------------------------------------------------------ - 67 Lodge Farm -------------------------------------------------------------------- 53 London & Birmingham Railway.Co. ---------------------------------- 4 38 45 Lordship of Blisworth ---------------------------------------- ------------- 49 Loundes, The ---------------------------------------------------------------- 44 50 Mail Cart -------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - 38 Malin, P.G. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Marriott, Dora ---------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Martindale, Hugh S. -------------------------------------------------------- 40 May day -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3b Meath-Baker family - - ---------------------------------------------------- 61 Memorial Plaque on ‘CRIEFF HOUSE’ ------------------------------- 34 35 Milestones, road ------------------------------------------ -------------------- 38 Milner, T.W., Canal District Engineer ------------------------- - - 38 Missing numbers ---------------------------------------------------- - - - - 1, Monk, Alfred ---------------------------------------------------------------- - 15 Monk, John David ---------------------------------------------------------- - 15 Monkey puzzle tree at Stone Works -------------------------------- 64 Mount Pleasant ---------------------------------------------------------- - - 39 Mowlems ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 22 Napoleon’s abdication festivities --------------------------- - - - - - 6 Navigators riot in 1837 -------------------------------------------------- 78 New Year Starter -------------------------------------------------------- - - 30 Newcombe, Peter ------------------------------------------------------------ 11 Northampton ---------------------------------------------------------------- 45 Northampton Progressive Industrial Society ----------------- - 21 38 Oil pipe line -------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 Old School, history ---------------------------------------------------------- 3 Old School, last day of ---------------------------------------------------- 7 Open Field System ---------------------------------------------------------- 53 Parish Assemblies -------------------------------------------------------- - 26 Parish Council -------------------------------------------------------------- - 26 Parker, Charles -------------------------------------------------------------- 46a Petrol Pumps ------------------------------------------------------------------ 62 Pleasure Gardens ---------------------------------------------------------- 46 Plowman, William ---------------------------------------------------------- - 40 Plowmans Garden Party -------------------------------------------------- 58 60 Poor Rate ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 67 Post Office ------------------------------------------------------------------ - - 38 62 Postal communications in the Blisworth area --------------- - - 38 Postscript ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 111 Railway Cottages -------------------------------------------------- - - - - 4 Railway Sub Office, (RSO) ------------------------------------ --------- 38 Rectory Farm ------------------------------------------------------------------ 53 Rectory Stables -------------------------------------------------------------- 98 Rickyards ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 68 Ridge and Furrow ---------------------------------------------------------- 43 Round & About No.1, reflections on ------------------------------- 73 81 Royal Oak Sign -------------------------------------------------------------- 82 Royal Mail Coaches ------------------------------------------------------ - - 38 Scouts, -------------------------------------------------------- ----------- - - 18 59 Scouts ‘Gang’ Show -------------------------------------------------------- 18 59 Shaw family, Hotel -------------------------------------------------------- 45 46 Sheep dipping ---------------------------------------------------------------- 12 S.M.J. railway ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - 38 Sparrow club ------------------------------------------------------------------ 65 Spring Quartet ---------------------------------------------------------- - - - 11 Spring 1991 ---------------------------------------------------------------- - 64 Staddle stones ---------------------------------------------------------------- 68 Stage Coaches ---------------------------------------------------------------- 63 Station -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 45 Station Bookstall ---------------------------------------------------------- - 4 Station Master’s House -------------------------------------------------- 44 Stockwell Bridge ------------------------------------------------------------ 44 50 Stoke Road,45 ---------------------------------------------------------------- 51 Stone, Louisa ------------------------------------------------------------------ 80 Sturgess, Thomas, bakehouse ---------------------------------------- 62 Sturgess, William, (Bill) -------------------------------------------------- 8 18 40 Sun, Moon & Stars ---------------------------------------------------------- 63 67 94 Telegrams ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 38 Telephone Exchange ------------------------------------------------------ 38 Telephones -------------------------------------------------------------------- 38 46a(p.54) Thorpe, Thomas Alfred -------------------------------------------------- 29 Tin Kettling -------------------------------------------------------------------- 57 Toll Gates and roads - see Turnpike roads Towcester Races -------------------------------------------------------- - - 14 Trains, mail drop and pickup ------------------------------------------ 38 Trotter, Rev. Nathaniel ---------------------------------------------------- 74 76 Tunnel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - 5 Tunnel accidents 1819 and 1861 ------------------------------------ 77 Tunnel, collapse of a tunnel mound ------------------------------- 75 Tunnel Hill Farm ---------------------------------------------------------- - - 13 53 83 Tunnel modern safety measures ------------- ----------------------- 77 Tunnel opening in 1805 ---------------------------------------------- - 27 36 76 Tunnel re-lining -------------------------------------------------------- - - 19 22 25 27 28 31 33 34 36 48 Tunnel re-opening, August 1984 ------------------------------------ 35 37 Tunnel re-opening, first day covers ------------------------------ - 37 Turner, Stuart ------------------------------------------------------------ - - 18 Turnpike roads ---------------------------------------------------------- - - 13 38 Undertakers -------------------------------------------------------------------- 102 Vaughan, Dr. Gerald, M.P. ---------------------------------------------- 40 Victoria House ---------------------------------------------------------------- 42 Village Celebrations ------------------------------------ - - ------------- 6 6a Village Hall, finds on conversion of ----------------------------- - 7 Victoria’s Jubillee celebrations ------------------------------------ - - 6 Wake, Elizabeth ---------------------------------------------------------- - - 14 Wake Endowed School ---------------------------------------------- - - - 4 79 97 Wake, Sir Hereward, 14th Baronet ------------------------------------ 54 Wake, Roger ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - 3 14 54 Wakelin, Colin ---------------------------------------------------------------- 88 Wartime memories ---------------------------------------------------------- 84 86 West bridge wharf ---------------------------------------------------------- 90 91 Westley, Alfred -------------------------------------------------------------- 55 Westley, Joseph -------------------------------------------------------------- 55 91 96 97 Westley, John ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16 55 62 Westley, Wilhaim -------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Westley, William -------------------------------------------------------------- 55 Westley’s Flour Mill ---------------------------------------------------------- 16 55 Westley’s, Mill, Stoke Road -------------------------------------------- 62 Wheelwrights premises, 4 Stoke Road --------------------------- 62 White, Graham ---------------------------------------------------------------- 46 Whitlock,William ‘Whitty’ ---------------------------------------------- - - 40 91 102 Whitmore, T.A. ------------------------------------------------------------ - - 35 Wiggins & Co. ---------------------------------------------------------------- - 15 Wild and Woolly ---------------------------------------------------------------- 5 12 27 44 Wood, Miss Bessie ------------------------------------------------------ - - 10 Woolacott W. A. -------------------------------------------------------- - - - 18 59 Wymersley, Hundred of -------------------------------------------- - - - 2 Young’s Stores ---------------------------------------------------------------- 21 38 62 |