AU10/31/4/3

Copy of "The Clock Strikes Five" as reproduced by Ampthill History Forum, edited and with introduction by Andrew Underwood, foreword by Joyce Matthews and signed by her; the book includes many of the photographs in AU10/31/3/1 and AU10/31/4/2 as well as: - ground floor plan of Ampthill House; - photograph of Anthony Henry Wingfield aged six in 1863; - Spy print of 1906 of James W.Lowther, long serving speaker of House of Commons, created Viscount Ullswater on retirement; - Indian Bull being ridden by Joseph Clorley outside Ampthill House with Sir Anthony standing beside, c.1937; - Anthony Edward Foulis Wingfield on a sled pulled by a reindeer in grounds of Ampthill House c.1911; - Albert Bell, the chef, at Ampthill Bowls Club dinner at Masonic Rooms 111 Dunstable Street c.1946; - Sir Anthony presenting a salver and testimonial parchment to Alan Tindal Lennox Boyd and his wife Patricia on their marriage in 1938 also showing Nora Ira Smith who drew up the parchment and had been senior draughtsman at Cardington working on airship design; - Ampthill Town Band leading Ampthill branches of Royal British Legion to church past boundary wall of Ampthill House with Foulislea Cottage and other buildings in Church Street behind, Nov 1952; - Church Avenue, built of site of Ampthill House and grounds, photographed from Ampthill Church tower by Peter Chapman c.1957; - demolition of Ampthill House wall by men of J.M.Hill in 1961, showing Reading Room donated to the town by Sir Anthony; - plan of Ampthill House estate as developed by Richard Nicholls c.1808; - plan of Ampthill House estate c.1900; - plan of Ampthill House estate with modern roads of Church Street, Church Avenue, Brinsmade Road, Church View, Gas House Lane, Rushbrook Close, Ailesbury Road, Manton Close, Wingate Drive, Exton Close, Saunders Piece, Lea Road and Verne Road superimposed on site of Ampthill House, hah ha, fish pond, Richard Nicholls' house and Carte's Farm

Nov 2003

From: 1808 To: 2003

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Wingfield, Anthony Henry,
Matthews, Charles H.,
Matthews, Joyce,
Underwood, Andrew Grimmer,
Lowther, James W. [Viscount Ullswater],
Clorley, Joseph H.,
Wingfield, Anthony Edward Foulis,
Bell, Albert,
Ampthill Bowls Club,
Boyd of Merton, Alan Tindal Lennox Boyd, 1st Viscount,
Boyd of Merton, Patricia Lennox Boyd, Countess of,
Smith, Nora Ira,
Royal British Legion,
Chapman, Peter,
Hill, J.M.,
Nicholls, Richard

building plans, photographs, Ampthill History Forum, cattle, named portraits, reindeer, bowls, unidentified portraits, chef, servants, rest of Bedfordshire MPs, draughtsman, civil airships, specific marriages, music societies, Ampthill Town Band, Royal British Legion, maps, ponds, Ampthill Carte's Farm, reading rooms, Ampthill House, AMPTHILL, Ampthill Church Street, Ampthill Dunstable Street, Ampthill Masonic Rooms, Ampthill Foulislea Cottage, Ampthill Church Avenue, Ampthill Brinsmade Road, Ampthill Gas House Lane, Ampthill Church View, Ampthill Rushbrook Close, Ampthill Ailesbury Road, Ampthill Manton Close, Ampthill Wingate Drive, Ampthill Exton Close, Ampthill Saunders Piece, Ampthill Lea Road, Ampthill Verne Road