Reference
MB2/BNA/6/1319
Title
Newnham Avenue, Bedford. File of papers etc., containing:
Date free text
1939-1953
Production date
From: 1939 To: 1953
Scope and Content
a) Papers concerning the purchase by the Methodist Trustees from Bedford Corporation, of land in Newnham Avenue for £475, and legal costs etc. 1939 - 1940;
b) Site plan of land in Newnham Avenue n.d. [c.1940];
c) Correspondence and papers relating to the building of the Church Hall at Newnham Avenue, with letters re allotment tenancies on the site, papers re building including correspondence with Messrs.Warmington & Co. (W.E.Lewin, agent for the Trustees) of London, land agents; Widnell & Trollope, Westminster, quantity surveyors; C.Lovett Gill & Partners, architects; and George Wrycroft Sons, St.Neots, contractors; with architect's certificates etc., and final building accounts submitted in Feb. 1954 to the Department for Chapel Affairs, Manchester. 1949 - 1954;
d) Minutes of Newnham Avenue Methodist Church Building Committee (including a list of Church members and adherents) 1950-1952;
e) Brochure and appeal leaflet for new Methodist Church and Hall in Newnham Avenue, illustrated with a perspective drawing by the architect [printed] n.d. [c.1952] [another copy of leaflet in MB1301];
f) Handbill re opening of the New Church Hall, Newnham Avenue, by Mrs.W.E.Lewin on 25 June 1953 [printed] 1953
Level of description
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