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Illustrated pamphlet entitled: All Sort of Bassetts. From Rags to Riches. The story of a family that helped shape Leighton Buzzard, by Paul Brown. Plus the Bassett Trail. Trees, Buildings and Landmarks the family left behind. Compiled at the request of Leighton Buzzard teachers and sponsored by Leighton-Linslade Town Council.

2011

From: 2011 To: 2011

Subjects include: early school records; straw hat making; the canal and the railway; Peter Bassett and the Quakers; founding of a bank; charitable works; bridge over Clipstone Brook; more buildings to help the poor, including the Temperance Hall; Gas for Leighton Buzzard; John Dollin Bassett’s family; Alfred Bassett and Australia; Bassett fortunes continue to boom, new Corn Exchange (1864) and bank (1866); Francis Bassett’s family; Bassett Buildings and Trees and the Town Trail (with map); the Family’s influence fades; Mary Bassett, the pioneer; Mary’s Arts and Crafts House: Stonhill in Billington Road (built 1903); Bassett all over the World; colour illustration of Leighton Buzzard bank £5 note (back cover)

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Bassett,
Brown, Paul,
Bassett, Peter,
Bassett, John Dollin,
Bassett, Francis,
Bassett, Mary

LEIGHTON BUZZARD, photographs, town councils, hats, canals, railways, Quakers, banks, Clipstone Brook, Clipstone Brook bridge, TEMPERANCE, gas, Australia, Leighton Buzzard Corn Exchange, Bassetts Bank, Leighton Buzzard Billington Road, bank notes