Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    AQ11/1/9
  • Title
    The Shrievalty of the County of Bedford 1904-1905 William Henry Allen Esq JP High Sheriff. Privately printed by F Hockliffe.
  • Date free text
    1905
  • Production date
    From: 1904 To: 1905
  • Scope and Content
    Book intended for the use of the Allen family 'and whoever reads it must consider that it is intended for this purpose only, viz, as a record of the history of my Shrievalty for family reference in the future...The events brought together in this volume are intended to show to those who come after, what are the official duties of a High Sheriff in the early 20th century. For this reason all the official documents connected with the appointment to the Office have been set out in full, as well as the official forms showing the manner in which the most important work connected with the Shrievalty is carried out...This record of events is printed in chronological order, except in the case of the presentation to HMS Bedford.' Includes: picture of W H Allen in High Sheriff costume, family tree of the Allen family, picture of the family in 1903, site on which Bromham House was built, view of Bromham House Estate from the park, Bromham House from the south-west, picture of the High Sheriff's chaplain Rev C W Browning, W G Carter Mitchell under sheriff, unveiling of the Boer War memorial, Bedford, Mr Justice Reginald More Bray judge of the Assizes, High Sheriff's carriage in front of Bromham House, carriage returning to Bromham House, garden party 13 August 1904, W H Allen at the fountain, view along the drive, footmen, band of the royal artillery, Hon Sir Thomas Townsend Bucknill judge of assizes, waiting at Midland railway station to receive HRH Princess Christian, The Princess Christian, Queen's Park Christmas Tree, picture of Master Noel Beaver as the Earl of Leicester, Sir Walter George Frank Phillimore, bart judge at assizes, going to meet the judge, in state procession through Bromham, golf, cricket, C Guy Pym esq MP for Bedford, HMS Bedford, list of the former High Sheriffs with some of their coats of arms.
  • Archival history
    Presented to the Record Office by W H Allen 28 April 1923 as unofficial accession 63. Originally classified as HSV10 it was later transfered to the searchroom library under classification 120 but on the reorganisation of the library in 2014 it was decided that it sat better with other W H Allen documents in the AQ collection.
  • Level of description
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