Reference
CRT130CHA/8
Title
Photocopy of article 'Village that shrank!' by Dick Dawson, from the Evening Post. Gives an account of the history of the village of Tebworth.
Date free text
14 July 1981
Production date
From: 1981 To: 1981
Creator
old accession number 8221
Scope and Content
Includes:
Relationship to Chalgrave parish
Names and locations of 4 pubs: Queen's Head, Shoulder of Mutton, The Cock, Five Horseshoes
Details of the rules of the local Friendly Society
Dispute between the villagers and the Prior of Dunstable Priory: people had given the monks 36 acres of land on condition they built a church and provided three services per week. The church was built but the services were not provided and the villagers argued, unsuccessfully, for return of the land.
Memoirs of Phyllis Ludgate, then aged 88, who provided stories and photographs of her grandparents, Daniel and Sarah Hart.
Tebworth Educational Charity named after Francis West who lived in the 17th century.
Description of a visit toTebworth written by Blundell, who later wrote the history of Toddington.
Level of description
item