Reference
Z145/212
Title
Notes concerning Colmworth and Bolnhurst by M.A.A. Mackintosh
Date free text
1st September 1950
Production date
From: 1950 To: 1950
Old accession number 439
Scope and Content
Includes:
Report on the rectories of Colmworth and Bolnhurst 10 September 1825. Comprises copies of papers found amongst parish documents, unsigned and with no note of who called for the report. Gives general description of the parishes, state of the rectory buildings and poor rates.
Translation of inscription on inner wall of Colmworth, Manor Farm 'Edmund Ibbot architect made me at the expense of Lady Catherine Dyer in 1609'. Note that Lady Dyer erected a monument to her husband Sir William Dyer in the church in 1641 and some details of the family.
Transcript of will of Sir Gerard Braybroke, 1427.
Note on Colmworth church bells.
Letter from Hedley Norris to M.A.A. Mackintosh regarding the Colmworth estate which the Norris family owned from 1796-1918 when it was sold in lots. Includes details of the Mansion House which was demolished in the 1890s.
Letter from Herbert Fowler to Mr Mackintosh concerning the Chann family and field names.
Pedigree and significant dates in the Dyer family history.
Particulars of the Estate of William Dyer in Colmworth and Eaton Socon and elsewhere in the county of Bedford (not dated).
Language
English
Level of description
item