Z1463/3/12

Transactions of Leighton Buzzard and District Archaeological and Historical Society. No. 12

2018

From: 2018 To: 2018

Contents: - Battersea Power Station and Leighton Buzzard. - The story of the Leighton Corn Exchange - built 1862 and including its time as a venue for hunting parties, as a hospital in World War One, a cinema between the wars, a communications hub in World War Two, until its demolition in 1968. - Leighton Buzzard's connections to the aeroplane industry by Rory Morrisey. - Thomas Sharp: brazier, whitesmith, debtor and clockmaker by Maureen Brown. - Mentmore Gardens by Richard Hart. - Eugene Esmonde VC - more tales from Billington Park. - Evacuees from William Ellis School, Highgate Road, London to Leighton Buzzard. - Demand to drain the water meadows in World War One by Paul Brown. - Archaeology at St Mary the Virgin, Eaton Bray by Bernard Jones. - Keeping the Grand Union canal in water. - Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway Society awarded Queen's Award for Voluntary Service. - Origins of the Leighton Buzzard and District Archeological and Historical Society by Barry Horne.

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Sharp, Thomas,
Brown, Maureen,
Morrisey, Rory,
Smith, Thomas,
Hart, Richard,
Esmonde, Eugene,
Brown, Paul,
Jones, Bernard,
Horne, Barry

LEIGHTON BUZZARD, Leighton Buzzard Corn Exchange, Battersea, Leighton Buzzard Lake Street, hunting, World War One, World War Two, cinema, dancing, aeroplanes, brazier, whitesmith, clockmaker, debt, Leighton Buzzard Mentmore Road, Leighton Buzzard Esmonde Way, evacuees, AGRICULTURE, DRAINAGE, ARCHAEOLOGY, EATON BRAY, canals, Grand Union Canal, Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway Society Limited, Leighton Buzzard and District Archaeological and History Society