Reference
CRT130STR/9
Title
Talk on Sharpenhoe given by F.G. Helps to the Toddington Historical Society, 26 March 1992.
Date free text
1992
Production date
From: 1992 To: 1992
old accession number 11991
Scope and Content
Covers: the location at the foot of The Clappers in the Chiltern hills; the Norton family who owned the manor from 1578-1630; John Bunyan; Joseph Paxton; the Smyth family who owned the manor from 1673-1919 and who were in dispute with the Norton Charity about support for the the school; Sharpenhoe Chantry; Priory Farm; the pub known as The Horse Shoes, then The Flying Horse and then The Lynmore.
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