Village Chronicles

 Kelshall, Rushden, Sandon, Therfield and Wallington

by Toni Gandy and Arthur Jones

The North Hertfordshire Villages Research Group, 1988

 

Part One - Mostly about People (1986)

Part Two - Mostly about Places (1986)

Part Three  - Mostly about Events  (1987)

(Arthur Jones only)

 

These three slim volumes contain extracts from the Royston Crow for the period from 1855 to 1920 and paint a vivid picture of what was going on in the villages.

 

I have not seen Part 1, but Part 2 is organized under the headings:

•  The Parish Churches

• Congregational Chapels

• Schools

• Storm Damage

• The Post Office

• Water Supply

• Rushden Common Rights

• Fire Damage

• Roads

Part 3 is organised under the headings:

• Patriotic Occasions, 1862-1902

• Regulations of the Heath, 1884-1899

• Cases of Theft and Burglary, 1900-1901

• Boy Scouts and the Sandon Fire Brigade, 1912-13

• Village Life before the First World War

• The First World War, 1914-1919

• Some More North Hertfordshire People

• Accidents: Some more reports