Widcombe and Lyncombe History Study Group Proceedings from 1994 to1999
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PP/838
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Item
Title
Widcombe and Lyncombe History Study Group Proceedings from 1994 to1999
Creator(s) & Administrative History
Various: Author
Date
1994-1999
Description
Comprises the following:
Proceedings 1994 Turnpike roads in Widcombe and Lyncombe by M. Wilmott, pp. 1-4 Lyncombe Spaw House by Kirsten Elliott (research carried out on examination of the deeds. Also contains extracts from a 1746 inventory), pp. 6-9 Lyncombe Junior School 1938-63 by Mary Hamlen and Andrew Ellis, p. 10 People of Widcome: Part II. Thomas Combe by Connie Smith (d. 1655), pp. 10-11 George Augustus Robins by Brian Howard (appointed 'concilliator' between aborigines and European settlers in nineteenth-century Austrailia, then Commandant of Flinders Island to set up a Protectorate for aborigines there and finally to set up a Protectorate in New South Wales, but finally retired to Bath, pp. 11-12 The Kilvert family by Doreen Collyer (the family of Francis Kilvert the diaris and their links with Widcombe, pp. 13-14 Widcombe mills and watercourses by Connie Smith, pp. 14-16 The history of St. Mary Magdalen Chapel (The Maudlin Chapel) by Leslie Holt, pp. 17-18 Edgar Knott, butcher, 15 Holloway by Ruth Haskins, pp. 19-20 Memories of Roy Russell, Peggy Lye (Doll's Hospital) and Dorothy Evans, pp. 20-22
Proceedings 1995 Thirty years on Bath City Council by Cllr. Brian Hamlen, pp. 1-2 Commemoration of VE- & VJ Days (Ruth Haskins's Memories of VE-Day), pp. 2-4 Wartime and Post-War Rationing by Don and Ursula Lovell, pp. 5-6 380 Bloomfield Road, Odd Down, by Anne and Bob Wyatt, p. 7 St. Mark's Road, Widcombe, p. 8 Church Street, Widcombe Manor Garden and the Chapman family by Doreen Collyer, Andrew Ellis and Elizabeth Holland, p. 10 People of Widcombe - III: Rosemount and Stefan Zweig by Andrew Ellis, pp. 10-11 Charles Moore by Doreen Collyer, p. 12 Richard Biggs: a public hanging at Odd Down by Connie Smith, pp. 12-13 The old villages of Twerton and Oldfield by Connie Smith, pp. 13-15 Lyncombe Vale in the 19th Century by B. Howard, pp. 15-18
Proceedings 1996 (two copies) "The story of Old Basty"- Bath Union Workhouse by Brian Wetten, pp. 1-6 A walk along the Great Western Railway led by Mike Chapman, pp. 6-8 Alexandra Road: a walk led by Andrew Ellis, pp. 9-10 Holloway: a walk led by Doreen Collyer, pp. 10-12 Prior Park Cottages and Radical Politics in the 1830s, by Annie Rose and Margaret Jones, 12-14 Widcombe and Lyncombe in the 18th century: a discussion introducedd by Trevor Fawcett, pp. 14-16 'Beechwood', Prospect Road, Widcombe Hill by Connie Smith and Eda Pomeroy, pp. 17-18 Bagatell House, Lyncombe Vale by Fay Briddon, pp. 18-19 The Bowler Family in Widcombe and Lyncombe, pp. 20-22
Proceedings 1997 (two copies)
From bridleway to carriageway-Prior Park Road by Connie Smith, pp. 2-3 The top of the Cliff (short accounts of Prospect Place by Pauline Hanna, Bear Flat by Mary Hamlen, Poet's Corner by Brian Gaynor, Beechen Cliff School by Andrew Ellis and Alexandra Park by Andrew Ellis and Doreen Collyer), pp. 5-8 The Chapman family in Lyncombe Vale by Mike Chapman, p. 10 The history of Nos 1 and 2 Somerset Cottages, Prior Park Road by Alistair Duries and Colin Del Paul, pp. 11-12 The City, the springs and the stones by Bob Whitaker, pp. 13-14 The Falkners, Kilverts and Stotherts by Andrew Ellis and Brian Howard, pp.14-16
Proceedings 1999 (two copies)
An old-established carriage hire business by Connie Smith (the carriage hire business of Henry Payne or Paine in Bath), p.1 Three businesses in Widcombe by Doreen Collyer (Samuel Warren-plumber, glazier and W. C. constructor, Samuel Rogers-stonemason and verger at Bath Abbey and Walter A. Sheppard, General heavy haulage and road rolling contractor), p. 2 Archaeological explorations in an 18th century landscape garden: Prior Park by Marek Lewcun, p. 3 The Bruton Estate and Hugh Sexey by Connie Smith, Elizabeth Holland and Mike Chapman (the Widcombe and Lyncombe part of the Estate), p. 5 "In the service of the Crown" by Bill Hanna (a roll-call of men linked to Widcombe who had served in the Forces in various wars from the campaign in Flanders in 1795 to the First world War-Charles Pratt, Owen Duffy, John Bythesea, Henry Clifford, Commander Raby, Private Robert Warren, John McKillop, Hanson Jarrett, Driver F. Jenner, Private Henry Secker, Alexander Bowden, Lt. W. H. Noke, Private Viles, John Maitland Hardyman), pp. 6-9 Emigrants and Immigrants (George Augustus Robinson by Brian Howard, Henry Gratton Guinness by Doreen Collyer, Alec Taylor, manager of the R.S.P.C.A clinic in Widccombe) by Peggy Ricketts, pp. 9-10 The Fuller family business by Fay Bridden, pp. 11-12 William George Silk by Don Lovell, p. 12
