Finmere History Newsletters: First Series (1987-99)
Not Much History Here Then!
Number | Topic |
1 | Introduction to FHS. Finmere place name. Airfield. The Roman Road. Population in 1991. |
2 | Miscellany. Great Central Railway. King John's Hunting Lodge. Reluctant churchgoers. Poverty. Population 1801-1991. |
3 | Smallpox and Archaeology. Smallpox vaccination in Finmere. Archaeology including the Roman Road. |
4 | The Clifford family. |
5 | St Michael's church. Civil war. Church clock. |
6 | Finmere at war. The war memorial. Second World War. Airfield. |
7 | A Christmas and New Year Miscellany. Including: the Deer Park; the Warren; open fields; killing of hedgehogs and sparrows; Capability Brown; the troubles of publican Robert Greaves. |
8 | Water, Wells and Pumps. Finmere place name. Water supplies. Dowsing. Water pumps. Church water cistern. |
9 | Pancakes and Celebrations. Pancake day. Mayday. Royal Celebrations. |
10 | Finmere in Early Victorian Times. The 1840 Tithe Map. 1851 Census. |
11 | The Rise and Fall of Finmere House. The history and current ruinous state of Finmere House. |
12 | Bank Holiday Quiz. (Slow download) |
13 | The Dukes of Buckingham and their Finmere Estates: Part 1. First Finmere Purchases. |
14 | The Dukes of Buckingham and their Finmere Estates: Part 2. The Ascent to the Dukedom. |
15 | The Dukes of Buckingham and their Finmere Estates: Part 3. The Fall of a Dukedom. |
16 | Stowe Road Proposal. Poacher Cranfield. Plans for the Millennium History of Finmere. |
17 | The Flood of 1998. |
18 | The Inspector Calls. Victorian schooldays. |
19 | Finmere School. Fortieth Anniversary. |
20 | Bicentenary of Finmere Smallpox Vaccination. Robert Holt. |