Auteur: Patricia Bell

Partnergewalt gegen Frauen und sexuelle Gewalt gegen Kinder in der Familie – zwei Formen häuslicher Gewalt, die oft nicht im Zusammenhang gesehen werden. Wie hängen diese beiden Gewaltformen zusammen …

William Mc Gee, commonly known as Willy, was a thin, frail seven-year-old boy who wore glasses. Children often picked on Willy because of the way he looked, but Willy never let that bother him. He ha …

This selection of early documents, transcribed and translated from Latin by John Thompson. This selection of early documents, transcribed and translated from Latin by John Thompson, includes the Hund …

Bedfordshire wills 1480-1519 These are the 194 wills in Latin in the earliest surviving register of wills proved in the Court of the Archdeacon of Bedford.  The register is held by Bedfordshire …

Some Bedfordshire diaries ‘John Harvey of Ickwell, 1688-9’, edited by Margaret Richards. [The diary of John Harvey, later MP for Bedfordshire, on his Grand tour in France, Switzerland and Italy.] ‘Ed …

Worthington George Smith and other case studies ‘Bedfordshire chapelries: an essay in rural settlement history’, by Dorothy Owen [The existence of chapels, in addition to churches, in many parishes i …

These abstracts of 298 wills are based on transcriptions made by John and Isobel Thompson from the probate records of the Court of the Archdeacon of Bedford, held at Bedfordshire and Luton Archives a …

This is the last in a series of four volumes describing Bedfordshire’s parish churches in detail. This is the last in a series of four volumes describing Bedfordshire’s parish churches in detail. The …

This book traces the rise and decline of the once mighty company, Vauxhall, which in the third quarter of the twentieth century dominated the Luton economy. This book traces the rise and decline of t …

The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society volume LIX ‘The internal politics of Bedford 1660-1688’, by Michael Mullet [Describes the constitution of Bedford’s corporation and the …

William Wake, while Bishop of Lincoln from 1705 to 1716, invented a new way to conduct his triennial visitations: he sent round to the clergy a printed list of questions which needed written answers. …