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PICKFORD COLLECTION (Research notes etc)

Catalogue reference: Z 992

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This record is about the PICKFORD COLLECTION (Research notes etc) dating from 1980-1998.

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Reference

Z 992

Title

PICKFORD COLLECTION (Research notes etc)

Date

1980-1998

Description

The following items represent official and private research work undertaken on Bedfordshire topics during the period Chris Pickford lived ad worked in the County (1978-1998). They are chiefly working notes, and should be used with caution. This material is freely available for public study, but items marked "restricted" may not be photocopied or published without permission. This applies in particular to the text for Beds. Churches (Part III) (due for publication by BHRS in 2000), the stained glass material (intended for private publication), and the turret clock notes (which the co-author, Ken Shrimpton, plans to complete and publish when he retires). Chris is willing to respond to enquiries from people requiring further material on these research topics, and would be grateful to receive additional information. CHURCHES and CHAPELS

Note

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Held by
Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service
Language

English

Creator(s)
<persname>Pickford, Christopher, b c 1952</persname>
Immediate source of acquisition

Research notes and papers presented by Chris Pickford (County Archivist 1986-1998) on leaving the Archives and Records Service to take up a new post in London, August 1998. Address for correspondence (from September 1998) 15 Golding Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3NL. Telephone 01732-456147 or (office) 0171-231-1251.

Publication note(s)
<span class="wrapper"><p>APPENDIX I</p> <p>LIST OF MAIN BEDFORDSHIRE PUBLICATIONS BY CHRIS PICKFORD</p> <p>Architecture</p> <p>"An able member of his profession" - The Bedfordshire work of Joseph Neale of Bristol, in Bedfordshire Magazine Vol.22 no.175 (Winter 1990) pp.297-300</p> <p>"The origins of the architectural profession in Bedfordshire" in Bedfordshire Magazine Vol.23 no.181 (Summer 1992) pp.177-86</p> <p>Archives (professional papers)</p> <p>"A Measure of Success: A Bedfordshire Case Study" in Operating the Parochial Registers and Records Measure published by the Council for the Care of Churches (1986) pp.9-17</p> <p>Management of Change: The Archivist's role - papers given at the fifth biennial seminar organised jointly by INLOGOV and the Association of County Archivists in July 1992. edited by Chris Pickford (Birmingham, 1992)</p> <p>"The Charter Mark" in Metropolitan Lines (Newsletter of the Greater London Archives Network No.36 (November 1994)</p> <p>"New Directions in archive repository management" in Business Archives: Principles and Practice no.69 (May 1995) pp.1-11</p> <p>"Keeping abreast of changes in Local Government: an archivist's experience" in Adrian Allan (ed.) Managing Change: Proceedings of the Annual Conference 1995 (Business Archives Council 1995) pp.15-24</p> <p>"Records of Ethnic Minorities in Bedfordshire: a retrospect" in Metropolitan Lines (Newsletter of the Greater London Archives Network" No.41 (June 1996)</p> <p>Preservation and Conservation: A guide to policy and practices in the preservation of archives by Chris Pickford, Jonathan Rhys-Lewis and Jerry Weber. Society of Archivists "Best Practice Guideline" no.4 (1997)</p> <p>Artists</p> <p>"George Arnald's Album", in Bedfordshire Magazine Vol.22 no.175 (Winter 1990) p.301</p> <p>"John Sunman Austin: Artist, Architect and Surveyor c.1806-1860" in Beds. Mag. Vol.26 no.204 (Spring 1998) pp.140-5</p> <p>Bells</p> <p>Ampthill: Ampthill Church Bells, Ampthill n.d. [1981]</p> <p>Bedford, St.Paul: "St.Paul's Church, Bedford" in Ringing World 21 May 1982 pp.413-4, 419</p> <p>Bedford: "Bells in Bedford" in Ringing World 28 May 1982 pp.433, 440-1</p> <p>Bellringing: "Edward P. Duffield in Bedfordshire" [including Ted Duffield's own account (1981) of "My time in Bedfordshire 1915-1921"] in Ringing World 14 April 1995 pp.378-9</p> <p>Bellringing: "The Bedfordshire Association of Church Bell Ringers 1882-1982" in Ringing World 12 March 1982 pp.207-11 [copy at CRT 120/121]</p> <p>Bellringing: "Bedfordshire Clangers" in Bedfordshire Magazine Vol.18 no.140 (Spring 1982) pp.142-149</p> <p>Bletsoe: "The Bletsoe Case - or the Tale of Great Gransden Tenor" in Ringing World 26 April 1985 pp.365-7</p> <p>Dunstable: "A Death in the Belfry, a Lost Peal, and Handbell Ringing at Dunstable" in Ringing World 8 August 1997 pp.793-4, 797</p> <p>Everton: "Silence at Christmas" in Ringing World 21/28 December 1984, pp.1093-6 [re the church and bells at Everton-cum-Tetworth, Beds.]</p> <p>Sharnbrook: "Sharnbrook Church Bells" - on pp.48-52 of St.Peter's Church Sharnbrook - A History and Guide by James Collett-White, Sharnbrook n.d. [1982]</p> <p>Wymington: "St.Lawrence, Wymington, Bedfordshire" in Ringing World 29 August 1980 pp.745-6</p> <p>Biography</p> <p>Revised articles on John Martin, Sir Percy Malcolm Stewart, and the Ven. Henry Tattam for the New Dictionary of National Biography (written 1996 - due for publication in 2001)</p> <p>Churches</p> <p>Bedfordshire Churches in the Nineteenth Century - Part I (Introduction and parishes Ampthill to Gravenhurst) BHRS Vol.73 (1994), Part II (parishes Harlington to Roxton) BHRS Vol.77 (1998)</p> <p>Cockayne Hatley: "The stalls in Cockayne Hatley church" in Bedfordshire Magazine Vol.25 no.193 (Summer 1995) pp.34-39</p> <p>Everton: "Berridge's Pulpit Sounding Board: Everton's gift to Sutton" in Bedfordshire Magazine Vol.20 no.157 (Summer 1986) pp.187-92</p> <p>Pulloxhill: "From ruin to rebuilding: a study of Pulloxhill church after the fall of the steeple in c.1653 to its rebuilding in 1845-6" in Bedfordshire Archaeology Vol.22 (1996) pp.155-162</p> <p>Sutton: "Berridge's Pulpit Sounding Board: Everton's gift to Sutton" in Bedfordshire Magazine Vol.20 no.157 (Summer 1986) pp.187-92</p> <p>BIBLIOGRAPHY</p> <p>Clocks and clockmakers</p> <p>Bedfordshire Clock &amp; Watchmakers 1352-1880: A biographical dictionary with selected documents Bedford (Vol.70 in publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society) 1991</p> <p>Clifton: "All Saints Church Clock and Carillon" in All Saints' Clifton Parish Magazine October (pp.11-12) and November (pp.9-10) 1985 [copy in P 149/30/30]</p> <p>Luton: "Clock and Watch Clubs" [with rules of Luton Clock and Watch Club c.1830], letter in Antiquarian Horology Vol.19, no.4 (Summer 1991) pp.440-1</p> <p>Northill: "The "Tompion" clocks at Northill and Ickwell: a reappraisal" for Antiquarian Horology (Winter 1998)</p> <p>Family history and genealogical sources</p> <p>"Aspects of Funerals and Deaths in Bedfordshire" - adapted text of lecture, in Journal of Bedfordshire Family History Society Vol.7 No.8 (Winter 1990) pp.9-19</p> <p>"Business and pleasure - the innkeeper's craft" - adapted text of lecture, in Journal of Bedfordshire Family History Society, Vol.9 no.4 (Winter 1993) pp.11-14</p> <p>"County Record Offices and their Holdings" - adapted text of lecture, in The Ancestral Searcher, the journal of the Heraldry and Genealogy Society of Canberra Inc., Vol.11 no.2 (June 1988) pp.36-45</p> <p>"Crime and Punishment" - adapted text of lecture, in The Ancestral Searcher, the journal of the Heraldry and Genealogy Society of Canberra Inc., Vol.11 no.3 (September 1988) pp.84-95, and Vol.11 no.4 (December 1988) pp.120-8</p> <p>"Elstow Parish Registers and Bunyan's Pedigree" - with Patricia Bell - in Journal of Bedfordshire Family History Society Vol.7 No.1 (Spring 1989) p.22</p> <p>"Genealogical Sources in the Bedford Borough Archives", in Journal of Bedfordshire Family History Society Vol.9 No.3 (Autumn 1993) pp.20-22</p> <p>"Genealogical Records in an English County Record Office" (pp.41-8) "Special English Sources and Tips for Advanced Researchers" (pp.207-9) in syllabus for Windows to the Past, Salt Lake City, August 1990</p> <p>"Genealogical Records in an English County Record Office" reprinted in British, Irish, Scottish and Welsh Journal: Quarterly of the British Isle Family History Society of Los Angeles (California) Vol.VI no.3 (September 1993) pp.102-7</p> <p>"Probate Calendars" in Journal of Bedfordshire Family History Society Vol.6 No.3 (Autumn 1987) p.21</p> <p>"Researching English Genealogy from Overseas", in Newsletter of International Society for British Genealogy and Family History, Vol.14 no.1 (Jan-March 1992) pp.1, 10-11</p> <p>"The Bedfordshire Record Office" in Family Tree Magazine April 1988, pp.29-30</p> <p>"The Bedfordshire Parish Registers series: a sixty year project completed", in Family Tree Magazine September 1992, pp.44-5</p> <p>"The County Record Office" - adapted text of lecture, in Journal of Bedfordshire Family History Society Vol.6 No.7 (Autumn 1988) pp.20-23</p> <p>"The Inhabitants of three North Bedfordshire Villages, 1788" [Milton Ernest, Podington and Hinwick, and Thurleigh", in Journal of Bedfordshire Family History Society Vol.6 No.3 (Autumn 1987) p.28-32</p> <p>"The Pinney family: jacks of all trades or masters of none?" in Journal of Bedfordshire Family History Society Vol.10 No.4 (December 1995) p.6-11</p> <p>Introduction (as general editor) - with Colin West - to Bedfordshire Parish Poor Law Papers 1622-1834: an index, published as Occasional Paper no.2 of the Bedfordshire Family History Society (1991)</p> <p>Local history</p> <p>"Having and eating cakes. A Bedfordshire solution to the problems of custody and local access to archival sources" - with Martin Lawrence - in The Local Historian Feb.1991 pp.11-15</p> <p>"Local History competitions in Bedfordshire" in Local History magazine no.51 (Sept/Oct 1995) p.8-9</p> <p>Printers and stationers</p> <p>"Bedford Stationers and Booksellers" in Factotum no.15 (October 1982) pp.21-7</p> <p>"Early Bedfordshire Printers" in Bedfordshire Magazine Vol.24 no.189 (Summer 1994) pp.183-188</p> <p>"Bedfordshire's First Printer" in Bedfordshire Magazine Vol.20 no.158 (Autumn 1986) pp.235-7</p> <p>"Bedfordshire's First Printer" [Underhill Robinson of Milton Ernest] in Factotum no.22 (October 1986) pp.7-8</p> <p>Records</p> <p>Introduction to "Turvey Churchwardens' accounts 1551-1552" on pp.170-1 of Hundreds, Manors, Parishes &amp; the Church edited by John S. Thompson. Bedford (Vol.69 in publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society) 1990</p> <p>Introduction to Index of Bedfordshire Probate Records 1484-1858 compiled by Alan Cirket and edited by Joan Stuart and Peggy Wells - the Index Library Vol.104 (British Record Society 1993) pp.vii-xxix</p> </span>
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