TRH Team

This book was launched on the 27th November 2022 at Marsworth Village Hall. It tells the story of the Polish Hostel which was a significant feature of Marsworth from 1948 to 1960, when over 500 Poles displaced by the Second World War found the beginnings of a new life in Britain.

This is a verbatim extract from ‘SCOOP’ the Long Marston School magazine, which provides an interesting postscript to that momentous day in January 1941, when a bomb destroyed the school building.

Pat Carty, author of the book ‘Secret Squadrons of the Eighth’ is a remarkable man who gave years of his life to researching the mysteries of Cheddington Airfield during World War II. He then organised a memorial ceremony at the Airfield gate in October 1982. Pat proved to have great organising and persuasive skills, arranging: […]

We have already featured the role of Father Anthony – the much admired (and feared) late vicar of our parishes – when he agreed to sell, amid much opposition, some allotment land to the cricket club, allowing them to create the beautiful Marlins ground in the early 1960s. But this was not the Reverend’s first […]

In 1951, Wilstone Parish Council received complaints that cricket balls from the recreation ground were causing damage by landing on bungalow roofs during Sunday Morning cricket matches. A meeting of the council was held on the Wilstone School Room on 15th September, chaired by Councillor Mr H Stansfield, to discuss the complaints. The rather radical […]

This story is a partly imagined version of the events which took place more than a hundred years ago and which were an important starting point for the social development of Puttenham village in the twentieth century. The story is told through the eyes of Tom Chapman, a member of the family which has been such a major part of the history of our villages.

This story is a partly imagined version of the events which took place over sixty years ago, leading to the purchase of the land which became the ground of Long Marston Cricket Club. It is largely based on a conversation with Don Winfield last year, as contained in the detailed transcript and audio already posted on our website.

This story is a partly imagined version of the events which took place over sixty years ago, leading to the purchase of the land which became the ground of Long Marston Cricket Club. It is largely based on a conversation with Don Winfield last year, as contained in the detailed transcript and audio already posted on our website.

There is more invention of content in this second episode. There seems to be no doubt about the nature of the dispute and information in British History Online is that ‘much litigation arose between John Duncombe and Richard Puttenham as to the title of the Manor

The sources for this episode are Margaret Vincent’s History of The Church and Manor of Puttenham and the History of Puttenham as contained on British History online.

This story is a semi-fictional version of events, based on the actual minutes of the meetings which took place in Long Marston 1936-1940, and further information obtained from interviews with long term residents. The information from residents is based on their memories of past discussions with those who were there at the time so may not be totally accurate

This story is a semi-fictional version of events, based on the actual minutes of the meetings which took place in Long Marston 1936-1940, and further information obtained from interviews with long term residents. The information from residents is based on their memories of past discussions with those who were there at the time so may not be totally accurate

If the residents of Long Marston had been asked to isolate and not travel from their village less than 100 years ago, I don’t think many lives would have been affected.

Ethel was the youngest of three children and is the last of her generation. She was born at Elstree, but at a very young age the family moved to Ivinghoe.

1521: Christopher Urswick is coming to the end of his life and looks back on what he has achieved…

AD 1485: Christopher Urswick continues the story of the The Adventures of the Rector of Puttenham

The words community, our country, our world have been vary ill, have seen friends and family die, have had to face times of restriction, job losses, loneliness and so much more.

AD 1483: This was the time when the War of the Roses – as it later became known – had been going on for nearly 30 years.

The Mead family have been farming in and around Wilstone since before 1860. Originally the Mead’s came out of London to produce hay and straw for the working horses of the city. Simon and Chris are the sixth eneration and things have changed a lot.

My great grandmother Orpah Maria Proctor was born in Gubblecote in 1876, one of eight children. Orpah married Joseph Edwards from Wilstone in 1899 and lived in the village for the rest of her life, ultimately at Mardew, now 66 Tring Road.

The Village Stores has held a central role in Wilstone village life for over 120 years. Early photographs show a large white building (known as 34 Tring Road) as a bakery and post office, run by George Hanwell in 1898. It is thought to have replaced a near derelict thatched building, typical of houses in […]

When we first set up this website nearly a year ago, one of our earliest decisions was to encourage feedback. This was for two reasons; firstly because interaction is an important factor in long term success; secondly because we knew that we would not get everything right first time.

Frederick Ernest Cooper was born on the 20th January 1877 in the village of Harrold in Bedfordshire. His early upbringing would almost certainly have included helping out on Crow Hill Farm on which he lived with his farm labourer father Thomas and mother Elizabeth.

This is the third of three episodes in the life of the famous Bishop Odo, half-brother of William the Conqueror and Lord of Puttenham Manor in the 11th Century. These episodes describe Odo’s thoughts and motivations during three visits to Puttenham one before the Norman Conquest and two afterwards. It combines factual information about the village and the country during that time, with insights into the motivation that brought about the Norman Conquest and William’s subsequent reign over England.