KNOWLE LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY
NEWSLETTERS
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Publications
The Society has always intended to publish booklets and leaflets, including the texts of exhibitions and talks in printed form. All are illustrated. At present only a few are available, but the Society plans to produce more as time and money permits. Past newsletters are available to download. Booklets and leaflets are printed in house and illustrated in colour unless otherwise stated. The Society keeps a small stock and prints extra copies as required. Booklets are in A5 format with a laminated cover. They are available from the Society, Knowle Library and the Oxfam Bookshop.
Booklet "SPRINGFIELD HALL ~ A COUNTRY HOUSE IN KNOWLE”
28pp. Price £3.50
Freckleton’s Dole
The Fishers & Richard Moland
The Boultbees * The Jacksons * The House The Stables * Springfield VAD Hospital
The Staff * The Grounds * The Estate
Springfield House School
The Nature Reserve
The Environmental Centre
Right: Springfield, c. 1900
Booklet "THE PLACE NAMES OF KNOWLE”
40pp illustrated. Price £4
The origins of local names, old and new, including:
The Forest of Arden, The River Blythe
Knowle & Longdon, Purnells Brook
Field Names, Roads & Buildings including modern road names.
Right: High Street, with Briskers & Kingscote, c. 1900
Booklet " MEMORIES OF FOUR SEASONS”
24 pp illustrated. Price £2.50
Roslyn Croft, John Lyons, Sylvia Moody and Valerie Morton record their memories of growing up in Knowle.
Edited by Roslyn Croft.
Right: Elvers Green Ford, January 1989
Booklet "GUMLEY WILSON ~ SQUIRE OF KNOWLE”
28pp illustrated. Price £3.50
The story of Knowle’s charming but spendthrift 19th century Lord of the Manor, told mostly in his own words and those of his nephew.
Right: On Go Easy, 1838
The history of a timber-
Left: John, David & Peter Lyons, with their mother, Pat (widow of Eric)
Booklet: “THE PRIDE OF LYONS ~ A BUTCHER’S SHOP IN HIGH STREET”
28pp illustrated. Price £4
Booklet "THE GRESWOLDE & MERMAID ARMS”
32pp illustrated. Price £4
The history of Knowle’s premier coaching inn and its part in the local community from the early 18th century to the present day.
Right: The Greswolde (on the left), early 20th century.
Leaflet "KNOWLE ~ A BRIEF HISTORY”
1/3 A4 Price 50p
A brief outline of the history of Knowle from the start of its recorded history in 1200 to the present day.
The same text as can be found in the
About Knowle section (click the button in the menu bar).
Right: High Street, early 1900s
FREE LEAFLETS
The Society has seven free leaflets available, outlining what the Society does and the services it provides. Most of the information can also be found on this web site. They are available from the Society (see Contact Us on main menu) or can be downloaded.
Knowle Local History Society
A general leaflet giving the Society’s origins, its objectives and an outline of its activities.
Services to the Public
Outlines what the Society can do for local businesses, organisations, schools and genealogists. Includes research, providing speakers, guided tours of the village, etc.
The Knowle Records and Where to Find Them
A resumé of the main primary and secondary sources for Knowle and where they can be found. Includes a note on the Knowle boundaries.
Your House and Family in Knowle
Details of the most useful items for tracing your house and family in Knowle and where they can be found.
Publications
A full list of the Society’s publications
Illustrated Talks for Organisations
Details of the talks the Society can offer to organisations
Guided Tours of Knowle
Details of guided tours round Knowle the Society can offer to organised groups.
IN PREPARATION
Booklet " THE CANAL THROUGH KNOWLE”
The history of the Grand Union Canal as it passes through Knowle, its bridges & wharves, the pubs along its banks and those who worked on it.
Right: Kenilworth Road wharf, 1999
