Trivial Being

A reference collection on the local history of the district: its trades, buildings, institutions and the disputes that attended them. Entries are compiled from vestry minutes, guardians' records, rate books and the county press, and are added as time allows.

Recent entries

• The almshouses at Coldwell (2018-10-22)
• The almshouses at Thistleton (2020-07-04)
• The almshouses at Underhill (2022-11-20)
• The brewery at Dalebury (2019-07-25)
• The brewery at Netherby (2024-05-23)
• The brewery at Pinfold (2022-03-21)
• The brewery at Saltmarsh (2023-07-01)
• The brewery at Wardlow (2018-12-09)
• The brickworks at Birchstow (2023-03-27)
• The brickworks at Mossley (2020-06-12)
• The brickworks at Mossley (2021-04-04)
• The brickworks at Quarrington (2020-03-06)
• The brickworks at Saltmarsh (2021-11-14)
• The brickworks at Yarrowfield (2024-02-17)
• The canal basin at Ambleford (2024-08-02)
• The canal basin at Ashcott (2018-09-03)
• The canal basin at Thistleton (2023-12-21)
• The canal basin at Yarrowfield (2018-03-15)
• The chapel organ at Dunstable (2018-06-24)
• The clock tower at Dalebury (2023-06-06)
• The clock tower at Elmhurst (2023-09-15)
• The cooperative dairy at Foxley (2022-10-01)
• The corn exchange at Fallowdene (2019-06-03)
• The cottage hospital at Birchstow (2021-02-20)
• The cottage hospital at Birchstow (2023-10-07)
• The cottage hospital at Cranmoor (2022-02-26)
• The cottage hospital at Dunstable (2024-01-22)
• The cottage hospital at Fallowdene (2018-01-04)
• The cottage hospital at Mossley (2018-04-10)
• The cottage hospital at Mossley (2018-08-08)
• The cottage hospital at Mossley (2019-09-09)
• The drill hall at Mossley (2021-06-18)
• The ferry crossing at Ambleford (2024-06-15)
• The ferry crossing at Dunstable (2022-08-14)
• The ferry crossing at Thistleton (2024-03-09)
• The fever ward at Birchstow (2023-01-13)
• The fever ward at Elmhurst (2021-08-05)
• The fever ward at Eskwater (2024-02-14)
• The fever ward at Netherby (2019-02-02)
• The fever ward at Ridgeway (2020-09-18)

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