Here are scores of true tales of the four shires of Mid-Anglia: Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Northamptonshire. Tales such as ... what was in that hut disguised as a haystack on Dunstable Downs? or Who threatened to burn the whole of Bishop's Stortford?
When did the Monks of Tickford wage war on Newport Pagnell? How did Towcester celebrate a Coronation by breaking the law? Was Queen Boudica buried under Kings Cross Station - or in Whittlewood Forest? Did a murdered Archbishop of Canterbury really perform a miracle in Bedford? What was Bob Wyatt's amazing discovery at Fotheringay? Who put golden guineas in the sandwiches? Why sis it take more than 100 men to lower Daniel Lambert into his grave?
Read of the one legged bell ringer of Bow Brickhill, and the sad tale of widow Tucker of Stony Stratford, as well as the Vicar who tamed a wild bear, and who tried to sell the River Ouse? and why did it take two men to hold up John Wesley in the pulpit when he preached in Bedford?
These and many more fascinating true tales that relate to these counties are included in this book.
Contents:
Preface
About the Author
Bibliography
List of Illustrations
1. Oddly Enough
2. The Haystack that Wasn't
3. A Question of Sport
4. Mind your Manors!
5. Summoned by Bells
6. Clerical Errors
7. Not for the First Time
8. Not in our Back Yard!
9. Whatever Happened to ...?
10. Sensation and Scandal!
11. Personality Parade
12. How Peculiar
13. But Only One is Great
14. Trial and Error
15. Money Matters
16. The Rise and Fall of Salden
17. Travellers' Tales
18. When the Roads took their Toll
19. Down in the Forest Something Stirred
20. Manors No More
Index
