Website produced and maintained for the Hungerford Historical Association
by Hugh Pihlens

The links below give access to some of the many documents and resources in the Hungerford Historical Association Archives. They are made available for local historians for their personal research, and are not for publication or other reproduction. Work is ongoing to extend the list of available material. Remember to press the 'Refresh' button to see the latest list. Follow this link to download the full HHA Archives Index.

Please note: wherever appropriate, we try to add links to archive documents and other references under the appropriate section of the Virtual Museum. The list below includes only those items that do not have links in the appropriate sections elsewhere in the Museum. We recommend that you look at relevant sections first. If you are not successful then look at the alphabetical list below.

An increasing number of original Hungerford documents and transcriptions are available
- in Alphabetical order, and
- in Chronological order.

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Archaeological dig in The Croft, 1996 - see under Archeological Digs
Audio Archives / Oral History - See Oral History / Audio Archives
                                                  - See Oral History / Transcriptions

Balsdon Manor - Historical Notes 1870-71 by Newbury Field Club
Bastions of Berkshire - Pillboxes in World War II - see under Pillboxes & Hedgehogs
Berkshire Record Office - Catalogue of Hungerford Borough Records
Berkshire Record Office - Catalogue of Hungerford Parish Records (D/P 71)
Buildings - How to record old buildings

Canal - Kennet & Avon Canal
- Plans for Kennet & Avon Canal through Hungerford, and proprietors  affected, 1794
Chestnut Walk residential home - information brochure c2000
Churches -  The Story of St Lawrence Parish Church (1967) - see St. Lawrence Church

Deeds and Documents of 17th-19th century - how to read them, BRO, 1984

Family History: see Family History
Fire Station
- Mick Paul's letter to Jack Williams, 24.2.1997 - see  Fire Service since 1924

Hidden Papers - various books, papers and notes by the late Norman Hidden:
- "A Royal Baptismal Name"
- "Great Fire of  Hungerford, 1566"
- "Simon de Montfort and the town of Hungerford", 2003
- "From Hommedieu to Undy"
- "The History of a Hungerford House", 1988 (111 High Street)
- "The Later Lollards of West Berkshire", 1990

Hocktide Court Rules, April 1961 - see Hocktide & Tutti-Day

Hungerford and its traditions - 1967-74

Hungerford Original Documents and Transcriptions (Alphabetical order):
- Bastardy  Papers for Hungerford 1712-1815 - see  Caring for the Poor
- Censuses - see Censuses & Population
- Charities of Hungerford, 1906
- Charity Commissioners Scheme setting up Town & Manor of Hungerford Charity, 1908
          - see Town & Manor Today
- Commoners' Lists, 1781-1983 - see Commoners' Lists
- Constables' Accounts, 1658-1789 - see Constables' Accounts
- Dean of Sarum's Acts Books 1564-77 - see Dean of Sarum's Acts Books 1564-77
- Rent Rolls & Surveys, 1470-1676 - see Duchy of Lancaster Rentals & Surveys
- Hearth Taxes 1662 and 1664 - see Hearth Tax
- Hocktide Court Books, 1583, 1656, 1658, 1705, 1708 - see Hocktide Court Books
- Hungerford & Ramsbury Union Guardians' Minutes 1835-1840 - see Workhouses
- Land Tax - for Charnham Street Tithing 1780, 1781 and 1815 - see Charnham Street
- Law-suits connected with Hungerford - see Law-suits connected with Hungerford
- Miscellaneous documents and transcriptions - see Miscellaneous Documents
- Monumental Inscriptions in St Lawrence Churchyard - see Monumental Inscriptions
- Muster Rolls, 1522 - see Muster Rolls
- Overseers of the Poor Accounts, 1725-26 - see Caring for the Poor
- Parish Registers - see Parish Registers
- Poor Rate, 1704 - see Caring for the Poor
- Probate Inventories, 1650-1760 - see Probate Inventories
- Quit Rent 1676-1836 - see Quit Rents
- Reading Mercury Extracts - see Reading Mercury Extracts
- Register of John Chandler, Dean of Salisbury, 1404-17 - see Register of John Chandler,
             1404-17
- Royal Charters - see Royal Charters
- Trade Directories - see Trade Directories
- Wills - see Wills
- Workhouses and Hungerford Union Guardians' Minutes 1835-1840 - see Workhouses

Hungerford Original Documents and Transcriptions (Chronological order):
- 1248-1888 - Law-suits connected with Hungerford
- 1404-1417 - Register of John Chandler
- 1470-1676 - Duchy of Lancaster Rentals & Surveys
- 1522 -          Muster Rolls
- 1564-1577 - Dean of Sarum's Acts Books 1564-77
- 1583-1708 - Hocktide Court Books
- 1650-1760 - Probate Inventories
- 1658-1789 - Constables' Accounts
- 1662-1664 - Hearth Tax
- 1676-1836 - Quit Rents
- 1704 -          Poor Rate - see Caring for the Poor
- 1712-1815 - Bastardy  Papers for Hungerford - see  Caring for the Poor
- 1725-1726 - Overseers of the Poor Accounts - see Caring for the Poor
- 1780-1815 - Land Tax - for Charnham Street Tithing - see Charnham Street
- 1781-1983 - Commoners' Lists
- 1801 on -     Censuses - see Censuses & Population
- 1835-1840 - Hungerford & Ramsbury Union Guardians' Minutes - see Workhouses
- 1906            Charities of Hungerford, 1906
- 1908 -          Charity Commissioners Scheme setting up Town & Manor of Hungerford
                       Charity, 1908 - see Town & Manor Today
Others:
- Miscellaneous documents and transcriptions - see Miscellaneous Documents
- Parish Registers - see Parish Registers
- Reading Mercury Extracts - see Reading Mercury Extracts
- Royal Charters - see Royal Charters
- Trade Directories - see Trade Directories
- Wills - see Wills

Maps, plans and charts - see Maps and Charts

Milestone Survey in West Berkshire - RJ Hart, Berks Archaeological Journal, Vol.  67

Photo Gallery: Most photographs are found in relevant individual  sections of the Virtual  Museum. Other collections available are:
- Aerial pictures
- St Lawrence Church

Press Cuttings:
- NWN 31.12.1993 Nick Galbraith new chair of magistrates from Daphne  Priestley
 

Sale Documents:
- Estate of the late Mrs Anne Hemstead, in 11 Lots, 8th  August 1877 - see 35 High Street

Schools
-All-Age Council School, including
  > 'No Quest, No Conquest', notes by Marjorie Eatwell
-Hungerford Free  Grammar School including:
  > Letter: Jelfs to Trustees of Grammar School, 8 Dec 1826
  > Letter re Tommins & Hamblin's bequests and teaching c18306
  > Hamblen's Charity Abstract c1830
  > Transfer of Annuity from former Green Dragon to Parish Minister & Church Wardens, 1837
  > Free Grammar School Regulations and Education Charities, 1847
  > Charity Commissioners' Scheme for Grammar School Foundation, Submission 8 Jul  1901
  > Charity Commissioners' Letter re Scheme for Grammar School Foundation, 
          Submission 11  Jul 1901
  > Charity Commissioners Letter re Proposed Scheme, 11 Jul 1901
  > Charity Commissioners' Scheme for Grammar School Foundation, Approved 20 May  1903
  > Hungerford's Free Grammar School - a Paper by Norman Fox, 1990
  > Free Grammar School - notes by Dr Lois Pihlens, 1992

Summers' Papers - list of items

Talks to HHA:
- Lost Charters of Hungerford, by Robert James
- Talk on Hungerford 1937, by John Allen

Town and Manor:
- Charity Commissioners Scheme Feb 1908 - see Town & Manor Today
- Survey of the Manors of Hungerford and  Sanden Fee, 25th May 1591 - see Town & Manor

See also:
- Victoria County History, Vol 4, Hungerford - British History online
- British Pathé website - including many archive clips of Hungerford
- Some notes on Medieval English Genealogy (www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk)

Updated: 10.11.2011

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