EHRG Publications
Publications from Eydon Historical Research Group
All the publications listed below are in stock and available to buy. Details of how to make a purchase are explained at the foot of the page. Go on - treat yourself!
Both the original hardback version and the subsequent National Trust paperback version of Syd Tyrrell's 'A Countryman's Tale', are currently out of print. However, we do have a range of second-hand copies of both versions. Please contact us for details and prices.
| Title | Author | ISBN | Price | P&P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Countryman's Tale | Syd Tyrrell | 978-0094589001 | £12.00 | £3.50 |
| The story of Eydon, in Northamptonshire, a village that existed before Domesday Book and in many respects a microcosm of rural England. A family memoir as well as a village history, it is the fruit of a lifetime of curiosity and diligent research. It explains the drastic effects of the Enclosures in the 18th century on the lives of country people and other historic influences which have made an English village what it is today. This book is currently out of print, however, we have obtained a selection of second-hand copies. Prices vary according to condition and our purchase price. | ||||
| A Countryman's Tale - National Trust Classics | Syd Tyrrell | 978-0712646253 | £6.00 | £3.50 |
| The story of Eydon, in Northamptonshire, a village that existed before Domesday Book and in many respects a microcosm of rural England. A family memoir as well as a village history, it is the fruit of a lifetime of curiosity and diligent research. It explains the drastic effects of the Enclosures in the 18th century on the lives of country people and other historic influences which have made an English village what it is today. This paperback book, with an updated introduction by Byron Rogers, is currently out of print, however, we have obtained a selection of second-hand copies. Prices vary according to condition and our purchase price. | ||||
| Big Marjorie and the Rector's Bull | EHRG | 978-095396554-0 | £5.00 | £2.00 |
| A 68-page, illustrated A5 booklet, with map and index of people and places - in which EHRG covers a wider timescale than before. Read about evidence of Eydon's earliest inhabitants, from before the last Ice Age to the Bronze Age; the traumatic effects of the English Civil War on the village and the preservation of some of these in subsequent Mummers' plays. We make sense of the earliest map of Eydon, and investigate tithes, taxes and unusual payments in kind! Eydon was the focus of a complicated 19th century law case - was murder involved? What were the Boy Scouts doing in Lincolnshire? Finally, women tend to vanish from historical records, but the early years of the Women's Institute gives us an invaluable glimpse into their lives. | ||||
| Eydon Census Returns 1841 | Transcribed by EHRG | £6.50 | £2.50 | |
| Spiral bound A4 booklet of Eydon's Census Return for 1841. Although EHRG is a non-profit making group, we have to charge for these booklets, both to cover the printing and binding costs, and to help subsidise the high cost of research copies of documents. Each return has a main index, cross linking all entries. | ||||
| Eydon Census Returns 1851 | Transcribed by EHRG | £6.50 | £2.50 | |
| Spiral bound A4 booklet of Eydon Census Return for 1851. Although EHRG is a non-profit making group, we have to charge for these booklets, both to cover the printing and binding costs, and to help subsidise the high cost of research copies of documents. Each return has a main index, cross linking all entries. | ||||
| Eydon Census Returns 1861 | Transcribed by EHRG | £6.50 | £2.50 | |
| Spiral bound A4 booklets of Eydon's census return for 1861. Although EHRG is a non-profit making group, we have to charge for these booklets, both to cover the printing and binding costs, and to help subsidise the high cost of research copies of documents. Each return has a main index, cross linking all entries. | ||||
| Eydon Census Returns 1871 | Transcribed by EHRG | £6.50 | £2.50 | |
| Spiral bound A4 booklet of Eydon Census Return for 1871. Although EHRG is a non-profit making group, we have to charge for these booklets, both to cover the printing and binding costs, and to help subsidise the high cost of research copies of documents. Each return has a main index, cross linking all entries. | ||||
| Eydon Census Returns 1881 | Transcribed by EHRG | £6.50 | £2.50 | |
| Spiral bound A4 booklet of Eydon's census return for 1881. Although EHRG is a non-profit making group, we have to charge for these booklets, both to cover the printing and binding costs, and to help subsidise the high cost of research copies of documents. Each return has a main index, cross linking all entries. | ||||
| Eydon Census Returns 1891 | Transcribed by EHRG | £6.50 | £2.50 | |
| Spiral bound A4 booklet of Eydon's Census returns for 1891. Although EHRG is a non-profit making group, we have to charge for these booklets, both to cover the printing and binding costs, and to help subsidise the high cost of research copies of documents. Each return has a main index, cross linking all entries. | ||||
| Grafitti, Pigs and Old Lace! | EHRG | 0-9539655-0-3 | £5.00 | £2.00 |
| A 48-page, illustrated A5 booklet, with map and index, looking at Eydon's geography, including field names and who lived where in Eydon. Local events such as the effects of the Enclosure Act of 1762 and the Great Fire of Eydon in 1905 are also featured. Finally there are details of some of the occupations including pig husbandry, lace making, steam threshing, political activity from 1884 to 1997, and the story of the Ancient Order of Foresters – known in Eydon as the ‘United Brothers’. | ||||
| Landscapes and Laundry | EHRG | 0-9539655-3-8 | £5.00 | £2.00 |
| A 64-page, illustrated A5 booklet with maps and index, looking at Eydon’s landscape, the Mummers, Eydon’s war and Eydon’s laundry. It includes a reconstructed enclosure map with details of Eydon's 1762 Inclosure Award; the strange tale of how Eydon rediscovered its Mummers’ play, and the play itself. There is also the story of the evacuation of children to Eydon during the 1939 - 45 War, a report of the National Farm Survey of 1941 and finally the story of Eydon’s laundry and its processes. | ||||
| Maidens, Matches and More... | EHRG | 978-095396555-7 | £5.00 | £2.00 |
| A 56 page, illustrated A5 booklet, with photographs, map and index. The main topic is Eydon Cricket Club, formally established in 1877. It has a history of enthusiastic, dedicated players and supporters and an excellent record of achievements. The club was one of the founding members of the South Northants. Cricket League in 1920. Anecdotes range from Churchill's horse, to a chicken coop which interrupted play. The changing face of village life meant the end of league cricket in 1996 but the cricketing tradition continues to thrive. Other articles in the booklet cover the purchase of Oakey's Field, where cricket is played, for use as a community sports field, and the formation of two charities to run the sports field and the village hall. | ||||
| Paupers, Pupils and Prisoners | EHRG | 0-9539655-1-1 | £5.00 | £2.00 |
| A 64-page, illustrated A5 booklet, with map and index of people and places. It covers the Poor Law in Eydon; the village water supply, and stories from the school. The story of Eydon’s buildings before, and the dramatic changes of, the 20th century, including the history of Cedar Cottage from 1744 onwards. The tales are told of the Quaker, Thomas Smallbone; the Fitz-Wales, early Lords of Eydon, and the Brightwells, an Eydon family for 150 years, with later connections to Utah in the U.S.A. | ||||
| Syd Tyrrell's Eydon | Syd Tyrrell | 0-9539655-2-X | £15.00 | £3.50 |
| Syd Tyrrell's long-awaited second book, gently edited by EHRG, continues tales of Eydon, a small rural village in Northamptonshire, into the first half of the 20th century. In this book you will find and enjoy Syd's acute and personal observations of his fellow countrymen and women. To quote him; "You may think these folk are all dead, but all I can say is, they won't be quite dead while I'm alive." Some years after his death, these folks - and Syd himself - are very much alive. | ||||
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Eydon Historical Research Group
c/o 16 High Street
Eydon
Daventry
Northants.
NN11 3PP