Reference books

Most of the reference books listed below were used in research for this website and local history generally. In August 2022 they were donated to St. Neots Museum and may be accessed by local residents for on-site research on application to the Museum. if anyone wishes to access them, please liaise with the curator of the Museum on curators@stneotsmuseum.org.uk


  • Lysons Cambridgeshire with map, 1808;

  • An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridge - West Cambridgeshire, HMSO, 1968;

  • Gleanings from Great Gransden, 1987, signed by author Edith Carr;

  • History of Cambridgeshire with map, Conybeare, 1897;

  • History of Great Gransden, 2011;

  • The Smaller English House, Its History and Development, 1981;

  • The Gransdens in old picture postcards, 2nd. Ed. 2003;

  • Haunted Hostelries of Cambridgeshire, 2019;

  • A Day Above Cambridgeshire, 2011, signed by author;

  • Heroes of Bomber Command Cambridgeshire, 2007;

  • Gamlingay, 1989;

  • Abbotsley, 2002;

  • Discovering Local History, 2003;

  • Old Biggleswade - A Collection of Photographs (5 bindings);

  • Discovering Antique Maps, 2000;

  • Tracing Your Family History;

  • Ghosts & Legends of Cambridgeshire, 1998;

  • The Railway Age in Bedfordshire, 1974;

  • Cambridge Street Literature, 1978;

  • A Dictionary of Old Trades, Titles and Occupations, 2002;

  • A Century of Cambridgeshire Parish Councils, 1994;

  • The Hertfordshire Village Book, 1992;

  • The Cambridgeshire Village Book, 1989;

  • The Bedfordshire Village Book, 1988;

  • The Dinosaurs on Sandy Heath, 1998;

  • Gamlingay - A History in Photographs, 2001, signed by authors;

  • Gamlingay - Portrait of an English Village, 2002;

  • Old Bedfordshire, 1975;

  • The English Cottage, 1938;

  • English Period Furniture, 1963.

  • Trials and Tribulation - The Story of Gransden Lodge Aerodrome.