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Wendy Austin has published a number of limited edition books on Tring to raise money for local charities, including the Tring and District Local History and Museum Society, and these are detailed below. |
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Wendy Austin has published a number of limited edition books on Tring to raise money for local charities, including the Tring and District Local History and Museum Society, and these are detailed below. |
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Tring Personalities by Wendy Austin 2000 [ISBN 0 9537924-0-4] This book contains short biographies of the following people who are connected with Tring - often with portraits of other pictures. John Brown (1795-1890) brewer, sportsman and entrepreneur Nell Gywn (1650-1687) favourite of King Charles II James Osbourne (1857-1928) Victoria Cross Rev. Arthur Pope (1841-1921) Vicar if Tring 1872-1881 Emma, Lady Rothschild (1844-1935) Sir Robert Whittingham (14??-1471) Lord of the Manor of Pendley Professor Keith Simpson (1907-1985) Home Office Pathologist Thomas Glover (1822-1914) Leading local Baptist Henry Guy (1631-1710) Built Tring Park House Joseph Budd (1886-1977) wrote accounts of Tring Mrs Humphrey Ward (1851-1929) Authoress Arnold Ward (1876-1950) Member of Parliament Arthur Gutteridge (1886-197?) Sir William Gore (1644-1707) of Tring Park Ruth Osbourne (167?-1751) "Witch" Karl Jordon (1861-1959) of Tring Museum Robert Hill (1699-1777) The Mead Family (1804-1941) of New Mill Rev Charles Pearce (1847-1920) Baptist Minister Dorian Williams (1914-1985) of Pendley |
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by Wendy Austin 2003 [ISBN 0 9537924-1-2] Stanley Lief (1892-1963) of Champneys Rev Charles Lacy (1795-1890) Parish Minister Able Seaman Stanley Collier (1888-1916) died on HMS Hampshire Private Edward Barber V.C. (1893-1915) of the Grenadier Guards Air Mechanic Reginald Rolfe (1891-1916) of the Royal Flying Corps William Kay (1777-1838) Purchased Tring Park in 1825 Euphemia Myddleton (1875-1911) Botanist Ichthyosaurus Henry Hobson (1840-1929) School Teacher Victor Lownes (b 1928) of Playboy Alderman Amos Hinton (1844-1919) born Tring, became Mayor of Middleborough Sir Stephen Collins (1847-1925) M.P. Norman Shelley (1903-1980) Broadcaster Dame Peggy Ashcroft (1907-1991) Actress Sir Godfrey Tearle (1884-1953) Actor Bishop William Linwood (137?-1444) Rector of Tring Sir Stirling Moss O.B.E. (b 1929) Racing Driver Pat Moss (b 1935) Show Jumper Sir Gordon Nairne (1861-1945) Director of the Bank of England Philip Darvell (1884-19??) and Jacob Bearinstain (1891-1973) Early Tring Cinemas Gerald Massey (1828-1907) Poet Dodo |
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by Wendy Austin 2004 [ISBN 0 9537924-2-0]
Robert Stephenson (1803-1859) - Railway engineer Harriet Jellis (b 1923) - Lock Keeper on the canal Violet Higginson (b 1932) on the canal Joseph (1874-1942) and Kenneth Timberlake (1909-1972) of Hastoe Farm Lionel Martin (1878-1945) - Aston Martin James Stevens (1808-1911) - Long lived farmer worker Sir Francis Verney (1584-1615) of Pendley Manor Private Henry Harding (1773-18??) - Seaman on HMS Victory at Trafalgar Marie Jack (1912-2002) - Arts Educational School Charles Seabrook (1865-1948) Kennel man for the Rothschilds Pomeranian (dogs) Alice Burnham (1888-1913) murdered by George Joseph Smith Honorable Sir Harry Vaisey (1877-1965) High Court Judge Christopher Mead (1940-2003) British Trust for Ornithology Doctor Edward Cockayne (1889-1956) - entomologist HMS Tring (1918-1927) Minesweeper HMS Aeolus (1940-1946) Land-based "ship" in Tring High Street HMS Arctic Hunter (1929-1952) - minesweeper sponsored by the town Amphyllis Washington (1602-1654) ancestor of George Washington Glis glis - edible dormouse - introduced by Lord Rothschild |
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Local Poetry Collected by Wendy Austin 2005 [ISBN 0 9537924-2-9] Over the years, quite a lot of poetry has been written about Tring. Possibly this is because a handy five-letter name for one's town calls to mind quick and easy rhymes. If we had been blessed with a name such as Hemel Hempstead, Leighton Buzzard, or Aston Clinton, fewer local bards may have been inspired to take up their quill pens, pencils, or biros. Readers may agree that this selection includes verses that are good, indifferent, or really bad. But, like looking at paintings, appreciation of poetry is an individual taste and can provoke a great variety of different reactions. What to one person is deeply moving, to another is maudlin and sentimental. Likewise, what is one person's sublime rhyme is another's unwitty ditty. All I can hope is that everyone will find something in this little book that appeals. The selection includes poems either about our district, or written by men and women who lived in the area and penned verse about other diverse subjects. The poems and illustrations have been collected from many sources, and I am especially grateful to all who gave permission for their work to be reproduced. My thanks also go to others who contributed information and illustrations. Wendy Austin |
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Section Headings: Life in Tring; Railway and Canal; The Tring Poet (Gerald Massey); Pastimes; Cricket' Military; Villages and Countryside;Tring Park; Why?; High Society; Epitaphs |
Then & Now
by Wendy Austin
2006 [ISBN 0 9537924-4-7]
The Early Years
Horticultural Society
Market Gardens and Nurseries
Tring Park Gardens - the Rothschilds
Head Gardeners
Railway Station Garden
Herbs and Wild Planrs
Orchards
Allotment Gardens
Plants from Abroad
School Gardens
Memorial Gardens
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The Second Tring Collection 2007 ISBN 0 9537924 5 5
Illustrations
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Contents Tring Poets Cholesbury Mill Trains Local Literati Zoological Museum Spreading the Word More Local Verse Gerald Massey: The Tring Poet |
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Tring Silk Mill 2008 ISBN 978 0 9537924 6 7 |
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Books Copies may be obtained from the Tring and District Local History and Museum Society or may be obtained online. (Most are now out of print) |
| May 2010 | Brief details of two new books added | |
| September 2012 | Contents list added for 2nd Tring Collection |
