Keyworth & District Archive Material
The Bob and Rosalind Hammond Collection

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Bob Hammond was a founder member of the Society and worked long and hard to ensure it was a successful society. Bob and his wife Rosalind did much research on the village and, after Rosalind's death, he continued to work and wrote many articles for the Society's Newsletter as well as contributing to and being the single author of several of the Society's publications. After Bob's death in October 2010 his son, Paul, and daughter, Ruth, donated Bob's files to the Society's arichvies where they were named the BOB & ROSALIND HAMMOND COLLECTION. The following is a listing of the files.
BH1A4 Buff envelopeCensus 1991: contains detailed official analysis of Keyworth's returns.
BH2A4 White envelope1998: Letter to RBC re possible name plates on old roads in K. for millenium. Photos of sign styles
BH3A4 White envelopeApplication for Charity status for KDLHS; correspondence with Rushcliffe Council Voluntary Service
BH4Brown folderKeyworth families: analysis of family names from 1841 to 1891 censuses
BH5 Brown A4 envelope Keyworth Show 12 July 1997: rotas, book sales, requirements, items displayed; Bradshaw's farm info.
BH6Buff folderNotes from Parish Council minutes 1896 to 1934 with large gaps.
BH7A4 buff envelopeComments on Mrs Shaw's recollections with businesses plotted on a map. c1920 to 1980
BH8Buff folderList of Heritage Team photographs. Only photos from Ros' articles; Motley Close & Rectory
BH9Buff folderThoroton entry. 1901 maps Lists of terriers etc re lands from 1657. 1929 valuation survey.
BH10White A4 envelopeDraft and final version of article on Electoral rolls and street name changes 1900-1950
BH11 White A4 envelope Final draft of article on Cook's garden nursery with photo and plans AND artcile re field names
BH12White A4 envelopeNotes about the Keyworth Businesses Project with lists of business 2000
BH13Buff folderAge structure notes from 1881 and 1891 census
BH14Buff folderNotes of oral interviews and notes about Debdale and Owl's Nest farms (demolished0
BH15Brown folderItems relating to Plumtree, Wysall, Thorpe-in-the-Glebe, Costock, Willoughby, Bunny, Bradmore, Clifton, Stanton-on-the-Wolds, Ruddington.
BH16Buff A4 envelopeSelby Lane school with plans
BH17White A4 envelopeKDLHS membership list 1999
BH18Buff folderPopulation change. Several items relating to the populatyion of Keyworth over the years.
BH19Brown A4 envelopeKeyworth Board school items, research notes, p/c of demolition, plan and other papers.
BH20Brown folderKeyworth Occupations
BH21Brown folderItems on Keyworth Parish church regarding work for the DAC Church History Project.
BH22White A4 envelopeOccassional paper 5 - Keyworth the First Millenium covers
BH23White A4 envelopeCultivating Keyworth draft and finished article
BH24White A4 envelopeLegal documents relating to Adams Hill and Clifford Close, Keyworth (Actually Normanton-on-the-Wolds ) at that time -5 February 1921. Also article about John W Day & Co.
BH25Brown A4 envelopeThree farms in Keyworth; Twidale, Oldham and Savage.
BH26Brown folderFile of miscellaneous items
BH27Brown A4 envelopeCorrespondence with Helen Coan re Disney family. Details of auction of land.
BH28Brown A4 envelopePapers relating to the Southwell Churches Project work on Keyworth parish church
BH29White A4 envelopeDrafts of booklet on Keyworth clergy.
BH30Brown folderPapers relating to Keyworth in the 1890s
BH31Brown folderPapers relating to Keyworth clergy and churchyard
BH32Brown folderClergy and church C18 and earlier
BH33Brown A4 envelopeWright's Garage cd and printer's proofs
BH34Brown A4 envelopeThe Barn, Main Street; letters and photograph of Keyworth Bus Service vehicle
BH35Brown A4 envelopeKeyworth parish church DAC text and maps
BH36Brown A4 envelopeText of Keyworth Connections Abroad booklet
BH37Brown A4 envelopeDrafts of the Wright's Garage booklet
BH38Brown A4 envelopeText of the Keyworth Doctors booklet
BH39Brown A4 envelopeText for W D Gill (Insurance Brokers)
BH40Brown A4 envelopeAttewell's grocers shop. Notes and four photographs
BH41Brown A4 envelopeNotes and photographs about privvies in Keyworth
BH42Brown folderKelly's directory extracts for Keyworth businesses, 1928, 1936, 1941
BH43White A4 envelopeKeyworth The Last Fifty Years - ? for parish guide - notes and drafts
BH44Brown A4 envelopeNotes on E O Cooke and Chris Wheater. Names of Keyworth Home Guard members
BH45Brown A4 envelopeNotes on the origin of framework knitting in Keyworth
BH46Brown folderDrafts of Keyworth Trails and copy letter to Parish Council regarding state of Lings Lane.
BH47Brown A4 envelopeDetails of Ethel Fenton (nee Disney) 100th birthday held by KDLHS
BH48Brown folderDraft of talk 'Keyworth 100 years Ago' to Ruddington LHS and draft of article for Lowdham on evacuees.
BH49Brown A4 envelopeRev. S.P. Potter notes and draft for book
BH50Brown folderNotes on Bunny in Keyworth
BH51Brown A4 envelopeMaps of parts of USA, South Africa and copy of letter from Bathurst - Keyworth emigrees - Notes & draft
BH52Brown A4 envelopeNotes on the Belshaws of USA
BH53Brown A4 envelopeNotes on Selby Lane School
BH54Brown A4 envelopeNotes about Davinson's Coal Merchants of Keyworth
BH55White A4 envelopeA Brief History of Keyworth - draft for 'Then & Now' book.
BH56Brown envelopePhotographs of school children (Newark Advertiser) -- Ida Gunn, Joyce Dixon, Julian Freeguard, Kevin Tinlin identified.
BH57White A4 envelopeField names on map from John Booth - Wysall Lane area
BH58Brown A4 envelopeNotes on doorstep retailing, Wardens greengrocers, Bradshaw's milk deliveries
BH59File pageCatalogue of 'Le Nord Occupe' exhibition at BGS 1995
BH60Brown folderNotes about the Keyworth Oral History project
BH61White A4 envelopeKeyworth Presentments 1587-1638, including Stanton-on-the-Wolds
BH62Pink A4 envelopeNotes and printer's proof of 'Keyworth the first Millenium' book
BH63Brown A4 envelopeNotes on Keyworth hedgerows and on a case at Flamboruough, E. Yorks.
BH64White A4 envelopeCorrespondence with Hawaii re Keyworth family
BH65Brown A4 envelopeNotes, sketch plans relating to Keyworth Manor House.
BH66Transparent folderNotes and draft 'Keyworth the First Millenium' booklet
BH67A4 BookletKey events affecting the British Geological Survey 1967-1998
BH68BookletMary Ward College Prospectus (ND)
BH69Brown A4 envelopeDrafts re Enclosure book
BH70White A4 envelopeBooklets from Plumtree, Tollerton & Wysall churches
BH71BookletKeyworth Village Plan booklet 2009
BH72Yellow file binderNotes and correspondences regarding the Enclosure book - 'A Village Transformed'
BH73Blue file binderFurther notes re the Enclosure book - A Village Transformed'
BH74Red file binderFurther notes on 'A Village Transformed'.
BH75Orange folderDocuments relating to BH visit to South Africa in 2002 to trace the Pike family
BH76White A4 envelopeDrawings for the Keyworth Manot House booklet.
BH77White A4 envelopeDoor to Door booklet documents and CD
BH78Buff folderLottery grant papers for the Tollerton book project
BH79Brown A4 envelopeItems relating to the production of the 'Potter' booklet.
BH80Green folderItems relating to the Tollerton Airfield book
BH81White A4 envelopeItems relating to the formation of Keyworth's Conservation Area
BH82Brown A4 envelopeKeyworth Meadow
BH83White A4 envelopeThe Meerkats history of Wheatcroft Farm annotated by Bob
BH84Brown folderDrafts for Keyworth Financial Institutions booklet
BH85Yellow folderLocation plans and name of Keyworth burials - parish church andUnited Reformed church
BH86White A4 envelopeAerial photographs; Keyworth centre, Mount Pleasant under development, Newark, Trent Bridge and Nottingham Castle: all but Mount Pleasant are postcards
BH87Yellow FolderMany negatives and some prints of Keyworth buildings. Many dated to early 1990s but some undated.
BH88Buff folderItems relating to the Enclosure book - plans, figures and diagrams
BH89Brown A4 envelopeMiscellaneous maps and diagrams - Keyworth and population studied
BH90Brown A4 envelopeDiagrams from 1891 census plus population and occupation figures
BH91 Brown folder Copy of enclosure map. Keyworth Land holdings in 1897
BH92Green folderGreen belt maps for Nottinghamshire
BH93Brown A4 envelopeKeyworth 1st edition 25" map of 1883
BH94White A4 envelopeNewspaper cuttings; Keyworth Cricket 1947; article by J. Hallam b1866 written in 1957
BH95Brown A4 envelopeEnclosure award maps; 1799; 1977; 1964; 1899 and 1835
BH96White A4 envelopeAlphabetical lists from census of 1841 to 1891
BH97 Brown A4 envelope Census lists 1841 to 1891
BH98White A4 envelopeSummary of land, property ownership and valuations 1914 and 1897; censuses 1841-1891
BH100Yellow FolderNorman Notts 1000-1150; Traditional Window glass; Traditional Sash windows (NCC leaflets) and The Settler Handbook - a book listing the settlers to South Africa in 1820 (includes Keyworth names)
BH101Green ringbinder1841-1891 census returns; 1897 Valuation list; c1914 Valuation office records
BH102Red ringbinderKeyworth Yesterday and Today (photographic record) Vol. 1 - Blind Lane, The Square & Main Street East
BH103Blue ringbinderKeyworth Yesterday and Today Volume 2 - Main Street West, Lings Lane, Wysall Lane
BH104Black ringbinderKeyworth Yesterday and Today Volume 3 - Selby Lane, Elm Avenue, Bunny Lane & Lower Town
BH105Blue ringbinderVarious notes about local history matters; The Manor, Rectory, John Lowthe and sundrt items.
BH106 Blue ringbinder Notes about properties on Main Street, Old Lane, Selby Lane, Normanton Lane, Plumtree Park, Barlow's Yard, Debdale Lane plus surveys and tax returns.
BH107Large blue folder25 inch maps of Keyworth - some annotated by Bob Hammond
BH108Yellow FolderVarious maps, annotations and graphs of Keyworth
BH109Yellow folderVarious maps, aerial photographs of Keyworth, Plumtree, Normanon-on-the-Wolds
BH110Green folderCopy of the will (with transcript) of John Lowth, resident of The Manor and Archdeacon of Nottingham
BH111Orange folderVarious unidentified photographs, Jeff Disney's The Fire Force in Keyworth in World War 11. Jeff's son's eulogy at Jeff's Disney's funeral. Photo of Keyworth windmill, The Times 1806 showing Keyworth's collecion
BH112Brown A4 envelopeItems collected by Jeff Disney relating to sport in Keyworth.
BH113Brown folderEarly records of KDLHS meetings and projects - Jeff Disney's collection
BH114Brown A4 envelopeItems relating to Parish Council; allotments; Overseer applications, Car presentation to Kevin Woodford 1983, Keyworth Silver Jubilee programme, copy abstarct of title to land on Town Street 1964
BH115Blue folderNewspaper cuttings re Keyworth people; demolition order 1934 for house on New Row, details of land auction, the story of a nursery in Normanton, programme Amateur Dramatic Society 1953, copy bus drivers licence John Tomas Holmes 1922.
BH116Clear folderKDLHS Newsletters nos 1 to 14 (1993 to 1996), 1993 constitution
BH117Clear folderMaps and lists of field names from Terrier of 1752
BH118Clear folderLists of tithe holders and proprietors
BH119Clear folderMaps of parish boundary changes 1984
BH120Clear folderPhotocopies of postcards of Keyworth and some photographs
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