Wymeswold Stories
Wymeswold Stories are short tales of life in the village in the past. They are written by a variety of local people, to shine a light on the lives lived by our predecessors in this place. Originally posted as Facebook blogs, they are here arranged in chronological order of their subject matter.
You can read or download a story by clicking on the link WS which follows the title .
1500s, 1600s, 1700s - Tudor, Stuart and Georgian Wymeswold
The Papacy and Mary I in Wymeswold WS8
Fashion 400 Years Ago WS20
Christmas Dinner in 1625 WS25
The 1633 House WS19
The Great Fire of Wymeswold 1655 WS12
The Sufferings of the Quakers of Wymeswold WS2
The Leeke Monument I: The Story of Judge William Leeke WS5
The Leeke Monument II: The Story of the Two Catherines, mother and daughter WS6
The Victorian Era in Wymeswold
The Story of Jenny Hickling WS4
The Tale of Maria Waters WS13
The Children of the Rev Henry Alford WS10
The Story of Captain Dawkins, R.N. WS1
Lightening Strikes in Wymeswold WS17
The History of Wymeswold's Allotments WS9
Wymeswold Stories from the Newspapers - Remarkable Events WS15
Wymeswold and Empire WS24
