Left Looking west towards the river from the drive across the south facing
frontage. Image Gyula Papp, date 1957.
Below: Looking east along the drive towards the ‘Lodge’ and
Arlesey War Memorial. Image Gyula Papp, date 1957.
The land was farmed in the twentieth century by Charlie Bland, a
smallholder in the village, for many years until the farm crossings on the
railway were closed in the late 1960s as part of the plans to speed up trains
on the East Coast Main line. The land was eventually purchased in 1974 by
the Wildlife Trust. The southern arm of the pond has gradually silted up and
contains a mass of reedmace. The culvert still meanders throughout this
section, virtually drying up in hot summers.
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Below: The Bury ‘Lodge’ and Arlesey War Memorial. The Lodge has been a cooks’
residence and at one stage headquarters for the Home Guard. The Lodge was
demolished at the same time as the main house, footings can still be seen behind
the hedge along the High Street. Image from a postcard supplied by Doreen Rix
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Above: The 1821 map overlaid on a modern map showing the sites in
reference to the railway.
Notable Dates
Late 1800’s. The three manors of Arlesey were purchased by Lycett
passed on to William Bedford, a nephew of Richard Edwards, on his death.
Richard Edwards changed his name by royal licence to Bedford-Edwards in
1772.
Inskip and Co of Bristol, a firm of solicitors. They started to break up the
manorial estates by selling off the land bit by bit. A sale notice of 1875 for
the Bury give the values of the various parcels of land. The note under lot
16 brings attention to coprolite being found in parts of the land. Coprolite
(fossilised dinosaur dung) was a valuable mineral which was dug out from
pits in the fields during the winter months. This was taken to Royston for
converting into a phosphate rich artificial fertiliser. It is worthy of note that a
lot of the local mineral diggings even up to the 1950’s were owned by Inskip
before being taken over by Redlands Inns Company.
1775 John Schutz married Mary Browne and took the title to the manor.
1905. Colonel A E Fyler owned the house.
In 1804 Arlesey Place (Arlesey Bury) was
1912. Howard Carter1 is recorded as leaving Arlesey Bury. It was then
Arlesey Place was the main house for the manor of Arlesey Bury.
Arlesey is recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) as having three Manors.
Etonbury to the north, Arleseybury in the middle and Lanthony in the south.
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