Situated in a remote northern corner of the County of Buckinghamshire you might expect that little of consequence had ever happened here. How wrong you would be.

• Life and Death in the Bronze Age
  
• Occupation by the Romans.
  
• Home to a kinsman of King Harold.
  
• Tenanted by William the Conqueror’s treacherous half brother, Bishop Odo of Bayeux.
  
• Given to Sir Francis Drake by Good Queen Bess.
  
• Home of Sir Everard Digby, Gunpowder Plotter.
  
• Home of Lord Carrington.
  
• Residence of Sir Walter Carlile.
  
• Owned by Lord Hesketh.
  
• A satellite of The Bletchley Park code-breakers.
  
• Owned by The Bank of Switzerland.
  
• Converted into a boys boarding college.
  
• And finally - Developed into a series of private dwellings.
  
  

We think you will agree - a place of some interest. Click on the links to the left to read more.

The original Gayhurst website went live in 2002 and it was subsequently updated in 2004 & 2005.

To coincide with the 400th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot it was planned to create a major expansion of the site and we are now in the process of implementing that project.

There is a considerable amount of work to be done and so having decided on the overall format we have decided to go live with each section as soon as it is complete.