Here are all the SHS newsletters downloadable as PDFs.
2020
March 2020 New Editor (Kay T); Sherington Historical Society make it to 20!; Kay’s Corner; Warden Abbey’s story (MKHA).
2019
No 104 – October 2019 Article by Pearl Teasdale on Les Feasey’s visit to Sherington from New Zealand; transcript of interview with Philip Smith recorded in 2002; stone carvings discovered at Bradwell Abbey.; photo of Sherington Choir and Churchwardens 1894.
No 103 – July 2019 Philip E Smith obituary; scarecrows 2019; June outing to the Roman Villa, Piddington; photos of Sherington Flower Festival and Open Gardens.
No 102 – April 2019 Extract from Ben Line’s letters; results of 2018 Photographic Competitons.
2018
No 101 – December 2018 The Fuller Family; Jack Ivester Lloyd painting; Sherington Village Pantomime, 8-9 February 1980.
No 100 – October 2018 Sherington reunion; old maps; John Burgess’ article taken from A Walk Around Sherington; Oldham & Co stoneware flagons and bottles.
No 99 – June 2018 Extract from Bucks Herald 1861, Stealing Firewood and Oats at Sherrington; extracts from old books on Sherington Rectory (now The Old Rectory); guided walk for two groups from TVAT and MK Museum.
No 98 – April 2018 The second part of an article about the Petts Family by Rosemary Collict; intro to talk about Stowe House; corrected photo of Sherington School pupils on Empire Day 1923.
No 97 – January 2018 The first part of an article about the Petts Family by Rosemary Collict, photos of Sherington School pupils on Empire Day 1923.
2017
No 96 – September 2017 A summary of this year’s Open Day for HODs; an article about Pettits and some correspondence with Australia.
No 95 – June 2017 An account of the Broughton Church outing; a write-up on our experience of the MK50 Festival; announcing our new walking leaflet; an article re the Domesday entry for Sherington; a short article about the walking tour of Grafton Regis later in the year.
No 94 – March 2017 Photographic competitions’ winners announced; final instalment of the articles about the Jeffersons called “The Parting of the Ways of Mercers Farm and the Jeffersons” from Lynda Jefferson; an entry from Alan Garratt entitled “Village Haircuts”.
2016
No 93 – December 2016 Dressing the second Knoll Christmas tree (words and pictures); the second instalment of the Jeffersons from Lynda.
No 92 – September 2016 Lynda Jefferson’s first article called: “From George to Frederick Jefferson”; a review of the HODs (Heritage Open Days) event we held at St Lauds’ Church during early September.
No 91 – June 2016 Scarecrows and the Battle of the Somme; a poem by John William Streets; a write-up of the Gayhurst Manor visit.
No 90 – March 2016 Photographic competition results and photos; an article about Enid Pepper, pictures from the Christmas party; a good section of news of what we’ve been up to.
2015
No 89 – December 2015 Philip Smith Gets his BEM; Anita Arnold’s Millennium Project; Fanny Osborn Ponting nee Jefferson Part 2.
No. 88 – September 2015 An article by Peter Barnes about Tony and Trudie Perkins; Rugby Heritage Project – call for stories; Caroline Spaughton submitted a piece about Fanny Osborn Ponting nee Jefferson.
No 87 – June 2015 A write-up about our outing to the Cowper and Newton Museum in Olney; a small article about Ash Cottage and the Fishers; the Wild Sherington Photographic competition kicks off.
No 86 – March 2015 John Thomas Chibnall’s visit to Sherington; Hoddlesden and its satellite villages – book by Roy Parker; write-up of the Chris Rowe talk about Eleanor of Castile; Sherington Brownie Pack.
No 85 – January 2015 Tribute to Fred Niebel; the Milton Keynes Book of Days of the Great War; the Moore Family from Pat Eve.
2014
No 84 – September 2014 An article about Herbert Henry Flute from the Bucks Standard (1917); Liz Revell writes about Victor and Harold Harrison; Caroline Leslie writes about David Brodie Ouchterlonie and a review of a local book “Broughton, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire: The evolution of a South Midlands landscape”.
No 83 – June 2014 News snippets about Yew Tree Farm; Kay Turrell put together an article about Fred Niebel.
No 82 – January 2014 A write-up on the Christmas party; Mark wrote about the bells of St Laud’s; Arthur Crump pictures; Hickson’s Butchers shop.
2013
No 81 – October 2013 Review of the Hatch, Match and Dispatch Open Day; Richard Morgan wrote a review of the talk by Bruce Smith; Buckingham Canal – Grand re-opening; opening of the MK Rose; Milton Keynes Archaeology Day.
No 80 – July 2013 A Little bird Told me – the book signing; New Monumental Inscription, an article by Mark Vale; The Newport Muster 2013; reviews of the member picnic at Knoll Cottage; review of the event entitled “Crime, Sex and Retribution”.
No 79 – April 2013 Marking the passing of Eileen West; Rogers Engineering; A preview of “Crime, Sex and Retribution in English Folk Song” by Annie Dearman and Steve Harrison; Caroline Leslie reviews the talk “The History of Lace Making” by Julian Hunt.
2012
No 78 – December 2012 Report of the Open Day 6th October; Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies; the Life Story of Matmaker Edwin Smith; The Jefferson Family in Sherington and Further afield (part 2) – Edward Jefferson 1798-1854; Aerial Photos of Sherington.
No 77 – September 2012 Community Archives and Heritage Group; Digital Scrapbooking; The Jefferson Family in Sherington and Further afield (part 1) – Edward Jefferson 1798-1854; Scarecrows in Sherington, June 2012.
No 76 – June 2012 Scarecrow Competition; recent e-mails (Family History Enquiries); extract from the 1895 Parish Magazine; MK Collection; Jubilee and Coronation Celebrations; advert for a talk “The History and Mystery of Women’s Underwear”.
No 75 – March 2012 Searching for Thomas Smith, born 1813 Sherington; War Horse; MK Exhibitions; Lionel Horsnell; advert for a talk “Smothered in the Bog House”.
2011
No 74 – December 2011 The Alabaster Family; The Old Bailey and the Linksons; Allotment Rules in 1847; Parish Magazine Extracts (1893); St Laud’s Church, Stained Glass Windows; advert for a film show “Fall in Love with Sherington Again”.
No 73 – September 2011 Advert for Open Day,“Sherington Family Histories”; Ray Bailey (1936-2011); ‘Learning from Objects’ Training Day; Discover MK October Exhibition; PC Knibbs and Inspector Browning; the Seamarks and Slater Family Album; advert for a talk “The Clatter of the Stagecoach”.
No 72 – June 2011 “Sherington: Fiefs and Fields” republished; The Well and Towers Family History Weekend (Emberton); The Jefferson Family Tree; Bucks Family History Society’s Open Day; Newport Muster; Village Walks; Book of MK Photographs; Fetes ‘n’ Fun.
No 71 – March 2011 Murder Booklet; January Jolly; AGM – Highlights from Chairman and Webmaster’s reports; opening of new extension at Sherington CE School; scarecrows; Welcome Pack; Mrs Nita Smith RIP; putting names to the faces (team photos); advert for a talk “Happy Easter”.
2010
No 70 – December 2010 Annual Open Day; The Sherington Murder; the SHS website ; e-mails about Family Ancestry enquiries; review of the talk, Dunkirk 1940 to 2010 – The Association of Little Ships; SHS 10th Anniversary Project, Village Painting – Caroline Leslie; Scarecrow Competition (to be bi-annual).
No 69 – June 2010 Scarecrows, Flower Festival and Archive Day; June Picnic; Poster for Archive Day; Walking with Ray Bailey and Philip Smith; e-mails about Family Ancestry enquiries; photos that have been recently added to the website (Gun Lane, Knoll Pump, May Day, Cycling).
No 68 – March 2010 Dates for the 2010 Diary; January Jolly photos; 10th Anniversary reminiscence; e-mails about Family Ancestry enquiries; photos that have been recently added to the website by Ian Collinge (VE Day, Coronation, Maypole, Bury the Hatchet).
2009
No 67 – December 2009 Open Day update; new office equipment; WW2 Memorabilia (donated); website updates; e-mails about Family Ancestry enquiries; photos related to the Home Guard in Sherington; quotes on how we used to live.
No 66 – September 2009 Scarecrow competition result; escorted walks: to Tyringham (Ray Bailey), around Sherington with NP Historical Society (Philip Smith); Annual Open Day – “What did you do in the war, Sherington?”.
No 65 – June 2009 June Pot Luck picnic; Scarecrow competition article and poster; Planned Walks – Tyringham & Sherington (with NPHS); May Day; e-mails about Family Ancestry enquiries; photos of villagers.
2008
No 64 – December 2008 Open Day, Pumps & Praises; Sherington-on-Show; Welcome Pack; Review of Talk – Odells of Newport Pagnell; Christmas Cards; Arvids Alsups (a young Latvian in the Displaced Persons Camp in the village during the War and buried in Sherington in 1945).
No 63 – September 2008 June Pot Luck Picnic; Scarecrow competition Winner; Treasure Hunt, Shortening the location with a French Connection; Photos of Pubs and Churches; Poster for Open Day – “Pumps & Praises”.
No 62 – June 2008 Gravestones – mapping the Churchyard; e-mails about Family Ancestry enquiries; Website Updates; photos, Gun Lane, Park Road, VE Day, Dorothy Nursaw’s Wedding, Sid Tatham, Miss Deviney and PE Smith; poster for Scarecrow Competition.
No 61 – March 2008 Chairman’s Ambitions for 2008 – Catalogue the Archive, Photographing all of the Gravestones in St Lauds Graveyard, Photographing the village; September Open Day; Living Archive Band; Archive Updates; e-mails about Family Ancestry enquiries (Hands to the Pump); website update.
2007
No 60 – December 2007 Media Frenzy – Philip Smith at the BBC, SHS – Burying the Hatchet; Christmas cards; review of talk – Salmons of Newport Pagnell (Ray Bailey); January Jolly; Living Archive Band; Family Ancestry enquiries (Post Box Corner); Harry Hickson, WW1 diaries (donation); website updates.
No 59 – August 2007 Open Day planning – Sherington Shenanigans, Feasts, Fetes and Fun; School Golden Jubilee; SHS outings – Waddesdon Manor, Grafton Regis; family history, help with studies (Gillian Nursaw-Smith); review of talk, Sherington’s part in the Cold War (O. Powell); Scarecrow Competition report.
No 58 – May 2007 May Meeting – Family History; review of talk Collecting Victorian Bottles; The Living Archive Band; New Format for Newsletter.
No 57 – January 2007 Diary of Events for 2007-8; SCAN article about The Rectory; January Jolly; September Open Day Feasts and Fun.
2006
No 56 – December 2006 Committee meeting weekly to work on the Archives; Christmas Party; diary; website updates; family ancestry enquiries.
No 55 – November 2006 Tribute to Norman Arnold RIP; plans for running the SHS without a Chairman up to the next AGM.
No 53 – September 2006 Preparation for the Open Day event Local Artists – Past and Present; new member; archives; website update.
No 52 – June 2006 September Open Day preparation; reconnecting people; the Scarecrow Competitions.
No 51 – May 2006 an exchange visit to the Well & Tower Society in Emberton; Scarecrow Competition; additions to the archives; May Day report; family history enquiries.
No 50 – April 2006 Scarecrow Competition; pre-planning for the September Open Day (Local Artists); Review of Talk – Bucks Family History Society; Book of Signatures from Burying the Hatchet commemoration (donation).
No 49 – March 2006 Report of AGM; Knoll pump history (Philip Smith); donation of photos and paintings (Crump); archives updates.
No 48 – February 2006 Collaborating with neighbouring Societies – Emberton and North Crawley; new PC and archiving; family history enquiries; transcribing the School Admissions records; plan to inform Parish Council and MK Planning of the SHS need for future archive space.
No 47 – January 2006 Discussion about historical document retention; new computer; discussion re future premises needed (a vision for the future).
2005
No 46 – December 2005 Next meeting will be planning 2006 agenda; Christmas Party report; progress on SHS Files, in readiness for the computerisation.
No 45 – November 2005 Christmas Party; card sales at Christmas Bazaar; share of the spoils from the Village Fete; new computer; A3 Scanner.
No 43 – September 2005 Family history requests; website usage; report of the Stagger Around Sherington; next Open Day.
No 42 – July 2005 Scarecrow Competition review; photos of Tom Ivester Lloyd’s art shared by Philip Smith; theme for the Open Day – Farms; revised date for the Stagger; website league tables.
No 41 – June 2005 Fred Niebel (ex-POW) return visit to Sherington; new acquisitions; visit to Wake Up to Partnerships; preparation for the Fete; family history requests; populating the website by Ian Collinge; tale about Ivester Lloyd (Philip Smith); plan for the Stagger Around Sherington.
No 40 – May 2005 Tales of Farming Life by Brian Hansford; farewell to Don and Irene; preparation for the Fete; Scarecrow event, leading to Scary Alley at the Fete; family history requests and visitors.
No 39 – April 2005 Report of the Bygones evening, Philip Smith; preparation for the Fete – SHS Themes Family Histories, Who do you think your ancestors were; family history request success; SHS notelets, Village Seasons by Caroline Leslie; website updates.
No 38 – March 2005 Report of the AGM; synopsis of two talks – theme Who Do You Think Your Ancestors Were? Norman Arnold told of his approach to the work involved and his findings to date and Gail Wood advised on Where to go for information to get started and pointed out problems she had found with the various data sets.
No 37 – February 2005 Report of General Meeting; additions to the Archives; e-mails about Family Ancestry enquiries; The Burying of the Hatchet, 70 year celebration; artists’ work; website update; old photos (donations).
No 36 – January 2005 Milton Keynes Car Raffle fundraising; report of the Annual Dinner; project ideas for the website (from Ian Collinge); diary of events for 2005 to include Bygones Evening, a Film Show, the Village Fete, an Open Day, a walk around Sherington with a difference; A Walk Around Sherington, book by Phyllis Walton, propose to reprint as a fundraiser.
2004
No 35 – December 2004 Committee reorganisation; the 1841 Census transcribed and ready for adding to the website; sales of Christmas cards; reconnecting Fred Niebel (ex POW); family history request success, including visitors to the Village; website update (increased interest with BBC promoting Who Do You Think You Are?, family history has really taken off).
No 34 – November 2004 Preparation for Sherington Fete; the Village Appraisal, the Millennium Photo Project and the Newport to Olney Bypass planning drawings (donations); Christmas dinner; family history request success including visitors to the Village.
No 33 – October 2004 Film Review – Peter Gardner and his Pioneer friends – The Beauty Contest; Comments re planned developments in the Village; annual dinner; family history study progress re Dalton family; update on the 1841 and 1851 census content held by SHS (extract -> full).
No 32 – September 2004 Next Event will be Peter Gardner Films – The Hanslope Murder with full supporting B films; reworking Phyllis Walton’s book A Walk Around Sherington; SHS Christmas cards; refurbishment of The Swan pub.
No 31 – July 2004 Report of a visit to MK Museum of Industry and Rural Life; Scarecrow weekend review; update on Fred Niebel (ex POW) (donations); comment on development; The Sherington Embroidery as a Christmas card.
No 30 – June 2004 Review of the SHS Exhibition featuring The Sherington Embroidery; The PC and the website; the Millennium Photo albums all generated interest. Fred Niebel (ex POW) updates; archive donations; website update; Ian Collinge, Honorary Member; Nursaw family event; planned visit to MK Museum.
No 29 – May 2004 May Day report (very wet); Review of Bygones evening with Philip Smith; old photo (donation); report of Herr Fred Niebel’s (ex POW) visit to Sherington.
No 28 – April 2004 Photo Album – Queens Golden Jubilee; Fred Niebel ex-POW; MK Museum’s timetable of events; Edith Lucas Notelets; Caroline Ellis presented a book about Mynard and Meakins families; Talk by Donald McFarlane on Well Dressing.
No 27 – March 2004 Ian Collinge relieves Mark as webmaster; AGM review; The Museum of Rural Life visit; annual show (display of our archives); Phyllis Walton’s A Walk Around Sherington, research materials passed to SHS; photo album – Queens Golden Jubilee; Fred Niebel ex-POW; family history enquiries; School Log Book transcription; next event – The Walk Around Sherington.
No 26 – February 2004 Hub-UK (proposed Milton Keynes Heritage Facility); SCAN; Village Appraisal; 2004 calendar; finances; cine to DVD; MK Community Foundation car raffle (fundraising); notelets; forthcoming events.
No 25 – January 2004 MKHA Celebration; 2004 Programme; website; raffle tickets; Hub-MK (interesting opinion piece).
2003
No 24 – December 2003 Review of Christmas Party; transcription of the School Log Books; The Act of Enclosure 1796 (a copy from Philip Smith).
No 23 – November 2003 Christmas Party; visit to Local Studies Centre; storage; loan book: raffle tickets; New Year dinner; maps; calendars; School Log Books; cine films.
No 22 – October 2003 Review of the SHS Talk The Sherington Murder by Dianne Sutton; website; filing issues; Committee update; new museum to be built at MK; 47 High Street development.
No 21 – September 2003 Visit to the Ellis’s in Emberton (new book); Sherington Village Fete; A3 lamination machine; raffle tickets in CMK (fundraising); talk at the Thursday Group Women at War; SHS Talk The Sherington Murder by Dianne Sutton.
No 20 – July/August 2003 Review of the talk. Alan Richardson The Victorian Age of the Camera; Philip Smith rambles around Sherington; calendars; Community Car Raffle fundraising; cine to DVD Project; 47 High Street development; Charity Day – New Thursday Group/SHS joint activity; website activity.
No 19 – June 2003 Sherington Fete, SHS theme Sherington at War; cine film; visitors’ book; aerial photos; Deanshanger; next talk, Alan Richardson The Victorian Age of the Camera.
No 18 – May 2003 Calendars; aerial photos; a reunion album; the Village Fete; Chicheley Hall visit; visitors’ book; member’s album; current events.
No 17 – April 2003 Review of the Byegones evening; Village Fete; request material for Sherington at War; SHS advertising; School Log Books; evacuees; publicity and fundraising; photos and album; forthcoming talks Victorian Funeral Arrangements and The Victorian Age of the Camera.
No 16 – March 2003 Report of AGM; CD recording investigation to copy all of Peter Gardner’s films; 24 School Lane; newspaper cuttings; visitors – family history enquiries; next event Byegones with Philip Smith.
No 15 – February 2003 Review of In the days of Shefco, a filmshow based on the Sherington Feasts (75 attendees); James Boon; photo album; Village Fete; Sherington walk; snippets book; stationery.
No 14 – January 2003 Enclosure documents; The Old Cow House; Village Fete; SHS photographs; Yew Tree Farm; SHS calendars; Sherington Mound; 2003 Programme; next event In the days of Shefco, a filmshow based on the Sherington Feasts to presented by Philip Smith and Peter Gardner; finances.
2002
No 13 – December 2002 Christmas Party; Yew Tree Farm; log books; Enclosure documents.
No 12 – November 2002 inform minutes about a discussion on the role of the Church in Sherington Village; the Village Enclosure Document, copying and transcription; admin/office equipment purchases; School log books’ transcription; Murder booklet; plans for the Village Fete; Christmas Party.
No 11 – October 2002 film review – The Story of a Buckingham Village, courtesy of Philip Smith and Peter Gardner; the Enclosure Act; School Log Books; Christmas Party; administration; Our Murder.
No 10 – September 2002 School Log Books and Punishment Book; Edith Lucas; e-mail re Family History; talks; finances; Community raffle; meeting; radio programmes; advert for a talk The Story of a Buckinghamshire Village.
No 9 – July 2002 grants; Edith Lucas; Northampton Mercury; MK Museum Rural Crafts study; Millennium Project; School Log Books; e-mails re family history enquiries; website; artists; School Log Books.
No 8 – June 2002 Walk an’ Talk with Philip Smith (a review); links with Milton Keynes Local Studies Centre; Church Fete; a synopsis of the data newly obtained; the ‘former’ old Cow Barn at Mercer’s Farm.
No 7 – May 2002 Les Milnes RIP; website; Church Fete bring and copy; Clutch Club; a synopsis of the data newly obtained; meetings; Treasurers Report; memberships.
No 6 – April 2002 Open Day review; Committee update; MK Heritage Exhibition; MKHA comment about Cow Barn (planning); website; Walk an’ Talk (Philip Smith); family history enquiries; Church Fete ideas; A synopsis of the data obtained.
No 5 – March 2002 Honorary Memberships (Philip Smith and Peter Gardner); Open Day; weddings; exhibitions; a synopsis of the data obtained.
No 4 – February 2002 Philip Smith’s photo albums; the Cow Barn; Millenium Photographic Project; filing system; a synopsis of the data obtained (new additions); website; Secretary’s Report.
No 3 – January 2002 website progress; MK Heritage Gateway Project; finances; Clutch Club; a synopsis of the data obtained.
2001
No 2 – December 2001 planning application – Cow Barn, Mercers Farm; storage box (Ted Pepper); William Cowper evening; Christmas Party; Milton Keynes Heritage Association; advert for a talk A Walk an’ Talk; a synopsis of the data obtained
No 1 – November 2001 intro and progress on activities; The Hundreds of Sherington (Centenary of the Parish Council) a book by Barry Hollis; link to The Millennium Project; the website; a synopsis of the data obtained.