A major set of folders in the Archive gives varied details of the people who have lived in the villages over the centuries.

Landowners, local Farming families, the “Characters” (!) and some recent Famous faces eg. Letitia “Sharon” Dean, and Terry Lightfoot, jazz performer.

The folders are arranged alphabetically by surname and include photographs, military service, wedding /funeral orders of service and some very comprehensive family histories.

For information on different people who have lived in north Bucks, particularly Gayhurst, Stoke Goldington and Eakley please click on one of the links below:-  

STOKE FOLK

Harry Armstrong – Lace entrepreneur

Dick Croot – his wartime experiences in the RAF

Godfrey sisters – Lace makers and foster mothers

Thomas Scott – local Rector and control of infection

Kay Thompson – very talented artist responsible for fantastic pantomime scenery, village signs and the Millennium Wall Hanging

Whiting Brothers – a large farming dynasty who were the first to use the steam plough across their fields in North Bucks

 

GAYHURST WORTHIES

J W Carlile – owned Gayhurst Estate from 1882 and was a local benefactor

Sir W W Carlile – was the local MP and sold the SG part of the estate to tenants in 1912

Sir Everard Digby –  Involved in the 1605 Gunpowder Plot

Sir Kenelm Digby – a favourite at court and inventor of the sparkling wine bottle

Peter de Goldington III – owned Gayhurst in 13th Century and added the family name to ‘Stoches’ (Stoke)

Lord Carrington – held the estate on 21 year lease from 1861 to 1882 and altered the Mansion significantly