STOKE GOLDINGTON

Stoke Goldington is a small village (Population 598 in the 2021 census), situated on the northern-most tip of the Buckinghamshire County border, four miles from Newport Pagnell and ten miles from the centre of Milton Keynes.

 

The building of Milton Keynes new city with its fast road and rail commuter links, has inevitably brought massive change to the North Bucks area, and to the mix of people who now live there.

Development in this rural area was strictly controlled by rules originally laid down in the North Buckinghamshire Structure Plan in the 1950s.

There were later Village Appraisals of Stoke Goldington  which created a “Conservation Area” in 1973  (but this protection is always under threat…)

 

STOKE GOLDINGTON ASSOCIATION

The Stoke Goldington Association (SGA) was set up in 1987 to record the changes that the new Milton Keynes City would inevitably bring as it developed, as well as documenting  Local History and Changes to the area from previous times.

The SGA now has an impressive archive of local history information on places, people and events, housed in the communal Reading Rooms in the High Street and available to members of the local community for interest and research.

Part of the  SGA Archive with Derek George

Click for Archive contents

Stoke Goldington has been closely linked to nearby Gayhurst village for generations, so the contents of the archive necessarily covers both villages, as well as information on the detached part of the Parish at Eakley.

The SGA is not a Lobbying or Protest organization, although the information contained in our archive has been used, on occasion,  to settle some local issues.

We occasionally hold Open Days  on Saturday mornings to encourage residents past and present  to explore the contents of the archive, for research and general interest.

There have been many new families moving  into the village recently and they find this a useful introduction to the history of their new homes and the surrounding area.

 WEBSITE UPDATE  

The original SGA website was set up in the 1990s by Derek George (one of the founders and the mainstay of the Association) but it hasn’t been updated since his sad death in 2012.

We have now decided  to try to refresh and update this website and we hope that you’ll find it informative and interesting.

For further information on the Association, or the contents of the Archive,  please contact either:-


Copyright Statement: Unless acknowledged otherwise, the images and text used on this site are the copyright of Stoke Goldington Association. The Association encourages the use of the text and images for personal and educational work and is prepared to waive its copyright in these circumstances.         

 The Association reserves all its rights in regard to commercial reproduction. Requests for the use of Association images in commercial publications will be given sympathetic consideration.

The 1930 Photographs courtesy of The Kitchener Collection, City Discovery Centre, Milton Keynes.