LOCAL PEOPLE

There is a major set of folders in the Archive which give varied details of the people who have lived in the villages over the centuries including…

Landowners, 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 – Wartime experiences in the RAF

Godfrey sisters – Lace makers and foster mothers

Thomas Scott – Local Rector and  infection controller

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

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

 

GAYHURST WORTHIES

 

Bishop Odo – Chief landowner after the Norman Conquest 1066

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

Sir Everard Digby –  Involved in the 1605 Gunpowder Plot

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

Nathan Wright, Keeper of the Great Seal and his descendants – George x 3

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

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

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

 

 

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