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Short History of Woburn Sands & Aspley Heath
Family History Search
1309 & 1332 Taxation in Aspley Guise
1524 Wavendon Subsidy Roll
1539 Muster Lists of Aspley Guise & Woburn
1567 Wavendon Parish Register – Bradbrook
1670-72 Wavendon Hearth Tax Exemptions
1677 Wavendon helps fund St. Paul’s
1694 Aspley Guise Poll Tax
1714-1839 Fire Insurance Policies
1722 Election – Wavendon and Aspley Guise Voters
1784 Election – Wavendon Voters
1798 Posse Comitatus
1831 Wavendon Militia List
1873 Wavendon Land Owners
1874 Wavendon & Aspley Guise Voters Lists
1945 Woburn Sands Register of Electors
Census
1841 Wavendon & Aspley Guise
1851 Woburn Sands
1861 Woburn Sands
1871 Woburn Sands
1881
Aspley Guise 1
Aspley Guise 2
Aspley Guise 3
Aspley Guise 4
Wavendon 1
Wavendon 2
Woburn Sands Strays
1891 Woburn Sands & Aspley Heath
1911 Woburn Sands
1911 Aspley Heath
Registers
Quaker Burials 1676-1954
Baptisms at St. Michaels Church, Aspley Heath
Baptisms 1868–1883
Baptisms 1884–1890
Baptisms 1891–1899
Baptisms 1900–1913
Baptisms 1914–1920
Marriages at St. Michaels Church, Aspley Heath
Marriages 1868–1883
Marriages 1884–1899
Marriages 1900–1915
Marriages 1916–1930
Burials at St. Michaels Church, Aspley Heath
Burials 1868–1900
Burials 1901–1925
Burials 1926–1948
Burials 1949–1965
Burials 1966–1989
Trade Directories
Photo Trails
Station Road
High Street
Aspley Heath
Around Woburn Sands
Postcards by Cheetham
Postcards by Gregory
Pubs & Inns
Anchor, Aspley Guise
Bell, Aspley Guise
Birchmoor Arms, Woburn
Black Horse, Wavendon
Chequers, Fenny Stratford
Denbigh Hall, Fenny Stratford
Duke’s Head, Aspley Guise
Fir Tree, Woburn Sands
1753–1849
1850–1899
1900–1949
1950–Now
Flying Duck, Aspley Heath
Holdom’s Brewery, Fenny Stratford
Kirby & McKee, Mineral Waters, Bletchley
Maypole, Woburn Sands
Pine Tree Inn, Walton
Plough, Bow Brickhill
Plough, Simpson
Plough, Wavendon
Red House, Wavendon
Red Lion, Woburn Sands
Red Lion, Fenny Lock
Rose & Crown, Woburn Sands
Royal Oak, Aspley Heath
Station Hotel, Woburn Sands
Steamer, Aspley Guise
Swan Beerhouse, Aspley Guise
Swan Inn, Woburn Sands
Wavendon Arms, Wavendon
Weathercock Inn, Woburn Sands
Wheatsheaf, Aspley Guise
Wheatsheaf, Bow Brickhill
Wheatsheaf, Wavendon
Wheat Sheaf Inn, Woburn
White Hart, Bow Brickhill
Warman’s Brewery, Newport Pagnell
Buildings
1086 Aspley Guise Windmill
1659-1901 Hogstye End Quaker Meeting House
1938 Quaker Meeting House – Tyeth Spencer
1846-1879 Quaker Diary
1802-1951 Monumental Inscriptions
1718-1874 Aspley Guise Classical Academy
1810 Henry VII Lodge
1820 Fenton (Shelton) House & Denison Family
1845 Woodleys Farm, Woburn Sands
1846 Woburn Sands Railway Station
1858 Woburn Sands Post Office
1869-1968 St. Michael’s Church
1874 Literary & Scientific Hall
1879 Courtney Memorial Hall, Aspley Guise
1879-1979 Methodist Church
1879 Formation of Aspley Guise Board School
1890 The Knoll, Aspley Heath
1891-1985 Convalescent Homes
1899 Aspley Guise & Woburn Sands Golf Club
1913 Woburn Sands Fire Station
1926 St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Woburn Sands
1928 Ellen Pettit Memorial Hall
1947 PLYSU Plastics, Woburn Sands
1947 Weathercock Lane & Dick Turpin?
Woburn Sands Shops
Items
1904 Gregory’s Guide & View Book
1905 The Borough Guide to Woburn Sands
1935 Woburn Sands & District – Official Guide
Bottles & Flagons
Local Bibliography
Goss and Crestware
Local Auctions
Local newspapers
People
Wiffen Brothers
Charles Inwood
Gertrude Page
Alfred Hirdle “Incorrigible Rascal”
The Medcalf Family
The Summerley Family
Reginald Last
Arthur Parker
Local Criminals
James Clare, Woburn Poacher
Ian Strang – Wavendon Artist
Margaret Jackson – In Good Service
William Crofts and the “Echoes from Wavendon…”
Environment
How ‘Hogsty End’ became ‘Woburn Sands’
Map & Streets Index
100 A.D. Danesborough Camp
1086 Domesday Book
1295 Fullers Earth
1713 Wells Charity, Wavendon
1727 Woburn Sands Toll Road Act
1734 Flying Coaches
1779 The Woods
1835 Aspley Guise
1856 Climate of Aspley Guise – Dr. Williams
1885 Woburn Sands Brass Band
1892 Agricultural Labourers
1907 Woburn Sands Parish Council
1909 Lace Makers of Aspley Guise
1912 Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough
1920 Woburn Sands Social Club
1947 Woburn Reporter
1947 Woburn Reporter – April to June
1947 Woburn Reporter – July to September
1947 Woburn Reporter – October to December
Woburn Sands – Down and Needham
Woburn Sands – Remembered by Arthur Buxton
Woburn Sands 1920s-1930s – Memories of Harry Buxton
Woburn Sands – Remembered by Dolly Mills
Woburn Sands – Where’s the sea? Eric Smith’s Memories
Tim Snelling – Memories of St. Vincent’s & The Knoll
Events
1744 Murder by a Highwayman
1830 Capt. Swing Riots
1841 Queen Victoria visits Woburn Sands
1856 Killing of laceworker Ellen Barratt
1866 Aspley Guise – Beating of the Bounds
1867 Poacher kills a Gamekeeper
1882 Scroll to Colonel Drury Curzon Drury Lowe
1899 Lodger murders his Landlady
1900 News
1908 Eastwoods Brickworks Accident
1908 Hammond’s Record Walk
1909 Pageant of the Year, Aspley Heath
1911 Bristol Boxkite lands at Woburn Sands
1911 Coronation Celebrations
1911 Powage Press Fire, Aspley Guise
1912 Stars Football Team
1914-18 War – Casualties & Memorial
1914-18 War – Knoll School Casualties
1917-1918 Canadian Forestry Corp
War Memorial – Between Wars & World War II
1925 Fenny Stratford Railway Disaster
1935 Jubilee Celebrations
Marriages at St. Michaels Church, Aspley Heath
Marriages 1868 – 1883
Marriages 1884 – 1899
Marriages 1900 – 1915
Marriages 1916 – 1930
Home
Genealogy
▼
Short History of Woburn Sands & Aspley Heath
Family History Search
1309 & 1332 Taxation in Aspley Guise
1524 Wavendon Subsidy Roll
1539 Muster Lists of Aspley Guise & Woburn
1567 Wavendon Parish Register – Bradbrook
1670-72 Wavendon Hearth Tax Exemptions
1677 Wavendon helps fund St. Paul’s
1694 Aspley Guise Poll Tax
1714-1839 Fire Insurance Policies
1722 Election – Wavendon and Aspley Guise Voters
1784 Election – Wavendon Voters
1798 Posse Comitatus
1831 Wavendon Militia List
1873 Wavendon Land Owners
1874 Wavendon & Aspley Guise Voters Lists
1945 Woburn Sands Register of Electors
Census
▼
1841 Wavendon & Aspley Guise
1851 Woburn Sands
1861 Woburn Sands
1871 Woburn Sands
1881
▼
Aspley Guise 1
Aspley Guise 2
Aspley Guise 3
Aspley Guise 4
Wavendon 1
Wavendon 2
Woburn Sands Strays
1891 Woburn Sands & Aspley Heath
1911 Woburn Sands
1911 Aspley Heath
Registers
▼
Quaker Burials 1676-1954
Baptisms at St. Michaels Church, Aspley Heath
▼
Baptisms 1868–1883
Baptisms 1884–1890
Baptisms 1891–1899
Baptisms 1900–1913
Baptisms 1914–1920
Marriages at St. Michaels Church, Aspley Heath
▼
Marriages 1868–1883
Marriages 1884–1899
Marriages 1900–1915
Marriages 1916–1930
Burials at St. Michaels Church, Aspley Heath
▼
Burials 1868–1900
Burials 1901–1925
Burials 1926–1948
Burials 1949–1965
Burials 1966–1989
Trade Directories
Photo Trails
▼
Station Road
High Street
Aspley Heath
Around Woburn Sands
Postcards by Cheetham
Postcards by Gregory
Pubs & Inns
▼
Anchor, Aspley Guise
Bell, Aspley Guise
Birchmoor Arms, Woburn
Black Horse, Wavendon
Chequers, Fenny Stratford
Denbigh Hall, Fenny Stratford
Duke’s Head, Aspley Guise
Fir Tree, Woburn Sands
▼
1753–1849
1850–1899
1900–1949
1950–Now
Flying Duck, Aspley Heath
Holdom’s Brewery, Fenny Stratford
Kirby & McKee, Mineral Waters, Bletchley
Maypole, Woburn Sands
Pine Tree Inn, Walton
Plough, Bow Brickhill
Plough, Simpson
Plough, Wavendon
Red House, Wavendon
Red Lion, Woburn Sands
Red Lion, Fenny Lock
Rose & Crown, Woburn Sands
Royal Oak, Aspley Heath
Station Hotel, Woburn Sands
Steamer, Aspley Guise
Swan Beerhouse, Aspley Guise
Swan Inn, Woburn Sands
Wavendon Arms, Wavendon
Weathercock Inn, Woburn Sands
Wheatsheaf, Aspley Guise
Wheatsheaf, Bow Brickhill
Wheatsheaf, Wavendon
Wheat Sheaf Inn, Woburn
White Hart, Bow Brickhill
Warman’s Brewery, Newport Pagnell
Buildings
▼
1086 Aspley Guise Windmill
1659-1901 Hogstye End Quaker Meeting House
▼
1938 Quaker Meeting House – Tyeth Spencer
1846-1879 Quaker Diary
1802-1951 Monumental Inscriptions
1718-1874 Aspley Guise Classical Academy
1810 Henry VII Lodge
1820 Fenton (Shelton) House & Denison Family
1845 Woodleys Farm, Woburn Sands
1846 Woburn Sands Railway Station
1858 Woburn Sands Post Office
1869-1968 St. Michael’s Church
1874 Literary & Scientific Hall
1879 Courtney Memorial Hall, Aspley Guise
1879-1979 Methodist Church
1879 Formation of Aspley Guise Board School
1890 The Knoll, Aspley Heath
1891-1985 Convalescent Homes
1899 Aspley Guise & Woburn Sands Golf Club
1913 Woburn Sands Fire Station
1926 St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Woburn Sands
1928 Ellen Pettit Memorial Hall
1947 PLYSU Plastics, Woburn Sands
1947 Weathercock Lane & Dick Turpin?
Woburn Sands Shops
Items
▼
1904 Gregory’s Guide & View Book
1905 The Borough Guide to Woburn Sands
1935 Woburn Sands & District – Official Guide
Bottles & Flagons
Local Bibliography
Goss and Crestware
Local Auctions
Local newspapers
People
▼
Wiffen Brothers
Charles Inwood
Gertrude Page
Alfred Hirdle “Incorrigible Rascal”
The Medcalf Family
The Summerley Family
Reginald Last
Arthur Parker
Local Criminals
James Clare, Woburn Poacher
Ian Strang – Wavendon Artist
Margaret Jackson – In Good Service
William Crofts and the “Echoes from Wavendon…”
Environment
▼
How ‘Hogsty End’ became ‘Woburn Sands’
Map & Streets Index
100 A.D. Danesborough Camp
1086 Domesday Book
1295 Fullers Earth
1713 Wells Charity, Wavendon
1727 Woburn Sands Toll Road Act
1734 Flying Coaches
1779 The Woods
1835 Aspley Guise
1856 Climate of Aspley Guise – Dr. Williams
1885 Woburn Sands Brass Band
1892 Agricultural Labourers
1907 Woburn Sands Parish Council
1909 Lace Makers of Aspley Guise
1912 Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough
1920 Woburn Sands Social Club
1947 Woburn Reporter
▼
1947 Woburn Reporter – April to June
1947 Woburn Reporter – July to September
1947 Woburn Reporter – October to December
Woburn Sands – Down and Needham
Woburn Sands – Remembered by Arthur Buxton
Woburn Sands 1920s-1930s – Memories of Harry Buxton
Woburn Sands – Remembered by Dolly Mills
Woburn Sands – Where’s the sea? Eric Smith’s Memories
Tim Snelling – Memories of St. Vincent’s & The Knoll
Events
▼
1744 Murder by a Highwayman
1830 Capt. Swing Riots
1841 Queen Victoria visits Woburn Sands
1856 Killing of laceworker Ellen Barratt
1866 Aspley Guise – Beating of the Bounds
1867 Poacher kills a Gamekeeper
1882 Scroll to Colonel Drury Curzon Drury Lowe
1899 Lodger murders his Landlady
1900 News
1908 Eastwoods Brickworks Accident
1908 Hammond’s Record Walk
1909 Pageant of the Year, Aspley Heath
1911 Bristol Boxkite lands at Woburn Sands
1911 Coronation Celebrations
1911 Powage Press Fire, Aspley Guise
1912 Stars Football Team
1914-18 War – Casualties & Memorial
1914-18 War – Knoll School Casualties
1917-1918 Canadian Forestry Corp
War Memorial – Between Wars & World War II
1925 Fenny Stratford Railway Disaster
1935 Jubilee Celebrations
