Events: Heritage Open Days
Friday 6 Sep | Winslow History Walk: Railway, Workhouse, Baptists A tour of the north of Winslow starting at the Library and finishing at the Winslow Tabernacle (built 1864) which will be open for visitors. We’ll look at how Winslow grew with the building of the Workhouse in 1835 and the opening of the railway in 1850. Please contact David Noy via email (d.noy@btinternet.com) or phone/text (0771 3641238) to reserve a place. |
Walk starts at 14:00 at Winslow Community Library (which is open from 13:00) |
Monday 9 Sep | Winslow History Walk: Forgotten Routes and Hidden Connections We’ll look at how Winslow has connected to the wider world for 1200 years, walking around the centre of the town via the Market Square, Church Street and Horn Street, finishing at Keach’s Meeting House where Baptists from a wide area have met since 1695. Please contact David Noy via email (d.noy@btinternet.com) or phone/text (0771 3641238) to reserve a place. |
Walk starts at 11:00 at Winslow Town Council Offices, 28 High Street, which will be open from 10:30 with a display of information |
Wednesday 11 Sep | The Winslow and Villages Community Board are hosting a heritage morning at Winslow Library. David Noy and the Bucks Archives Team will be in attendance. No booking required. Feel free to pop along to look at historical artefacts and ask questions. | Winslow Community Library, 10:00-12:00 |
News
HOW ONE MAN TRANSFORMED A TOWN: |
The Bucks Family History Society has published a transcription of the Winslow parish registers 1560-1901 on CD-ROM: click here to order |
A transcription of the Winslow Congregational registers, with lists of members and abstracts of some minutes, is now available from the Eureka Partnership. |
Winslow books for sale:
Please contact d.noy@btinternet.com for more information. |
Additions to website
13 July 2024 | George Sear in court (1908) after a firearms incident at Didcot station |
8 July | Western Lane: cottages on the north side come into the ownership of Maria Walker, 1874 |
30 June | Will of Margaret McEwan Porter, spinster, 1948 (proved 1951): she lived at 2 Parsons Close News from 1908 about: Congregational Church |
23 June | Murder and suicide in Hobhouchin Lane, 1908 Church survey 1602: Jana Sibilla, Lady Grey, was expected to repair the chancel Will of Maude Celia Selby-Lowndes of Tinkers Corner, 1952 (proved 1957) News from 1908 about: The Elms, Redfield, Oddfellows Hall, School Sports, 3 Horn Street |
22 June | News from 1908 about: Hobhouchin Lane, Workhouse, Don Slate Club, 15 Market Square, Redfield, Cattle Market, Church Room/Cricket Club, Church, Tuckey Farm, Flower Show, Winslow United FC |
4 June | Board of Guardians: Poor Law Board approves Mr Grace's appointment although he is 74 1 Horn Street: sale of furniture of Robert Ivatts, deceased, 1821 |
31 May | Board of Guardians: appointment of Daniel Grace as collector of poor rate, 1863 |
26 May | Blake House: new information from the 1930s-50s |
24 May | Workhouse: Inspector's report, 1863 |
19 May | Workhouse: correspondence with Poor Law Board, 1860, states there are 39 inmates |
13 May | Alehouse recognizance for the White Hart, 1763 The Elms: new information about some of the Czech refugees living there in 1939 |
5 May | Will of Martha Varney, widow, 1932 (proved 1942); she lived at 31 Station Road |
26 April | Board of Guardians: minutes from 1851 and outdoor relief orders |
22-23 April | 1921 Census added to: Blake House, Western House, Church Street, Tennis Lane, Vicarage Road, Vicarage, Western Lane, Tinkers End, Tuckey Farm |
14 April | Article about Winslow Hall from Country Life, 1951: the author regarded the attribution to Christopher Wren as nearly certain, and described the appearance of the Hall in 1951 |
12 April | Will of John Varney, veterinary surgeon, 1921: parish councillor and builder of Newlands, 30 Station Road |
6 April | Public Hall: public meeting in 1945 about turning the Oddfellows' Hall into a community centre Alehouse Recognizances: now complete for 1794-1820 |
30 March | Will of Joseph Cox of Little Horwood, baker, 1708 (proved 1708/9) Will of Robert Grainge of Little Horwood, esquire, 1741/2 (proved 1750): this will, which lists a huge number of distant relatives, was contested |
26 March | Winslow road names updated |
19 March | Workhouse and Board of Guardians: information from 1850-51 added, including more about the James Spicer affair and trouble with "refractory" inmates |
15 March | Will of Thomas Adams of Little Horwood, yeoman, 1657 Will of Robert Hawkins of Little Horwood, husbandman, 1657 |
14 March | Outdoor relief for Winslow paupers, 1849-51 Pages for The Greyhound and 30 High Street reorganised with a new theory about where the Greyhound was |
6 March | Keach's Meeting House: church re-formed, 1862, and accounts 1916-17 |
5 March | Winslow Almanac, Handbook, and Diary for 1910: detailed description of the town and a large number of adverts for local shops |
29 Feb | 1919 Parish Council election: Winslow elected its first Labour council, but the result was reversed when a poll was called |
25 Feb | Keach's Meeting House: new information 1812-1853 Will of John Walker, greengrocer, 1912, and sale of 82-84 High Street |
18 Feb | Attempted murder, 1860 updated |
15 Feb | List of Winslow pupils at the Royal Latin School, Buckingham (1907-22) |
11 Feb | Workhouse: Guardians' minutes about the James Spicer scandal (1850) Keach's Meeting House: account of events c.1807-1812 Will of John Illing of Little Horwood, yeoman, 1609 |
7-8 Feb | Board of Guardians: minutes and orders for outdoor relief, 1849-50 |
3-4 Feb | Land Tax Assessment, 1832: extensive list of owners and occupiers of houses and land Fire insurance policies from 1742 for John Budd, William Firth Bucks County Council election, 1907: a Conservative win, reversing the previous trend Winslow RDC election, 1907: with a poem Winslow Hall: Agricultural Show, 1907 News from 1907 about: The Swan, water supply, Shipton, tennis Map of the proposed Relief Road (1980s) 1871: sale of land by trustees of George West |
31 Jan | News from 1907 about Winslow Hall, telephone service, Flower Show, Workhouse, Market Square well, church 'Don' Slate Club: a new mutual aid society with 50 members |
30 Jan | News from 1907 about Oddfellows Hall, Winslow United FC, hockey, tennis, Evening School, 14-16 Church Street Workhouse: appointment of new master and matron School: installation of a new flagstaff Evangelical tent mission in the Flower Show field Sale by executors of James & Elizabeth East: 9 Station Road, 60 & 124 High Street |
25 Jan | Bull Inn: fire in 1928 Silvanus Jones: anecdotes about the Three Pigeons and the Northampton Mercury in the 1830s Henry Arthur Jones: obituary; sale of remaining property (1929) |
23-24 Jan | Board of Guardians: additions to minutes 1841-43 Henry Rodwell, protester and emigrant (1811-1898) |
14 Jan | Workhouse: the scandal of James Spicer the master, who embezzled funds and suffered from "alcoholic mania". The inspector's notes also point out that it will cost 33s 9d per week to keep a family in the Workhouse where they could stay in their own home if the father was paid 9s a week for his work as a farm labourer. |
9 Jan | Workhouse: another complaint from some paupers, this time about bad sanitation and a collapsing wall Return of emigrants assisted to go to Australia by Poor Law funds, 1848-49: the Goodger and Budd families |
7 Jan | New page: 28-30 High Street. T.P. Willis turned some older properties (including a short-lived inn called the Black Bull) into his house and offices, "The Elms". In 1939 it was occupied by Czechoslovakian refugees. |
4-5 Jan | Lawsuit from 1481 concerning John Worsop Lawsuit between Henry Hughes and Robert Gibbs, 1664 Lawsuit between John Pearse and William Hogson, 1664 Silvanus Jones: picture added Fire insurance: list of Royal & Sun Alliance policies, 1787-93 |
3 Jan | Board of Guardians: orders for outdoor relief 1841-44 |