News
Edward Winslow's English Origins The Road to Kempsey: Volume one of two, by Liam Donnelly, a new publication in 2022 Liam Donnelly has traced the origins of Edward Winslow, one of the Pilgrim Fathers, back to Medieval Winslow. Click here for the flyer with full details of the book. Copies of Liam's book are available for £20 plus postage: contact him through Winslowgov@icloud.com. |
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
15 March 2024 | 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 |
31 Dec 2023 | Workhouse: appointment of schoolmistress and inspection of schoolmaster ("improvement required") (1849) Case of debt involving Robert Lowndes (father of William) in 1664; the money was borrowed in 1659 |
28 Dec | Workhouse: letter of complaint sent by some paupers to the Poor Law Commissioners describing conditions; the Guardians blamed it all on a Chartist agitator (1849) New information about the suicide of William Wilson (1829) New information about the estate of Thomas Wilson of Shipton (d.1804) |
24 Dec | Tennis: Winslow beat Vale of Aylesbury, 1903 Station Road: sale of clover and grass, 1908 |
19 Dec | Board of Guardians: minutes June 1840 - March 1841, including a surprising amount of outdoor relief |
12 Dec | Will of William Ingram, butcher, 1922 (proved 1928): owner of 12 High Street and Staniford House Will of Mildred Sleath Jones, 1940 (proved 1949): owner of 20 Horn Street |
9-10 Dec | Will of Frances Hickox, widow, 1902 (proved 1916) Will of Fanny Clara Hickox, spinster, 1920 (proved 1940) - both lived at 20 Horn Street Will of Elizabeth East, widow, 1903 (proved 1907): of Chesham House, 160 High Street |
8 Dec | New page: 20 Horn Street: history of the house and site from late 17th century to 1949 |
6 Dec | More correspondence of Viscount Fermanagh with Robert Lowndes and Nicholas Merwin, 1712-13 Dismissal of excise officer, 1713 |
3 Dec | General election, 1906: a Liberal victory despite a lot of Conservative activity at Winslow Blackberry trade (1900-06) Hockey match, 1906: the first one recorded in Winslow Miles Charity: distribution of coal, flannel and blankets in 1906 |
1 Dec | School sports 1906: held at the cricket ground in Buckingham Road 15 Market Square: clearance sale for H. Horwood, special offer on corsets Flower Show: held in 1906 on "Winslow Hall Cricket Ground" |
30 Nov | Obituary of G.D.E. Wigley (d.1906) Workhouse: dismissal of master and matron (1906) |
28 Nov | Congregational Church: presentation to Harry Turnham and Hetty Gibbs (1906) Rev W.F. Armstrong: presentation and praise when he left Winslow (1906) Tuckey Farm: paternity case involving a former servant Erection of telegraph poles, 1906 News from 1906 about The George (sale of furniture), Lace (lacemaking equipment advertised by Fulks & Son), Evening School (supported by Bucks CC), Oddfellows (attempted formation of a female branch), Winslow United FC (trouble with Granborough) |
27 Nov | Flower Show: moved to a new venue in 1905 (now the Arboretum) Church: donation of bishop's chair and book display cupboard Silvanus Jones: retirement sale of stock at North's Hill Farm List of donors towards the New Schools, 1901 News from 1906 about The Bull (Fire Brigade dinner), Church (disappearance of the sexton), Tuckey Farm (death of Henry Holt), Midgley family (marriage of E.R. Midgley), Ingram's china shop (retirement sale), Winslow United FC (1906 AGM and results) |
26 Nov | Draft agreement for Daniel Seaton to sub-let his land in Middle Claydon, ?1710 Letters from Robert Lowndes to Viscount Fermanagh, 1709-10 Letter from Nicholas Merwin to Viscount Fermanagh, 1710 |
22-23 Nov | New information about Robert Lowndes New information about Nicholas Merwin New information about the funeral of William Gyles (1713) |
21 Nov | Letter of Viscount Fermanagh to William Lowndes about materials for building Winslow Hall Letter from 1711 about whether the Winslow poor had to wear badges |
17 Nov | Will of Thomas Hogg of Adstock, yeoman, 1702 |
12 Nov | Will of Daniel Stevens of Adstock, yeoman, 1705: connected to various Winslow families |
5 Nov | Letter from Robert Lowndes to Viscount Fermanagh, 1719, asking for a loan of £100 List of Granborough landowners, 1717: compiled for Viscount Fermanagh Nicholas Merwin: description of him in 1740 when he was about 72 Richard Lowndes: letter to Sir Thomas Lee about 1734 election Will of Elizeus Clarke of Adstock, yeoman, 1715: drawn up by the Winslow lawyer Peter Goldsworth |