I have just discovered these two photographs published in Cassell’s Family Magazine in 1885. They may be some of the earliest Stony Stratford photographs we have. This first shot is looking north to the river. Some of these houses survive today, but others have been rebuilt. The sign hanging out from the house at the …
Month: December 2017
On 18 October 1806 the manors of Calverton and Beachampton were up for sale at an auction at the Cock Hotel. The successful bidder was John James Perceval, 3rd earl of Egmont. Earls of Egnont and the name Perceval are quite obscure in history but for one event, the assassination of Spencer Perceval in 1812. …
The Wolverton Manor was 2,500 acres of mostly productive farm land and it always held a high value. Even in 1086 it was valued much higher than surrounding manors, such as Calverton, Loughton or Bradwell. Once the inn trade at Stony Stratford developed in the 13th century the manor became more complicated and of necessity …
By 1890, after almost 50 years of burying the dead in St George’s churchyard, space was running out. A ,opal committee was set up and after surveying the options approached the Radcliffe Trust to provide a 4 acre field as a burial ground. They suggested three options. As you can see from this plan, two …