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12 October 2019 October 2019 Newsletter published.

1 August 2019 July 2019 Newsletter published.

19 April 2019 April 2019 Newsletter published.

17 March 2019 2019/20 Programme published.

5 January 2019 December 2018 Newsletter published.

13 October 2018 October 2018 Newsletter published.

15 July 2018 June 2018 Newsletter published.

30 April 2018 April 2018 Newsletter published.

16 February 2018 Two documents recording the history of Newport Pagnell Rural District Council added - one issued in 1954 for its Diamond Jubilee, the other in 1974 when it was replaced by Milton Keynes Borough. Also added: Village Plans for 1973 and 1983, Village Surveys in 1989 and 1999 and the 2004 Village Appraisal.

13 February 2018 Parish Council Minutes published. This is a major new section containing a full set of the minutes from January 1895 to October 2015, plus transcripts for some of the earlier handwritten minutes. The set includes the Annual Parish Meeting from 1914 to 2014 and the Recreation Field and Amenity Committees from 1980 to 1997.

7 February 2018 January 2018 Newsletter published.

1 October 2017 September 2017 Newsletter published.

5 July 2017 June 2017 Newsletter published.

14 June 2017 Two self-guided Walk Around Sherington Leaflets.

13 April 2017 March 2017 Newsletter published. 2017/8 Programme published.

13 February 2017 Minutes 181, Minutes 182 and Minutes 183 (October/November 2016) are now online.

26 January 2017 Committee: Jackie Inskipp is new Secretary.

22 January 2017 December 2016 Newsletter published.

12 October 2016 September 2016 Newsletter published.

31 August 2016 Heritage Open Day 2016 Details.

16 July 2016 June 2016 Newsletter published. Scarecrow Competition 2016 Results and Photos published.

20 March 2016 March 2016 Newsletter published.

11 December 2015 December 2015 Newsletter published and 2016/7 Programme details added to the Diary.

6 November 2015 SHS Constitution page updated.

24 October 2015 SHS Open Day 2015 Photos.

27 September 2015 September 2015 Newsletter published.

8 July 2015 June 2015 Newsletter published.

17 May 2015 Two missing christian names Drusilla and Caroline (Rose) added to the 1841 Census.

30 March 2015 March 2015 Newsletter published.

11 March 2015 January 2015 Newsletter published. 2015/6 Programme published.

8 October 2014 September 2014 Newsletter published.

27 September 2014 SHS Open Day 2014 Photos.

7 September 2014 Scarecrow Competition 2014 Results and Photos published.

21 June 2014 June 2014 Newsletter published.

23 March 2014 2014/5 Programme published.

14 February 2014 January 2014 Newsletter published.

7 December 2013 The 19th November 2013 Committee Meeting Minutes (No 151) are available.

3 November 2013 October 2013 Newsletter published. The 15th October 2013 Committee Meeting Minutes (No 151) are available.

12 October 2013 SHS Open Day 2013 Photos.

2 August 2013 July 2013 Newsletter published. Book launch: Philip Smith's book - "A Little Bird Told Me ...". Correction to Bishop's Transcripts 1799

24 May 2013 April 2013 Newsletter published.

31 March 2013 2013/4 Programme published.

20 January 2013 Copies of the orginal pages of the Parliamentary Bill and Act of Parliament for the 1796 Enclosure and the 1823 Act of Parliament relating to the Turnpikes have been added.Seven archive photos of Yew Tree Farm have been added. A photo of Far Farm has been added to the Farms Overview page

18 January 2013 December 2012 Newsletter published.

7 January 2013 Maps of the North West, South West and South East fields have been added to the 1910 Land Survey. The North East Fields map has been enhanced for consistency. The links to the Chicheley pages in the Domesday Valuation Book have been corrected to point to the Chichelay pages rather than the Sherington ones.

31 December 2012 The Philimore transcriptions of the Marriages in Volumes 1, 2 and 3 of the St Laud's Parish Registers have now been checked against the orginal pages. The extended and updated versions of the transcriptions of these three volumes are now available, as is a transcription of the marriages in the earlier Bishop's Transcripts. The Bishop's Transcript for 1628, wrongly attributed to 1621, has been corrected and the information for that year added to the Baptism and Burial transcriptions. A number of minor amendments have also been made to the Parish Register pages.

23 December 2012 Transcriptions of the Pre-1697 Bishop's Transcripts are now available: Baptisms - Burials.

20 December 2012 Transcriptions of the Banns 1823-1899 in the St Laud's Parish Registers (Vol 11) are now available.

18 December 2012 Six more transcriptions are now available: Baptisms 1698-1718 - Baptisms 1718-1797 - Baptisms 1798-1812 - Burials 1698-1718 - Burials 1718-1797 - Burials 1798-1812

6 December 2012 Transcriptions of the Marriages 1813-1837 in the St Laud's Parish Registers (Vol 5) and Marriages 1837-1912 in the St Laud's Parish Registers (Vol 9) are now available.

23 November 2012 A transcription of the Baptisms 1813-1844 in the St Laud's Parish Registers (Vol 4) and Baptisms 1845-1888 in the St Laud's Parish Registers (Vol 7) is now available.

16 November 2012 A new photo of Norman Arnold has been included in his biography.

10 November 2012 A new transcription of the Burials 1813-1852 in the St Laud's Parish Registers (Vol 6) is now available. This is based on the new digital copies and replaces the previous alphabetical transcription which contained various errors and omissions.

9 November 2012 A transcription of the Burials 1853-1912 in the St Laud's Parish Registers (Vol 10) is now available.

27 October 2012 A transcription of the Baptisms 1888-1913 in the St Laud's Parish Registers (Vol 8) is now available.

21 October 2012 The 1841 Census has been extended to include a complete listing of everyone, in the same format as for other years, replacing the previous summary of just the surnames.

18 October 2012 Photo of completed chair (Rush work demonstration) added to SHS Open Day 2012 Photos.

7 October 2012 SHS Open Day 2012 Photos.

28 September 2012 Major new section: St Laud's Parish Registers - Complete set of photos of every page in the 11 registers up to 1912, plus the Bishop's Transcripts for years not covered by the Registers.

28 September 2012 September 2012 Newsletter published.

29 June 2012 Scarecrow Competition 2012 Results and Photos published.

16 June 2012 June 2012 Newsletter published.

20 March 2012 2012 AGM photos added. March 2012 Newsletter published.

17 March 2012 2012/13 SHS Programme published. New Committee elected at the AGM.

12 February 2012 More information added: details of a further 198 Sherington people with Wills, four Sherington Seamen, Sherington Prisoners at Aylesbury Gaol between 1859 to 1878 and Bryant's 1824 map of Buckinghamshire.

4 February 2012 Details of the Public Houses in 1753 to 1827, 1872 and 1577. The information is also presented in a Summary Table.

29 January 2012 Transcriptions of the Field Books from the 1910 Land Survey are now available.

23 January 2012 Typical example of the original 1911 Census Form added.

22 January 2012 1911 Census transcription added.

14 January 2012 December 2011 Newsletter published. Also available as a PDF download. Transcriptions and photos of the Sherington section of five Poll Books: 1710, 1713, 1722, 1784 and 1831

7 January 2012 Major new section: 1910 Land Valuation Survey - lists of both owners and occupiers and their addresses, plus Ordnance Survey maps showing where people lived
  1918 Electoral Register
  1831 Militia Ballot - all men aged 18 to 45 liable to be conscripted into the Militia

29 December 2011 Google Maps upgraded from V2 to V3 and now includes Streetview. Various archive photo galleries have been upgraded to 'Lightbox' style - the full size photos now appear on top of the thumbnail page on a darkened background, instead of on separate pages.

19 December 2011 Then and Now photos added: Village Pump, Church End cyclists and Park Road cyclists. Also new Cow House photo. Four photos of listed buildings added: Water Lane Farm barn, 8 The Knoll, Arbour House (8 Church Road) and 22/24 Crofts End.. The Swan updated to include the recent closure.

18 December 2011 September 2011 Newsletter published. Also available as a PDF download

16 October 2011 SHS Open Day 2011 Video by Howard Dalton has been added.

15 October 2011 Biography of Richard Dalton added.

4 October 2011 SHS Open Day 2011 Photos.

13 September 2011 The date of Dr John Cheyne's death given on the Cheyne Monument page in the St Laud's Tour has been corrected. It is 1836, not 1856.

4 September 2011 Details of SHS Open Day 2011.

31 July 2011 Photos of SHS at Sherington Village Fete on Saturday 2 July 2011.

24 July 2011 June 2011 Newsletter published. Also available as a PDF download

9 April 2011 March 2011 Newsletter image quality improved. Also available as a PDF download

2 April 2011 2011/12 Diary and March 2011 Newsletter published. The Diary now uses Google Calendar, providing interactive facilities.

7 February 2011 Error with the wrong pop-up box appearing on the Google Map has been corrected.

4 December 2010 December 2010 Newsletter published. Also several dates added to the 2010/11 Diary.

28 September 2010 2010 Open Day Photos added. Also details of Mark Vale's talk on Dunkirk 1940-2010 on 12 October and the re-issued Murder booklet.

5 September 2010 2010 Open Day Poster added

8 August 2010 2010 SHS Scarecrow Competition results and photos.

30 May 2010 June 2010 Newsletter published.

7 March 2010 March 2010 Newsletter published.

20 January 2010 Ten photos of a Fox Hunt (a meet of the Oakley Hounds on the Knoll), the programme for the 1911 Coronation celebrations, a second photo of the tree-planting to celebrate the 1937 Coronation, 4 additional archive photos of St Lauds, 7 additional archive photos from the Old School, 4 additional archive photos of Traction Engines/Roadmenders, 2 archive photos of the Sherington Mound construction, an archive photo of the Village Pump, 2 archive photos of the 1718-1719 Parish Register, an extra archive photo of Church Road, and a miscellaneous Archive Photos page with 13 photos, 4 newspaper cuttings and the 1847 church allotment rules.

7 January 2010 7 photos of the Water Lane flooding, 2 photos of Newport Road, 3 photos of Gun Lane, 6 photos of Lines Sawmill, 7 better quality copies of the Congregational Chapel photos, 2 photos of High Street South, 5 photos of the High Street North, 5 photos of Park Road plus 2 better quality replacements, better quality photo of Baker's Farm, photo of White Hart regulars, 2 photos of Royal Oak deeds. Names of the Home Guard added. Notes on the Newport Pagnell to Olney tramway. Also 2 photos of the SHS 2009 January Jolly.

31 December 2009 Biographical notes for 15 of the artists exhbited at the 2007 Open Day have been added, along with the poster advertising the event. More photos of the May Day celbrations and Sherington Feasts have also been added.

15 December 2009 December 2009 Newsletter published.

3 October 2008 - 26 photos of the Open Day held on 3rd October 2009 in the Village Hall - theme 'What Did You Do In The War, Sherington?'.

3 October 2008 - Additional photos and information: Iron Age excavations, Wesleyan Chapel, Friends Meeting House, POW Camp, 1st issue of SCAN.

5 September 2009 September 2009 Newsletter published.

16 August 2009 Correction: painting by Barbara Hilliam has now been attributed correctly.

20 July 2009 New: Interactive Google map showing 87 local locations superimposed on the satellite photo, with links to further information.

13 July 2009 2009 SHS Scarecrow Competition results and photos.

6 June 2009 June 2009 Newsletter published.

12 May 2009 February 2009 Minutes and March 2009 Minutes now available.

2 May 2009 Seven of the historical maps are now available for viewing in Google Earth. The maps are overlaid on the satellite photos and illustrate the evolution of the village since c1300.

26 April 2009 November 2008 Minutes, 6 January 2009 Minutes and 20 January 2009 Minutes now available.

11 April 2009 2009/10 Programme published.

10 January 2009 December 2008 Newsletter published.

31 December 2008 SHS website featured in December 2008 issue of 'Family Tree' magazine. SHS programme diary also updated

26 October 2008 August 2008 Minutes and September 2008 Minutes published.

27 September 2008 - 16 photos of the Open Day held on 27th September 2008 in the Village Hall - theme 'Pumps & Praises'.

26 September 2008 September 2008 Newsletter published.

3 September 2008 June 2008 Minutes published.

31 August 2008 Eighteen of the tables from A C Chibnall's book: "Fiefs and Fields of a Buckinghamshire Village", containing various lists of names, have been added.

5 August 2008 AC Chibnall's reconstructed maps of how Sherington may have looked in 1300 and in 1580 are now available. These are the large fold-out maps from his book. In addition to the digitally enhanced originals, there are larger scale versions of the NW, NE, SW and SE areas. There are also tables giving the distribution of the land in 1580 in both the Open Fields and in the Demesne area.

21 July 2008 2008 SHS Scarecrow Competition results and photos.

12 July 2008 May 2008 Minutes published.

8 July 2008 New pages: June 2008 Newsletter, Morris Men, Rose and Crown.

7 July 2008 The Sherington entry in Volume 4 of the Universal British Directory 1790 has been added, together with a page on the King's Head pub which it mentions. Copies of the actual directory pages have been added to the Musson and Craven 1853 Directory page. An introduction to 14 Farms in Sherington has also been added. The Sherington entry in The Parish Magazine's February 1912 issue is available.

3 June 2008 April 2008 Minutes published.

11 May 2008 March 2008 Minutes published and the SHS stall at the 2008 May Day celebrations.

29 March 2008 March 2008 Newsletter published.

23 March 2008 Biography of Paul Mann by his daughter, Julia. Photo of Lionel Horsnell painting Laundry Cottage at Heydon, Norfolk, plus 2 paintings, courtesy of Ron Clark. Cast details for the Pantomime.

15 March 2008 2008/9 Programme. The December 2007 Newsletter is now available (at last!).

5 March 2008 New minutes: 2007 AGM - 13 March 2007.

2 March 2008 New minutes: 27 February 2008.

24 February 2008 New pages: End Farm. Also: Gowles Farm and Turnpikes. Plus: more than 30 archive photos of the School.

21 February 2008 Three new pages on the Manor House and Moat. Also: John Line's Timber Yard and George Hine's Wheelwrights. Plus: Aerial photo of Gun Lane area.

17 February 2008 New pages: Old Rectory, Sherington Place, Pantomime, VE Day Party 1945. Nine new photos of the 1953 Coronation Celebrations, three photos of the 1982 Seniors' Sandringham trip, three extra Feast pictures. Several new archive photos: GJ Hines, Church End, St Laud's, Park Road (1), Park Road (2), Park Road (3), Old Rectory, Hickson's, Croft End, Sherington Bridge and Shenanigans Poster. Also several of the existing archive photos have been replaced by larger or better quality copies.

8 February 2008 New page: Newport Pagnell to Olney Railway. Also extended information and additional archive photos for the White Hart, Crown & Castle and Royal Oak. Also several minor corrections.

2 February 2008 Minutes of several committee meetings now available: 28 August 2007, 30 October 2007, 27 November2007 and 29 January 2008. Also photos of the SHS Annual Dinner at the White Hart on 22 January 2008.

27 January 2008 Several new pages added:

Also, various minor corrections.

6 January 2008 Several new pages added:

Also, several better quality/new archive photos: White Hart, old School, Village Hall, Royal Oak, plus various minor corrections.

31 December 2007 New pages on the Bronze Age bowl barrows and Neolithic axe, the Iron Age Settlement near the church, the Roman Road and associated archaeological finds. Also, additions and corrections to the 1798 Posse Comitatus listing.

24 October 2007 - Transcriptions of the Sherington section of the Victoria County History 1927 and Lipscomb's History Of Bucks 1831 have been added.

22 October 2007 - The 25 September 2007 Committee Meeting Minutes (No 86) are now available.

21 October 2007 - The 31 July 2007 Committee Meeting Minutes (No 84) are now available.

30 September 2007 - 26 photos of the Open Day held on 29th September 2007 in the Village Hall - theme 'Sherington Shenanigans'. Also added: an article by Christine Bearman on the beginnings of Sherington Playgroup which is currently celebrating its 35th anniversary.

23 August 2007 - Another scarecrow photo added.

7 August 2007 - The August Newsletter is now available. Photo of the "Angel of the South" scarecrow added to the Scarecrow Competition page. Also added: Gillian Nursaw-Smith's Hints and Tips on seeking Family History information.

7 August 2007 - The 6 March 2007, 27 March 2007 and 26 June 2007 Committee Meeting Minutes (Nos 79, 80 and 83) are now available.

4 August 2007 - The four AVI files have been replaced by MP4 files which are about 7 times smaller, so the download is much faster.

3 August 2007 - Four short video clips of the School's Jubilee Fun Day held on 30 June 2007 have been added.

29 July 2007 - 38 photos of the SHS Scarecrow Competition June 2007 and 100 photos of the School's Jubilee Fun Day held on 30 June 2007 are now available.

16 June 2007 - The 27 November 2006 Committee Meeting Minutes (No 76) are now available.

15 June 2007 - Several Committee Meeting Minutes (5th June 2006 (No 71), 26th June 2006 (No 72), 4th September 2006 (No 73), 25th September 2006 (No 74), 30th October 2006 (No 75) and 24th April 2007 (No 81)) are now available.

6 June 2007 - The 22nd May 2007 Committee Meeting Minutes (No 82) are available.

27 May 2007 - Several features have been added:

13 May 2007 - New feature on the 1796 Enclosure Map including detailed close-up maps and transcriptions of the accompanying manuscript text. The previous A-Z tables of names from the 1796 map have also been updated, corrected and extended.

7 May 2007 - Update to the 2007/8 Programme and photos of the SHS stall at the 2007 May Day Celebrations on the Knoll. The May 2007 Newsletter added.

18 March 2007 - Various corrections to the Open Day Art - some paintings had been wrongly attributed. Amendment to the Constitution as agreed at the 2007 AGM and new Committee.

14 February 2007 - Edward Elton added to the list of Rectors.

10 February 2007 - The February 2007 Newsletter, the 2007/8 Programme and 31st January Committee Meeting Minutes (No 78) are available. A biography of Ernest Edward Rickett has also been added.

28 January 2007 - The 8th January Committee Meeting Minutes (No 77) are available.

15 January 2007 - The list of Rectors of St Laud's has been updated.

14 January 2007 - The Links page has been substantially updated to include various online historical resources.

6 January 2007 - The conversion to a non-frames site has been completed. All pages now have the full left-hand menu.

28 December 2006 - Revised left-hand navigation panel. No longer uses frames. Now based on CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), and the pages are also being converted to XHTML 1.0. Note: it will take some time to update all the pages, as there are more than 600, and in the meantime those pages not yet upgraded will appear without the left-hand panel. Where this occurs, you can use the links at the bottom of each page. Pages have been tested in Internet Explorer 6 and 7, Firefox 2.0 and Opera 9.1.

4 December 2006 - November Newsletter (no. 55) and December Newsletter (no. 56).

2 December 2006 - Contacts page updated.

1 October 2006 - 179 photos of the art displayed at the 2006 SHS Open Day are available online. They cover the work Sherington artists both past and present. Also a new SHS Events page with links to photos of the Society's recent events has been added to the SHS section.

30 September 2006 - Many photos of the 2006 Open Day.

23 September 2006 - September Newsletter (no. 53).

2 September 2006 - May Newsletter (no. 51).

26 July 2006 - June Newsletter (no. 52).

29 May 2006 - The missing Newsletters (43 - Sept 05, 47 - Jan 06 and 49 - Mar 06) and the Meeting Minutes for July 2005 to April 2006 have been added.

22 April 2006 - April Newsletter (no. 50).

26 February 2006 - February Newsletter (no. 48).

15 February 2006 - 2006 Programme has been issued.

5 January 2006 - December Newsletter (no. 46).

4 December 2005 - November Newsletter (no. 45).

5 November 2005 - October Newsletter (no. 44).

27 August 2005 - Line family wedding photo - caption update.

1 August 2005 - July Newsletter (no. 42).

30 June 2005 - 13 June Minutes and June Newsletter (no. 41).

30 May 2005 - The Hickson Family who ran the butchers shop at 45 High Street.

26 May 2005 - 4 April Minutes, 11 April Minutes and April Newsletter (no. 39) have been added.

23 May 2005 - May Minutes and May Newsletter (no. 40) have been added.

9 May 2005 - An Interactive Map has been added. It shows some of the places of historical interest in Sherington.

7 May 2005 - Park Road - More historical notes, two new archive photos and four aerial photos have been added (one with interactive notes).

2 May 2005 - May Day - 2 photos from the 2005 celebrations added to the page.

27/28 March 2005 - Two brief histories of Sherington as seen through the eyes of two senior residents of the village have been added: Sherington (A Brief History), written by Philip Smith in 1981, and Parish of Sherington, written by Sidney F. Morgan in 1977.
Meeting Minutes 53, 5th AGM Minutes, Chairman's Report, February Newsletter (no. 37) and March Newsletter (no. 38) have also been issued.

26 February 2005 - Leys View and Hillview have been added to the Village Tour.

20 February 2005 - The 10 January committee meeting minutes have been added.

16 February 2005 - The 7 February committee meeting minutes have been issued.

12 February 2005 - New pages on the Prisoner of War Camp, the 1780 Posse Comitatus and a summary of Sherington Businesses. More information on the Sherington Feasts. The December 2004 newsletter (No. 35) and the Minutes of the Committee Meeting 50 on 6 December have been issued. The full 2005 Programme is now available.

6 February 2005 - The January newsletter (No. 36) has been issued.

4 December 2004 - The November newsletter (No. 34) has been issued.

20 November 2004 - The Minutes of the Committee Meeting 49 on 2 November have been issued.

10 November 2004 - The Search and Site Map features had not been registering changes made to the web site since June, due to an error in the set-up. This has now been fixed. These features will now return up-to-date results.

3 November 2004 - New look for the Home Page, a new date for the annual SHS dinner in the Diary and several links added to the table on the Our Needs page

26 October 2004 - October Newsletter - No. 33

23 October 2004 - The following additions:

30 September 2004 - Newsletter 32 (September) has been issued.

29 September 2004 - Addition to the Monumental Inscriptions of St Lauds: a plan of the churchyard giving a key to the grave locations. Also, a new email service for requesting a copy of the detailed incription and a photo for a particular grave has been introduced.

26 September 2004 - Newsletters 29, 30 and 31 added. Meeting minutes 44, 45, 46, 47 and AGM2 added. Corrections to Minutes 14 and 16, and to the layout of a few others. Additional monumental inscription - Line family - grave no. 63Ac.

1 August 2004 - Three photos added to the Church Tour - sedilia and two chests. One additional monumental inscription - Edgelow.

27 June 2004 - A few minor corrections to various pages

5 June 2004 - Links on What's New Page, several extra archive photos and the following new pages:

30 May 2004 - A substantial amount of new information including:

30 May 2004 - Other changes include:

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