BACKGROUND
The society was formed in 2004. A small committee got together to agree the aims of the society and how it should be run. The first committee meeting was in February 2004 and the first members meeting held in May 2004. The Society is a member of Milton Keynes Heritage Association.
AIMS
OF THE SOCIETY
The aims of the society are:
- To develop a historical record of The Crawleys through the ages
- To protect and archive the existing village records
- To encourage the study of village history in our young people
- To record the memories of the older village residents
PAST EVENTS
February 2004
First Committee Meeting
May 2004
Open Meeting
September
2004
Progress on Projects Meeting
November 2005
Don Hurst, Guest Speaker
January 2005
Slide Show
June 2005
A day of Village History in the Institute
September
2005
First AGM, Progress Meeting and Cine Film
November 2005
Slide Show
February 2006
Major Chester, Guest Speaker – “The Chester Family”
February 2006
Gerald Stratton, Guest Speaker – “Local Newspapers”
March 2006
Progress Meeting
June 11th
2006:
Walk around the village and fields highlighting points of historical interest
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FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Sunday
June 17th 2007:
Monday
September 24th 2007: Other events are being planned for the Autumn and Winter. All events in the Institute or Institute Club Room at 7.30 unless stated otherwise
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PROJECTS UNDER WAY
-
Timeline –
North Crawley over the centuries anchored to national events
- Recording Memories of Older Village Residents
- The Church and Churchyard
- Wartime
- Field Names (complete)
- TheSchool
- Shops, Business and Trades
- Buildings – Then and Now – in pictures
FUTURE PROJECTS
- Personalities over the years
- The Law – from early courts and justice to village policemen
- Sport – teams/games/clubs/scouts & guides, etc.
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Private houses
- Public buildings
- Listed buildings
- Fields
- Footpaths and roads
- Parish Council
- Chapels
- Farms
- Crawley Grange and Estate
- Families and individual histories
- Public houses
- Fairs/festivals/celebrations and outings
- Charities
- Population analysis – Domesday on
- Politics on every level
- Name analysis – families
- Landowners and Lords of the Manors
The Society would be interested to know if anyone is willing to take on any of these projects, either individually or as part of a team, or if you have any old photos, books or memorabilia which may be of interest to any of the people undertaking the projects.
STORAGE
We will be
starting to build an archive of old documents (including the Parish Council
records). If you have anything that you think may be of interest, please let
us know. Unfortunately at this stage we do not have the capacity to keep other
forms of memorabilia.
PUBLICATIONS
“Crawley Field Names” by Peter Jeffrey
“The Crawleys” by Peter Jeffrey
COMMITTEE
Chairman: John Brandon (01234 391365)
Secretary: Chris Stapleton (01234 391205)
Treasurer: Bill Leicester (01234 391586)
Committee Members: Vic Anstee, Peter Jeffrey, Arnold Higgins
MEMBERSHIP
£5 per annum.