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Wolverton was transformed in 1838 when the railway from London to Birmingham was completed from a rural backwater into an industrial town. The town and the district grew considerably and by the end of the Victorian age Wolverton was second in Buckinghamshire only to High Wycombe in population size. At the opening of WWI Wolverton was a prosperous workingf town with a full range of services and amenities.

Wolverton was the centre of a barony after 1066 and c 1200 gave rise to the town of Stony Stratford. In the 19th century it became a railway town and in the 20th century, an integral part of Milton Keynes. For over 1, 000 year Wolverton has been a centre for the surrounding villages, which are included in this history. Volume 1 covers all years up to 1838, when the railways arrived.

In 1914 Wolverton was the second largest town in Buckinghamshire and was in its prime as an industrial centre. The L&NWR, carriage works employed over 5, 000 and was the mainstay of the North Bucks economy. Life did not go on as normal during this period. Many, many young men volunteered for service and their place was taken by older men who came out of retirement and, for the first time, women. Women were not paid anything close to a man's wa...

Middlemarch first appeared in instalments in 1871 and 1872. By this time George Eliot was an accomplished novelist and this is generally acknowledged to be her masterpiece. She set the novel in time some 40 years earlier but she many aspects of contemporary life in the mid-Victorian period. Human relationships are at the core of the novel but art, religion, science, politics and social development are themes which interweave the character's li...

The present town of Milton Keynes was, within living memory, a rural area comprised off small towns and villages. In a series of books, John Taylor plans to capture documented history from an age that preceded the present time. This book covers the villages of Loughton, Shenley and Tattenhoe.

The Mill on the Floss was first published in 1860. It tells the story of Tom and Maggie Tulliver, who grow up at Dorlcote Mill on the River Floss. The novel opens in the late 1820s when the central character, Maggie Tulliver is 9 years old. She has a complex relationship with her older brother Tom, and she has a romantic relationships with Philip Wakem, who has a high intellect and a sensitive personality. However, he is a hunchback and a marr...

Newport Pagnell was a settled community in 1939 and for many years had been the administrative and judicial centre for North Bucks. The town accommodated several industries and was a thriving commercial centre. The war lasted six years and in this book John Taylor describes in great detail the efforts and activities of the community during those years.

The story of Bletchley Park, with its famous code-breaking achievements, is well-known, but during those years the activities of that establishment were a closely guarded secret. Accordingly, the inhabitants of Bletchley went about their daily business just like everyone else during those war years. This book details the hardships and shortages of everyday life in Bletchley during those six years of war. However, the people of Bletchley, just ...

The announcement of the new town of Milton Keynes was made in 1967. 50 years later the town is fully developed and still expanding. John Taylor has committed to writing the history of this dervelopment. Volume 1 told the story of the politics leading to the decision. This book, the second in a series of three, describes the development of a master plan for the new city, between 1967 and 1970.

Stony Stratford originated towards the end of the 12th century as a roadside settlement. Barely 30 years later it was able to accommodate King John and in 1291, the royal cortege of Queen Eleanor. The strategic placement of the town, half way between London and Birmingham made it a favourite stopover for travellers in the great coaching age. in consequence the town developed many inns and this book provides an accurate account of the inns thro...

Throughout the centuries many English Kings and a Queen have been associated with Titchfield. This book provide historical accounts for monarchs from Edward the Confessor to William III. Henry Vi married Margaret of Anjou at Titchfield. Edward VI and his sister Elizabeth I visited, Charkes I honeymooned there and sheltered there towrds the end of his life while he was fleeing Parliamentary forces. His son, Charles II was walso associated with ...

In 1415, on the eve of theinvasio of France, a plot to overthrow Henry V was exposed in Southampton. This is the story of that plot and its consequences.

The book is a series of paintings and sketches to illustrate the course of the River Test in Hampshire. The illustrations are accompanied by a narrative about people and places associated with the river.

This is an artist's journey down the River Meon valley in Hampshire, illustrated by sketches and paintings of the river and its environs.

The Woodville family came to prominence in 1464 with the surprising marriage of Elizabeth Woodville to Edward IV. Since that time they have been broadly categorised as a parvenu family who were suddenly catapulted from obscurity. The family belonged to the South Northamptonshire "gentry", that is, they were a family of some local importance who made occasional forays into national affairs. Their star began to rise in the 14th century, long bef...

The book describes the circumstances that led to the creation of a railway town in rural North Buckinghamshire in 1838, when the London and Birmingham Railway was completed. The author reconstructs the town as it developed in the first decade from contemporary sources. Today few vestiges remain of the original town and workshops.