Colin Higgs is 90!

Best birthday wishes to Colin Higgs, who celebrated his 90th birthday at the end of May.

Colin has been a mainstay of village life for many, many years; at times serving on the Parish Council, the Parochial Church Council, mowing the church grass, organising litter-picks and many other activities. He shows little sign of slowing down!

Colin was awarded the British Empire Medal for services to Aston Abbotts in the 2020 New Years Honours list.

You can read a year 2000 interview with Colin here.

Happy birthday Colin.

Best Kept Village Competition

Aston Abbotts has again entered the Buckinghamshire Best Kept Village competition in 2025. This follows our successes in 2019 and 2022.

You can read more and see pictures from 2019 and 2022 here.

Aston Abbotts Village Fete 2025

 

ASTON ABBOTTS VILLAGE FETE: 26th July 2025

 Please, save the date for the annual village fete on Saturday 26th July, starting at 1:00pm, continuing to 4pm . 

The Fete is the biggest event of the village calendar, and we really hope to see you there. 

All proceeds from the Fete go towards good causes such as the Church, the Chronicle, The Village Hall and many more as decided by the villagers during the Annual Parish Meeting.

We look forward to seeing you.

Regards

Neil Redding and Will Adeney

Website Update - 19th April 2024

 Added a page for Trevor Hall's sink-hole book 'On the Origin of Faeces' 

Added a page for Simon Guy's 'Soldier Lads' Booklet

Added a Footpaths and Bridleways page

Updated the Chronicle Archive with Chronicles from January 2022 to February 2024

Updated the Village Hall Page 

Updated the Village Orchard Page 

Updated the Gnomes page

Updated the 630 Club page

Added some more photos to the Fete page

Added some items to Social Activities page

Added some items to the Links page and removed redundant links

Moved Astonbury to the History section

Moved the Ladies Club to History section

Minor corrections and updates

Aston Abbotts Summer Fete 2024

 The 2024 Aston Abbotts Summer Fete will take place on the village green at 1pm on Saturday 27th July.

There will be Morris Men, a Jazz Band, bric-a-brac, a book stall, a plant stall and many other attractions including games for the children. This is a traditional English fete, all are very welcome, and we hope to see you there.

Aston Abbotts Summer Fete - 22nd July 2023

 Aston Abbott is pleased to announce the annual village fete on 22nd July from 13:00 to 16:00 on The Green.

The annual village fete has been a staple of the Aston Abbott's calendar running for over 50 years. All proceeds go towards good causes in the village. This year includes; The Chronicle, The Church, improvements to the Village Hall, the Bonfire Night Fireworks Display, Wild Flowers throughout the village and supporting a new Table Tennis table initiative for the Recreation Ground.

We are pleased to have many of the regular stalls as well as some new and exciting suppliers and activities.

This family orientated fete is a great and inexpensive afternoon out for the family, and don't forget your 4-pawed family members!

Children's Activities, Dog Show, Music By The Queen's Part Jazz Ensemble, Traditional Morris Dancing and much more.

Food and Drink will be available, including PIMMS, Beer (Booby Trap brewery), BBQ, Cream Teas and Prosecco, and Ice Cream.

Free parking is available in the recreation ground. Sat navigation: HP22 4LP.

Best Kept Village - Tindall Cup Presentation

Aston Abbotts won the Tindall Cup as judges gave our village 195 out of 200 points. (See the previous news item.)

Villagers gathered on the Green as Chairman of the Best Kept Villages committee Bill Chapple awarded Aston Abbotts with the Tindall Cup on Saturday 24th September.

The first picture shows Chris Phillips (left), who instigated and coordinated our efforts, and Parish Council Chair Jane Baylis receiving the cup from Bill Chapple.

Pictures by Michael Gould.