Residents were saddened by the passing of Aston Abbotts' oldest resident Cate Waite, who passed away on the 7th March at the age of 103.
Cate had lived most of her life in Aston Abbotts and until very recently she was a regular at the Thursday coffee mornings in the Village Hall. She will be very much missed.
Our sympathies are with her family.
Aston Abbotts Village Fete 2026 is planned to take place on Saturday 25th July.
More details will be given when we have them
This year the fireworks will take place on
Sunday 2nd November
This is different from previous years when it was usually held on the 5th.
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.
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: 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
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