Simon Guy's WW1 Research

In an online article published on the Leighton Buzzard Online website Simon Guy of Church Row tells of how he came to produce the booklet detailing the Aston Abbotts lads who lost their lives in the First World War. The booklet was distributed around the village in the autumn.

Click here to read the article.

Aston Abbotts Village Plan

The Aston Abbotts Village Plan can now be accessed from the Aston Abbotts website by clicking here or going to the Information section on the Links page. It requires Acrobat Reader.

The Plan was produced by a steering group made up of representatives living in the Village.
The group were as follows:

    Bob Carvey
    Kate Curry
    Dickie Dicken
    Peter Ellwood
    Marcus Hall
    Judy Hardcastle
    James Perkins
    Peter Shorrock

The Aston Abbotts Village Plan has been produced with guidance from Community Impact Bucks and the ACRE Community Led Planning Toolkit.

Aston Abbotts Fireworks 2014

Bernard Osborn 1927-2014

We were saddened to hear that Bernard Osborn passed away on September 18th 2014 at the age of 87.

Bernard Osborn was born and grew up Aston Abbotts. Although he 'emigrated' to Cublington when he married, he continued to run Osborn's shop in Aston Abbotts until it closed in 2005.

You can read an interview with Bernard that first appeared in the Aston Abbotts Chronicle in Autumn 2000 here. It gives an insight into how life used to be in Aston Abbotts when Osborn's shop was still open.

Affordable Housing

Do you have a strong connection to the parish of Aston Abbotts?  Do you require less expensive homes to be able to remain in the village? What do you think about providing homes for local people?

The Parish Council has asked the Rural Housing Enabler from Community Impact Bucks to conduct a Housing Needs Survey (HNS) in the village.  The Parish Council believes local people including families, grown up children and ageing residents may have difficulty finding a home they can afford in Aston Abbotts.

The survey will establish whether there is a need for a small development of affordable housing in the village and whether there is support for the Parish Council to pursue the project. Rural affordable housing schemes are built using the rural exception planning policy which provides homes, available for local people only who cannot afford to rent or buy on the open market.  The properties always remain affordable and are protected in perpetuity for local people.

We hope that you will take a few minutes to complete the housing needs form which will be delivered to every household in October 2014.

If you are in need of an affordable home in Aston Abbotts, or feel that you should support such a project please ensure that you complete section 2 of the survey.  Personal details are used for analysis purposes by CIB.  Name and address only will be passed to the partner housing association, local authority or Bucks Home Choice to enable them to contact you in the future and advise you where to register, if a scheme does go ahead.

Please return your form in the FREEPOST envelope by 24th^th October 2014.

For further information on affordable housing in rural areas please see Community Impact Bucks’ website: www.communityimpactbucks.org.uk

Aston Abbotts Fete Photos 2014

Maurice G Cousins has posted his photos of the 2014 Aston Abbotts fete on the Aylesbury District News website.

Have you posted any fete pictures online? If you have then please send us the link.

Aylesbury Town Centre Plan now online

Most villagers will know that there are plans to further develop parts of Aylesbury town centre, including modifications to the very popular Exchange Street car park.

You can read the Aylesbury Town Centre Plan online here.