Forthcoming events
Thu 26 Nov 2026 Bucks Archaeological Society will have a stall at Winslow Christmas Fair: books about Bucks history make ideal Christmas presents! Market Square, 17:00-20:00
Mon 30 Nov Online talk by David Noy: "Buckinghamshire’s First Feminist Poet: The Life of Sarah Fyge Egerton (1668–1723) at Shenley and Adstock and her Death at Winslow" Click here for full details Buckinghamshire History Festival, 19:00

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Book cover with portrait of William Lowndes NEW BOOK: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE'S FIRST FEMINIST POET - THE LIFE OF SARAH FYGE EGERTON 1668-1723

Sarah Fyge Egerton came from a Winslow family and was second cousin of William Lowndes who built Winslow Hall. She was buried in St Laurence Church which still has her silver salver. She published her first feminist poem at the age of 17 and lived an eventful life which involved being ‘exiled’ to Shenley by her father, two unfortunate marriages, a brief period in the London literary scene, an attempt to divorce her second husband (the rector of Adstock), unsuccessful pursuit of a married man, and a very public quarrel with another woman writer. David Noy has written the first full biography of her, using newly discovered sources to put her in her local and national context.

The book’s 275 pages also include sections on the Fyges of Winslow and Egertons of Adstock, maps and family trees, and the texts of some of the poems.  It is available from the Bucks Archaeological Society (https://bas1.org.uk/) for £16 + p&p.  If you’re in Winslow you can get it for £16 direct from David Noy (16 McLernon Way, tel. 0771 3641238, d.noy@btinternet.com). Click here for more information (PDF).
The Bucks Family History Society has published a transcription of the Winslow parish registers 1560-1901 on CD-ROM: click here to order
A transcription of the Winslow Congregational registers, with lists of members and abstracts of some minutes, is now available from the Eureka Partnership.

Winslow books for sale:

  • David Noy, How One Man Transformed a Town: Winslow 1640–1770 and William Lowndes (Bucks Archaeological Society, 2020): £11
  • David Noy, Winslow in 1556: The Survey of the Manor (Bucks Archaeological Society, 2013): £5
  • David Noy, Winslow Manor Court Books 1327-1377 and 1423-1460 (2 vols, Bucks Record Society, 2011): £10 (drastically reduced price)
  • Alan Wigley, A Window on Winslow (Winslow, 1981): £5 - this contains many historical photos of Winslow

Please contact d.noy@btinternet.com for more information.

Additions to website

5 Nov 2026 Examination of William Oddy, 1754: he gave evidence against his son-in-law on a capital charge
3 Nov 5 Horn Street: letter about the death of John King sr, 1845
Turnpike: "omnibus" service in 1848
4 The Walk: letter and legal bill re 1838 sale
Manor court 1745: admission of Elizabeth Budd to a property in Hanging Style (The Walk)
Manor court 1754: sale of a property in Pillows Ditch to Benjamin Ingram by members of the Harding family
1-2 Nov Will of Rosa Ann Roads, widow, 1922 (proved 1926): moved from Dunton to 77 High Street
Court of Common Pleas, Hilary Term 1626: four cases of debt involving Winslow and Granborough people
31 Oct Court of King's Bench: alleged murder of Richard Broun, 1507: Richard Morley of Fenny Stratford, the accused, was found not guilty by a jury
28 Oct Will of Mary Ann Flowers, widow, 1900 (proved 1909): lived at Belle Vue Terrace
22 Oct Workhouse 1852-3: correspondence with Poor Law Board: appointment of schoolmistress and porter, question about a "foundling", inspector's reports
14 Oct Workhouse 1852: complaint about the chaplain
9 Oct Will of Thomas Thorpe of Addington, dairyman, 1724 (proved 1728)
29 Sep Will of Dorothy Rotheram of Moulsoe, gentlewoman, 1637 (proved 1638): she left £2 to the poor widows of Winslow
7-8 Sep Puzzle for the boy scouts, 1913: a poem with cryptic clues to places in and around Winslow
Court of Chivalry, 1639: a Little Horwood case between Henry & Richard Sandys and George Willet (Williatt)
4 Sep Tinkers End Brickyard: valuation 1878
Parish meeting 1913 (newspaper report)
28 Aug Board of Guardians minutes 1858
24 Aug Board of Guardians minutes 1857: mainly concerned with medical matters
15 Market Square: new photo of the Co-Op c.1959
13 Aug Will of Martha Crane of Whaddon, spinster, 1781 (proved 1785): owner of 22 High Street
8 Aug Entries from the Ingram family estimates book for Brook Hall (1892), Shipton Farm (1898), Workhouse (1904), 27-31 High Street (1903)
30-31 July Will of George Gibs of Addington, husbandman, 1587
Board of Guardians: outdoor relief 1859-60
26 July New page: Matthews Brothers builders including the history of their property in Horn Street
20 July Will of George Ingram, gentleman, 1914: retired butcher, lived at 162 High Street
Will of Jane Rush, wife of Walter Rush, 1914 (proved 1926): lived in a cottage in Verney Road
17 July Will of Thomas Walker, retired builder, 1922 (proved 1923): owner of extensive property in Winslow; Will of Mary Ann Walker, widow, 1923 (proved 1925)
16 July Will of George Walker, retired gardener, 1910 (proved 1919): died at Adstock but some of his children lived at Winslow
14 July News from 1913 about: Tennis Club, George Whichello, Railway, Hobhouchin Lane, Sewage Farm, Don Slate Club, White House
In 1913 a speaker at the Debating Society called for "restrictions of motor speed"
13 July News from 1913 about: Market Square, Flower Show, Redfield, Red Hall Farm, Congregational Church, Night School, Winslow United FC
The decision to close Winslow National Schools for two weeks during haymaking provoked a satirical poem by "Dandelion"
11-12 July Inventory of William Matthews, carpenter and builder, 1878
News from 1913 about: Brook Hall, The Bull, The Rose & Crown, Oddfellows Hall, New Schools, 14 High Street, Baptist Tabernacle, RDC, Bathing Place, Workhouse
10 July Gibbs family: the Winslow ancestry of Robert Gibbs the Bucks historian (1816-93) has now been identified
5 June William Ovitts (?1743-1830): page revised with new information
Copyright 5 November, 2026