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Aspley Heath village was designated a conservation area in 1994.<ref>{{cite report |publisher=Mid-Beds District Council Planning Dept. |title=Aspley Heath Conservation Area |date=19 March 2008 |url=https://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/migrated_images/aspley-heath_tcm3-12945.pdf |access-date=12 April 2024}}</ref> |
Aspley Heath village was designated a conservation area in 1994.<ref>{{cite report |publisher=Mid-Beds District Council Planning Dept. |title=Aspley Heath Conservation Area |date=19 March 2008 |url=https://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/migrated_images/aspley-heath_tcm3-12945.pdf |access-date=12 April 2024}}</ref> |
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St Michael's Church is the parish church. The [[Parish|ecclesiastical parish]] is named Woburn Sands and officially came into existence on 4 November 1867, prior to the formation of Aspley Heath civil parish. The land was provided by the [[William Russell, 8th Duke of Bedford|Duke of Bedford]].<ref name="StM">{{Cite web |title=Our Church |url=https://www.stmichaelsws.org.uk/our-church/ |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=St Michael's Church Woburn Sands |language=en-GB}}</ref> The architect was [[Henry Clutton]], who also designed [[St Mary's Church, Woburn]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-20 |title=Aspley Heath Church Architecture |url=https://bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk/CommunityHistories/AspleyHeath/AspleyHeathChurchArchitecture.aspx |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk}}</ref> Consecration of the church and the churchyard took place on 22 September 1868 and was presided over by [[Harold Browne]], the Bishop of Ely.<ref name="StM"/> The [[Listed building|Grade II* listed]] church is built of coursed limestone and has many windows with "curious" [[tracery]].<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1312016|desc=Church of St Michael, Church Road}}</ref> |
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A [[National school (England and Wales)|National School]] existed in the village by 1863 and became a [[School boards in England and Wales|board school]] upon the establishment of the Aspley Heath School Board in 1885.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-20 |title=Aspley Heath School |url=https://bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk/CommunityHistories/AspleyHeath/AspleyHeathSchool.aspx |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk}}</ref> |
A [[National school (England and Wales)|National School]] existed in the village by 1863 and became a [[School boards in England and Wales|board school]] upon the establishment of the Aspley Heath School Board in 1885.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-20 |title=Aspley Heath School |url=https://bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk/CommunityHistories/AspleyHeath/AspleyHeathSchool.aspx |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 08:30, 13 April 2024
| Aspley Heath | |
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 St Michael's Church | |
  Aspley Heath Location within Bedfordshire | |
| Population | 578 (2011 Census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SP926353 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MILTON KEYNES |
| Postcode district | MK17 |
| Police | Bedfordshire |
| Fire | Bedfordshire and Luton |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| Website | aspleyheathparishcouncil |
Aspley Heath is a village and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England.[2]
The village adjoins Woburn Sands, which is part of the City of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire; Aspley Guise lies northeast, Woburn is to the south, and Bow Brickhill and Little Brickhill to the west and south west respectively. The Office for National Statistics includes the village in the Milton Keynes Built-up area.[3]
Aspley Heath village was designated a conservation area in 1994.[4]
St Michael's Church is the parish church. The ecclesiastical parish is named Woburn Sands and officially came into existence on 4 November 1867, prior to the formation of Aspley Heath civil parish. The land was provided by the Duke of Bedford.[5] The architect was Henry Clutton, who also designed St Mary's Church, Woburn.[6] Consecration of the church and the churchyard took place on 22 September 1868 and was presided over by Harold Browne, the Bishop of Ely.[5] The Grade II* listed church is built of coursed limestone and has many windows with "curious" tracery.[7]
A National School existed in the village by 1863 and became a board school upon the establishment of the Aspley Heath School Board in 1885.[8]
In May 1874 a report by Dr Prior, medical officer of the local Board of Health described Aspley Heath before its enclosure a few years earlier as "a wild stretch of elevated ground, largely covered in ling, and tenanted by a few squatters, who occupied huts of a most primitive description". His report set out the room dimensions of two cottages, reported a lack of adequate ventilation for the number of occupants, and stated that water was supplied by a well 200 yards distant.[9] Dr Prior reported in 1878 that one family was living in a railway carriage on a secluded part of the heath; he certified the residence unfit for habitation.[10] In a retrospective The Fenny Stratford Times of 8 March 1883 said the squatters were the poor of Aspley parish, who were refused aid and had been directed to look for sustenance on the heath by working the natural materials there — digging sandstone, fuller's earth and peat, and felling fir poles — and to make themselves homes and grow vegetables on their plots.[11] In 1883 at a public meeting held to discuss the future governance of Aspley Heath, it was shown that only three poor persons remained on the heath, that plots had, and continued to be bought up by the wealthy, and ways and means were being used to remove the few remaining cottagers.[12]
The parish is elevated and small in population and area, mostly covered by New Wavendon Heath and a smaller mixed eponymous woodland. Aspley Heath civil parish was created in 1883; prior to this the area was part of Aspley Guise parish.[n 1][13] Three years after its creation, Aspley Heath parish was extended to 600 acres (240 ha) by a transfer of land from Wavendon parish.[14]
Historical population
Population of Aspley Heath parish taken from national censuses.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 451 | — |
| 1901 | 462 | +2.4% |
| 1911 | 572 | +23.8% |
| 1921 | 522 | −8.7% |
| 1931 | 499 | −4.4% |
| 1951 | 460 | −7.8% |
| 1961 | 490 | +6.5% |
| 1971 | 579 | +18.2% |
| Source: A Vision of Britain through Time | ||
Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ Technically a hamlet of the parish which was Anglican and had civil roles in charity and social functions - see civil parishes in England
- References
- ^ "2011 Census". Archived from the original on 11 February 2003. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- ^ "Aspley Heath, Central Bedfordshire - area information, map". OS GetOutside. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ See map at UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Milton Keynes built-up area (E34005056)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ Aspley Heath Conservation Area (PDF) (Report). Mid-Beds District Council Planning Dept. 19 March 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Our Church". St Michael's Church Woburn Sands. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ "Aspley Heath Church Architecture". bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Michael, Church Road (1312016)". National Heritage List for England.
- ^ "Aspley Heath School". bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Meeting of the Board of Guardians". The Leighton Buzzard Observer and Linslade Gazette. 12 May 1874. p. 3. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Sanitary Business". The Leighton Buzzard Observer and Linslade Gazette. 16 July 1878. p. 3. Retrieved 12 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Aspley Heath". The Fenny Stratford Times. 8 March 1883. p. 4. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ "Wavendon and Aspley Heath. The Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 1882". Fenny Stratford Times. 1 March 1883. p. 4. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ William Page, ed. (1912). "Parishes: Aspley Guise". A History of the County of Bedford: Volume 3. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- ^ "The Parish of Aspley Heath in General". bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
External links
- Aspley Heath and Woburn Sands local history site
- The Hogsty End Handbook local community magazine
- Aspley Heath pages at the Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service
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