Hall of Fame

The history of Great Brickhill is made by people.

Some are remembered because they achieved something remarkable. Others made quieter but lasting contributions through public service, sport, education, business, church life, community organisations or their care for the village and its people.

The Great Brickhill Hall of Fame brings together individuals, families and organisations whose stories deserve to be remembered as part of the village record.

It is not intended to be a conventional list of celebrities.

Its purpose is broader: to show how individual lives, achievements and contributions connect with the continuing story of Great Brickhill.

Some names will be widely known. Others may be familiar principally within the village. Together they demonstrate the variety of people who have helped shape this community.

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Every village is shaped by people. This collection helps us remember some of ours.

Great Brickhill has been the home of many well known people over time. Some famous and some definitely infamous. Others have l lived nearby and there are several events and organisations which are included here as well. Some are linked and some remain to be written about and you will easily see publicly available information by searching the internet for them. Your personal notes and contributions about these or others are welcome, so leave your comments below or contact us in the usual way.

Quoting from Magna Britannia:

“Great Brickhill was described in 1806 in Magna Britannia as follows: Great-Brickhill, in the hundred and deanery of Newport, lies about four kilometres to the south-east of Fenny Stratford. The manor was anciently in the Beauchamps, from whom it passed by female heirs to the Bassets and Greys.”

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Special to our Village

• Josephine Cox – author, Heath Road.
• Mrs A C Osborn Hann (1885c – 1963) – author, Heath Road.
• J F Roxburgh (1888 – 1954) – first headmaster Stowe School, Pound Hill.
• AVM Sir Laurence Sinclair GC KCB CBE DSO and bar (1908 – 2002) – Stoke Lane.
• Barry McGuigan MBE, professional boxer.
• The Kray Twins visiting the Lodge, Ivy Lane (now The Grange) in 1970s. See Young Family
• Duncombe Family – The Manor and elsewhere
• Arthur Bates – local hero for all the work he did here in the 1930s – 50s
• Butch Baker – Barron Knights pop group
• Rosa Wiland Holmes- Pottery Throwdown winner 2020
• Margaret Wolfendale – for her outstanding work in detecting cervical cancer
• Jim Hooper Glider Pilot WW2 – serving on Operation Market Garden – Arnham, and Great Brickhill Ex-Servicemen.
• Nick Care, Aylesbury Music Centre Dance Band Leader, trumpeter.
• Alastair Cook – cricketer for England 2000s – he supports our village team and has friends and family here.
• Kriss Akabusi MBE, Olympic Record Holder.
• Charlie Ross, Antiques Expert.

Nearby …

• Bletchley Park, Alan Turing and several well known personnel who were billeted in the village.
• Winston Churchill’s Toyshop, Whitchurch, Stuart Macrae.
• Sir Frank Markham Buckingham MP, local historian and author.
• Herbert Ackroyd Stuart based in Bletchley, the inventor of the the oil engine predating Diesel’s engine.
• Sefton Delmer and “How to win an Information War”
• Roy Collis, Retired County Librarian of Buckinghamshire at Trustee, William Harding’s Charity, Aylesbury. Trustee of Scannappeal. Deputy Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire. Roy has been generous in his help with this site too. He arranged for the three Bucks CC Videos to be handed to us.
• Linslade and the Great Train Robbery.
• Woburn Abbey and Estate.
• Leighton Buzzard Light Railway.
• The Open University.

We need your comments or contributions about the subject matter here.