Who owns Aspley Guise?
Who owns Aspley Guise?
Today the house is owned by Lord Wolfson, the current chief Executive of Next plc, on 18 th June 2010, Wolfson was created Baron Wolfson of Aspley Guise. The house has had a history of ‘socially eminent’ owners. In 1784 the Chernocke Smiths of Hulcot bought the house.
Who were the Land Girls of Aspley Guise?
At Hayfield Farm in Aspley Guise the land girls worked alongside Italian and German POW’s. One land girl housed at the Holt – Joan Ison nee Taylor remembers attending a fancy dress dance as ‘The Ghost of Aspley Guise’. Reports from Woodfield House – Aspley Guise may well have inspired her choice.
Is there a census for Aspley Guise in 1841?
Sadly, the 1841 census for Aspley Guise is so feint that it is mostly illegible. There are some Woodin families, but that is all you can decipher. The 1851 census is much better.
What was the case of Aspley?
Aspley – Luke Dickens, Frederick Billington and Edward Cook, three lads of Aspley Guise were charged with stealing a quantity of apples, value 6d., from the premises of Mr Britten at Aspley on the 22 nd of January. The case being proved the prisoners were convicted.
