Millbrook
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13th Century: The oldest parts of the church date from this time, the south arcade was built about 1340. The church was enlarged and improved in the 15th century.
1702: John Pomfret, a poet, was appointed Rector of Millbrook. He was regarded as significant enough to be included by Samuel Johnson in his 'Lives of the Poets'. While in London in 1702 he caught smallpox and died.
1803: Enclosure Act passed.
1840c: Watermill demolished.
1840: Millbrook School built and enlarged in 1848.
1846: Millbrook Station opened. It has had three names, it was first called Marston Station, it then became known as Ampthill Station in about 1850, changing to Millbrook Station in 1877.
1851: New Rectory built.
1857-8: The church was completely restored under the direction of William Butterfield, a leading Victorian church architect, and was reopened on the 7th September.
1858: Methodist Chapel built, the little chapel was sometimes known as 'Soloman's Temple', after Soloman Beale, a stalwart Methodist lay preacher who worked on the railway.
1918: Effigies discovered in Millbrook churchyard.
1929: Millbrook Women's Institute formed on the 23rd February when a meeting was held in the Parish Room.
1951: Six council houses were built at Russell Grove, Millbrook, these were the first houses to be built in the village for almost 100 years.
1964: Sir Albert Richardson buried in Millbrook churchyard.
1968: Vauxhall Motors Proving Ground built as a testing ground for Vauxhall Motors and Bedford Trucks.
1973: Methodist Chapel closes.
1977: Millbrook School closes in July, in the last term there were only six children attending the school.
1980: Millbrook Golf Course opened.
1981: The village hall roof re-thatched.
2000: The new 5m Vauxhall Research and Development Centre opened at Millbrook Technology Park in May.
2001: New Village Hall officially opened on the 28th May.
Page last updated: 3rd February 2014