Timeline of Events in Stagsden

1086: Stagsden mentioned in the Domesday Book. 

13th Century: The oldest parts of Saint Leonard's church date from this century when the church apparently consisted of a chancel, nave and west tower.  The south aisle and porch were added in the 14th century.

1812: Stagsden Enclosure Act.

1875: Village Hall built.

1876: The Stagsden Child Murder. On the 20th March the dead body of a baby was found by a gamekeeper in Stagsden Plantation. The mother Lucy Lowe was convicted of the murder and sentenced to death but the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.

1896: Reading Room opened.

1927: The White Horse public houses closes. 

1932: The church bells rehung by John Taylor of Loughborough.

1965: Stagsden Bird Garden opens to the public.

1983: Stagsden Lower School closes in July.

1991: Work starts on the Stagsden Bypass in May.

1992: Stagsden Bypass opens on Saturday 4th April at a cost of 3.7 million.

1994: Stagsden Bird Garden closes. (Bedford Citizen 24th March)