The 1900s

The decade began with the Boer war. In 1900 the bobby from Bugbrooke cycled to Heyford to pin up the call up notice on the Parish notice board. The Weedon Barracks was nearby and a number of its reservists lived at Heyford.

It was a decade in which the authority of the village passed from the Church, the School, and Manor House to the Parish Council. Although the Parish Council had been established in the 1890s, following the Local Government Act, it was not until 1901 that the first minutes appeared. The first Clerk was John Dunkley, and the fist Chairman was Thomas Faulkner.

It was also a time of sport in the village. The Rev Isham Longden was accredited with founding the cricket club in the early 1900s. Then around 1908, the newly formed 'South Northants Football League' was inaugurated. A meeting was held at the Foresters Arms where it was decided to enter a team into the League and the Heyford Athletic Football Club was formed.