Aycliffe Village

Aycliffe Village History Society is holding an exhibition in the village hall on Saturday 9 September and Sunday 10 September between 10am and 4pm each day. There will be old church records available, a copy of the 1901 village census, details about the mills that were on the River Skerne and lots more information on the village history. if you have any old photos, records or information that you would like to include in the exhibition please contact either Harry Moses tel.321773 or David Lewis tel. 319196. Looking forward to seeing you all.

We’ve had an enthusistic comment from an Aycliffe Village ex-pat – I’ve posted most of it here:

My God! Some people have finally gotten together and found some history about my birthplace and childhood home. I have been trying for years to find out more about the history of the village and I spent the first 14 years of my life happily in the best place in the world.I lived in St Andrews Close, and my father was Geoffery Atkinson who sadly passed away in 1980. My Grandparents were called Stan and Phyllis Atkinson who lived in North Terrace which was formally a pub. My Uncle Les still lives in the house. I have many fond memories of the village, the school, the church, the green, and the people.
I remember you Julian, you lived in Millfields and you were a year older than me I think the same age as Paul Atkinson my cousin.
I am 37 yrs old now and have been left Aycliffe Village for 23yrs but I still come back and look a round and reminise…
I am going to come to the historical thing on the 9th sept. Thanks for doing this, I have just spoken to Mr Moses for the first time in 27 years!
If you dont mind I would like to voice an opinion, back then the whole Village seemed to be a family now though a lot of people have moved in from elsewhere and it doesnt have the same feeling!
I grew up in the village and I shout about the people and the place to whoever will listen on my travels ( I work for the Radio and TV now) and would like to end like this If I ever die and I will I want to die in the prettiest Village God ever created Thats AYCLIFFE VILLAGE………..
Thanks Neil Glaves ( formerly Neil Atkinson)

To read the rest, including a list of Neil’s relatives with village conections, read his full comment to our first message, currently at the bottom of this page.

Neil, thanks very much!

Great Aycliffe Village Hall (Diamond Jubillee School)
The village hall alterations are well underway… with the toilets & kitchen being swapped around to allow us to create a disabled access suite – and combine all of the toilet facilities at one end of the property.
The works mean that the hall is temporarily out of bounds to villagers who would normally be using it during the summer months, but i hope the inconvenience will be well worth it in the end!