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The Museum is located in the peaceful surroundings of Stacey Hill Farm. Stacey Hill Farm was built early in the Victorian era as a model farm. It was located on the outskirts of Wolverton, one of the UK's original "railway towns".

Overshot wheel from the Wakefield Estate nr. Potterspury, Northants. See: http://www.deanshangerironworks.co.uk/water_wheels_24.html The firm was founded in 1821 by Richard Roberts, a blacksmith from Wicken. It later became E & H Roberts of Deanshanger, and was also known as Britannia Iron Works. Richard was the Great Grandfather of Edwin and Henry, who were to become the E&H Roberts. The Iron Works continued to produce quality casting for 106 years until it went bankrupt in 1927. The firm was widely recognised for Agricultural implements, general Iron works, ploughs, elevators, feeding troughs, drain covers, gates, gate Posts, railings, guttering and general iron works. They were also Hydraulic Engineers. For the history of Roberts of Deanshanger see: http://www.deanshangerironworks.co.uk/history_2.html

The house and estate belonged to the eminent physician Dr John Radcliffe. He bought it in 1713, when he became MP for Buckingham.

From Wolverton carriage works.

Stacey Hill Farm is now the home of the Milton Keynes Museum. This model farm was completed in 1848. The farmhouse is behind the large cedar tree on the right of the photo. The wall of the 'ha ha' runs across the middle of the view. The new building on the left houses a restored tram-car that once ran between Stony Stratford and Wolverton.

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Not "Old Train" as indicated on the Google Satellite View! The engine comes from Bradwell village. The steam was used for sterilising soil. For details see Image

Built at Hayes Boatyard, Stony Stratford. It must have been an amazing sight to see large vessels being towed by steam engines along Stony Stratford High Street from the Watling Works on the London Road through to 'Hayes Wharf' at Old Stratford. At the wharf, the boats were launched sideways down a slipway into the Grand Union Canal (called the Grand Junction Canal up until 1928). The boats were then dismantled and towed along the waterways to London for refitting and would then sail to their destination elsewhere in the world. The boat pictured One of the last orders to the Hayes firm had come in December 1923. Destined for a working life on the Thames, this boat was named the Pat (after one of Hayes' daughters). In the period after the Second World War, the Pat became the flagship of the Thames Water Conservancy Board. The boat was renamed the Wey - following the Board's policy on naming its boats after local rivers. See: http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/mkm/stonystratford/docs/hayes.html