| Date | Year | Event | Source
| | 9th Century | Thurleigh was called Lelega | 1
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| c1135 | Thurleigh Castle built | 2
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| c1150 | Church built , Tower exists to this day within the present church | 3
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| 1278 | First recorded windmill in Thurleigh | 2
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| 13th and 14th Centuries | Thurleigh was called La Leye | 1
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| 14th to 16th Centuries | Thurleigh was called Relye | 1
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| 16th to 18th Centuries | Thurleigh was written as Thurley or Thurleigh | 1
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| 9th July | 1688 | James Lyne (aged c9 years) murdered by blow from ash club by Francis Sharpe (aged c14 years), knocking him into a pond. | 23
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| 5th May | 1713 | Foundation of the Harvey Trust | 17
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| 15th May | 1763 | Foundation of George Franklyn Free School Trust | 17
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| 1788 | Population:404 | 18
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| 1801 | Population:411 (69 inhabited houses, 1 uninhabited house, 91 Families) | 19
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| 1805 | Thurleigh enclosure act passed | 2
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| 1808 | Baptist church starts meeting in a cottage near the current site. | 20
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| 1827 | First Baptist Chapel Built | 4
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| 1833 | New whitwick Manor House erected | 2
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| 1841 | Population:616 | 13
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| 1841 | National school erected (on site of present village hall) | 5
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| 21st Jul | 1841 | Baptist chapel reopens following enlargment works | 20
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| 1851 | Population:622 | 5
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| 1861 | Population: 666 | 7
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| 1871 | Population 619 | 8
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| 1875 | School Board Formed with 5 members | 4
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| 24th May | 1876 | Building of Boarding school starts at cost of £800 | 4
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| 1st Jun | 1877 | Boarding school opens | 2
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| 1881 | Population: 603 | 21
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| 1882 | Church thoroughly restored at a cost of about £700 | 4
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| 1887 | Chancel Restored at a cost of £100 | 4
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| 1887 | Stained Glass window inserted in east end of chancel by Mr & Mrs Freazy in memory of their children. | 4
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| 1888 | Baptist Chapel Rebuilt with schools attached cost of £840 | 20
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| 13th Nov | 1888 | Opening of new baptist chapel | 20
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| 1889 | Church Bells Restored cost of £150 | 4
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| 1890 | Windmill erected after original windmill blown down. It ceased to be used during the First World War and soon fell into disrepair. | 2
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| 1891 | Population:529 | 6
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| 1897 | 6th Church bell and clock dial added in commemoration of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria | 9
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| 1901 | Population:485 | 10
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| 1911 | Population 433 | 11
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| 1917 | Windmill stops working. | 2
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| 1921 | Population: 416 | 12
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| Sep | 1921 | The War Memorial unveiled | 2
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| 1922 | Wells & Winch take over the Red Lion Public House | 22
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| 1931 | Population: 404 | 3
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| 29th Jul | 1940 | Authority was given on the 29th July 1940 for land to be requisitioned at Thurleigh for development as an operational airfield | 2
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| 1941 | Construction work began for a standard bomber airfield with three surfaced runways | 2
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| 11th Apr | 1941 | Thurleigh: 4 high explosive bombs dropped at Manor Farm and 8 on Thurleigh airfield, one bomb damaging a runway | 16
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| 12th Aug | 1941 | Thurleigh: 8 50kg high explosive bombs dropped on north boundary of Thurleigh airfield causing superficial runway damage and burst watermain; | 16
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| sep | 1942 | 306th Bombardment Group arrives at Thurleigh. | 2
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| 18th May | 1942 | Thurleigh: RAF aircraft crashed at airfield; | 16
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| 30th Dec | 1943 | Thurleigh: 2 British 1,000lb bombs jettisoned at Rutters Farm; | 16
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| 22nd Oct | 1944 | Thurleigh: B17 Flying Fortress from USAAF Podington collided with B17 from USAAF Chelveston [Northamptonshire] over USAAF Thurleigh; all crew killed; | 16
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| 20th Jan | 1944 | Thurleigh: during a gas exercise at Thurleigh airfield gas drifted into neighbouring fields and Arthur Filsell of Burys Field Farm was affected by gas; | 16
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| 31st Mar | 1944 | Thurleigh: British incendiaries dropped at USAAF Thurleigh; | 16
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| 6th Oct | 1944 | Thurleigh: V1 flying bomb exploded 200 yards SE of Brook Farm causing superficial damage to farm house; | 16
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| 1955 | Thurleigh Airfield reopens. | 2
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| 1957 | The National Aeronautical Establishment, later to become The Royal Aircraft Establishment, took over the airfield | 2
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| 1962 | Playing Field Opens | 2
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| Feb | 1969 | Thurleigh airfield shortlisted (one of four) to become the 3rd London Airport | 2
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| 5th Jul | 1971 | Rededication following major restoration work at church | 2
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| 1977 | Sports and Social Club House Built. | 2
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| 1991 | Population: c650 | 14
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| 1994 | Thurleigh Airfield Closes | 2
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| 1996 | Birmingham based St.Modwen property group purchases the Thurleigh Airfield site | 2
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| 1999 | Palmer PromoSport announces it is to invest £5m into a corporate motor sport centre | 2
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| 2000 | Thurleigh windmill converted into a house. | 2
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| 2001 | Population: 696 | 15
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| 27th Jul | 2002 | Thurleigh Airfield Museum opened | 2 |
