[3] It is in the north-west corner of the Milton Keynes urban area, bordering Northamptonshire and separated from it by the River Great Ouse.

[6] The road in this instance is Watling Street, which runs through the middle of the town and crosses the River Ouse just outside it (nowadays by bridge).

[7] Known as the Stony Stratford Hoard, it also contained around thirty fragments of silver plaques which were decorated with images of the Roman gods Mars, Apollo and Victory.

[4] ARCHBISHOP: Last night, I hear, they lay at Stony Stratford, The former Rose and Crown Inn at Stony Stratford was reputedly where, in 1483, the boy-king Edward V stayed the night before he was taken to London (to become one of the Princes in the Tower) by his uncle Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who soon became King Richard III.

Catherine of Aragon rode from London to address her troops assembling here for the Battle of Flodden, and went on to stay at Woburn Abbey in September 1513.

The only building to escape the second fire was the tower of the chapel of ease of St Mary Magdalen, now a scheduled monument.

Traffic on Watling Street and the consequent wear and tear to it was such as to necessitate England's first turnpike trust, from Hockliffe to Stony Stratford, in 1707.

[12] That traffic came to an abrupt end in 1838 when the London to Birmingham Railway (now the West Coast Main Line) was opened at Wolverton – ironically, just three years after the bridge over the Ouse had been rebuilt.

With the arrival of the motor car, the town's position on the original A5 road made it again an important stopping point for travellers.

[26] Stony Stratford Bowls Club was formed in 1923, and started playing on the present site at Ostler's Lane in 1924.

[28] Stony Stratford Croquet Club play on the Ancell Trust Sports Grounds at Ostler's Lane.

Today, the A5 (towards Towcester or Dunstable), the A422 westbound (towards Buckingham) and the A508 (towards Northampton) meet about 1 mile (1.6 km) away, at a roundabout just north of Old Stratford.

The nearest station to the town is Wolverton (about 2 miles (3.2 km) away), and is on the West Coast Main Line though only local stopping trains call there.

Bus 6 (Arriva) connects the town with Wolverton, Central Milton Keynes, Bletchley and the Lakes Estate (running roughly every 30 mins from Monday to Friday), whilst Bus X60 (also operated by Arriva) connects the town with Aylesbury, Central Milton Keynes and Crownhill.