Croxley Green Chronicle
  • 1166 Crokesleya - The first inhabitant to have his name recorded for posterity was one Richard de Croxley who was a Knight of St. Albans [Link 1]
  • 1557  John Caius purchased Croxley Green from the Crown [Link 1]
  • 1829  John Dickinson formally opens Mill [Link 1]    [Link 2]
  • 1830 John Dickinson Mill production starts [Link 1]
  • 1868  Methodist Church – New Road opens [Link 1]
  • 1870  September 27th Foundation Stone to All Saints Church  laid [Link 1]
  • 1872  June 25th All Saints Church consecrated [Link 1] [Link 2]
  • 1873 First school built with Miss Clark as Governess.  [Link 1]
  • 1875  January Croxley Green’s first school opens Garden Road / Yorke Road [Link 1]
  • 1887  Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee ( 50 years on throne) Croxley Mills enlarged and more houses are built [Link 1]
  • 1888 March saw the opening of the Coop Store in New Road [Link1]
  • 1894  A school for older boys 7+ opens in the Watford Road [Link 1]
  • 1895 Foundation of the Dickinson Institute (Guildhouse) which becomes meeting place for the village clubs [Link 1]
  • 1896  November 5th The Dickinson Institute opens in New Road [Link 1]
  • 1897 Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee (60 years)Tree planted near Church
  • 1901  22nd January Queen Victoria Dies [Link 1]
  • 1902 Coronation of Edward VII [Link 1]
  • 1903  Women’s Social and Political Union (Suffragettes) [Link 1]
  • 1907  All Saints Church is extended [Link 1]
  • 1908  Robert Baden-Powell starts Scouting Movement for boys
  • 1909  Croxley Green begins a Scout Group
  • 1911  George V  Coronation Celebrations [Link 1]
  • 1912  Croxley Green Station opens London & North Western Region opens [Link 1]
  • 1913  March 9th Suffragettes cause damage to Croxley Green Station [Link 1]
  • 1914  Outbreak of World War 1
  • 1918  Peace is declared
  • 1919  Memorial oak planted on The Green
  • 1925 2nd November Croxley Green Metropolitan Railway Station opens [Link 1]
  • 1926 The Institute becomes The Guildhall
  • 1930 Miss Stanford, Headmistress, Girls School sadly passed away [Link 1]
  • 1935 Croxley Green celebrates Jubilee of King George V. The 5th Oak is planted by George Ricketts Croxley Greens own centenarian [Link 1]
  • 1936 Death of King George V ,Edward VIII succeeds to the throne and abdicates uncrowned. The sixth tree is planted on The Green but fails to survive.
  • 1937 Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth May 12th Croxley Green celebrates the occasion with a procession and festivities on The Green. The 7th oak tree is planted on The Green [Link 1] 
  • 1939 Sept World War 2 is declared
  • 1939 Hundreds of school children evacuated from London to Croxley Green
  • 1939 Durrant's School opens [Link 1]
  • 1939 Harvey Road Schools opens [Link 1]
  • 1940 25th September Two parachute mines dropped. All Saints Church and Church Hall were extensively damaged [Link 1]
  • 1945 World War 2 ends
  • 1949 Friday 6th May - Malvern Way School and Little Green School are officially opened by George Tomlinson MP [Link 1] [Link 2]
  • 1949 23rd May  Metropolitan station renamed "Croxley" [Link 1]
  • 1951 Festival of Britain [Link 1]
  • 1953 18th January. All Saints church is rededicated [Link 1]
  • 1954 September, Rickmansworth School takes its first intake of children [Link 1]
  • 1971 16th December Proteus the all black South African rugby team play their first tour game in Croxley Green [Link 1]