Great Paxtonians
A series of articles about people who have lived in Great Paxton or have a connection with the village.
Judith
of Lens
1054 - 1086
Niece of William the
Conqueror, lord of the manor of Pachstone following
the Norman Conquest.
Ann Izzard
1745 - 1838
The Great Paxton
witch, attacked by fellow villagers as a witch but
supported by the law.
Reverend Isaac Nicholson
1769 - 1839
Curate and then vicar at Great Paxton, instrumental
in supporting Ann Izzard after the attacks on her.
Reverend Alfred
Cane
1844 - 1919
Vicar at Great Paxton, he
had been chaplain in India during the Kandahar
Campaign in 1880
Maud Etchells
1859 - 1942
Teacher at Great
Paxton school for nearly 50 years from before 1881
to 1928.
Philip Cardell
1917 - 1940
Spitfire pilot who was killed in the
Battle of Britain.
Bert Goodwin
1921 - 2018
Born in the
village, served in WW2 including the beginnings of
the SAS, village historian in later life.
