In the early 1930s Captain and Mrs. Barton Hudson were the occupants of Woughton House, and in times of freezing weather they ensured a local popularity by flooding the hard tennis court, and then inviting local notables to indulge their leisure by skating on the frozen surface. Built on the site of an early manor house, and once set within a park of 43 acres, from 1846 Woughton House had been the home of the Levi family, and regarding their farming prominence, in 1851 William Levi’s instruction for a sale of stock brought him first prize at Windsor. With the introduction of such bodies, Major William Levi would become chairman of the local school board, but in September 1889 at the age of 79 he was tragically killed at Fenny Stratford, when thrown from his pony and trap. He left a widow, Sarah, and also a son, William John Levi, and in the church as a memorial they had an organ installed in 1892 which, at a cost of around £1,250, was built by Norman Bros. and Beard, of Norwich. Captain, later Lieutenant Colonel, William John Levi, would for many years prior to the First World War be the leader of the Fenny Stratford Musical Society, and having died at the age of 57 he was buried in Woughton churchyard in November 1921. By 1935 Woughton House had become the residence of Captain Hon. Arthur Malcolm Augustus Baillie, ‘four years instructor at equitation school’, and in conjunction with Commander M. Brind he established and ran the Woughton Stables. Indeed, as read a contemporary advert here horses were ‘sent for trial’, and ‘taken to school and manner.’ After a long and distinguished military career, Major-General Harold Blount then retired in 1939 to Woughton House, although with the outbreak of war he would again resume a military role as commander of the local Home Guard. In more recent years Woughton House lay in a derelict condition, but after extensive restoration the commodious accommodation has now been converted into a prestigious hotel.