Aylesbury, Saskatchewan

For other uses, see Aylesbury.

Village of Aylesbury
Village
Main Street Main Street
Village of Aylesbury
Coordinates:
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Region	South-central Saskatchewan
Census division	17
Rural Municipality	Craik
Post office founded	1905
Incorporated (Village)	N/A
Incorporated (Town)	1910
Government
• Mayor	Nigel McAlpine
• Administrator	Doris Adrienne Florness
• Governing body	Aylesbury Village Council
Area
• Total	1.28 km2 (0.49 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	42
• Density	32.81/km2 (85.0/sq mi)
Time zone	CST
Postal code	S0G 0B0
Area code(s)	306
Highways	Highway 11
Waterways	Last Mountain Lake

Aylesbury is a village in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada, approximately 60 km north of Moose Jaw. Aylesbury is part of the Rural Municipality of Craik. It incorporated as a town in 1910.

A Parrish & Heimbecker grain elevator was constructed in 1906 and was the last elevator to operate in Aylesbury, up until the mid-1990s. It was demolished in October 2009. Aylesbury School opened in 1909; years later it would close and its students sent to the school in nearby Craik.

In the 1980s, it received national media attention when residents rallied in an (ultimately unsuccessful) attempt to convince Canada Post not to close the town's post office. Today the Canada Post service is contracted to the Aylesbury Hotel.

As part of a series of monuments in towns along Highway 11, a life-size ox and cart was erected outside Aylesbury in 1999. It was created by Don Wilkins, who also created metal sculptures for the neighbouring towns of Craik and Girvin.

See also

• List of communities in Saskatchewan
• Villages of Saskatchewan

External links

• Saskatchewan Gen Web - One Room School Project
• Post Offices and Postmasters - ArchiviaNet - Library and Archives Canada
• Saskatchewan Gen Web Region
• Online Historical Map Digitization Project
• GeoNames Query
• 2006 Community Profiles