| 1900 | Salvation Barracks erected in Bedford Road |
| 1901 | Sandy and District Conservative Club built in Bedford Road. |
| 1901 | Sandy Parish Council created. |
| 1901 | Population totals 3110. |
| 1902 | The Queen Window unveiled by Francis Pym at the Church “November” |
| 1903 | Sandy Parish Council formally names the streets of Sandy. |
| 1903 | Bridge Street name changed to Ivel Road |
| 1903 | Beeston Recreation Room Opened 30th November |
| 1904 | Telephone open to subscribers “November” |
| 1905 | Sir Robert Edgecumbe sells Sandye Place. |
| 1905 | Sandy Council School (later Laburnum Lower School) opened in the Baptist School Room. “9th November” |
| 1906 | Town Hall (later the Roundabout Club) built |
| 1907 | Sandy Council School moved to the new school building “4th August” |
| 1907 | Floods hit the town and cut it off from many surrounding areas. |
| 1907 | 38,762 telegrams are dealt with by Sandy Post Office. |
| 1908 | George Schilling, the World’s Greatest Pedestrian, visits Sandy. |
| 1909 | Sandy Albion FC formed. |
| 1909 | George Town Built (Tempsford Road) |
| 1910 | Primitive Methodist Chapel built in St. Neots Road at a cost of £1,000. |
| 1911 | Population totals 3377. |
| 1913 | Rev John Richardson, Rector for 55 years, dies. |
| 1919 | The Victory Cinema opens. |
| 1919 | Bricklayers Arms Closed |
| 1921 | Council Houses in Orchard Road Beeston Built |
| 1921 | The Bedfordshire Times and Independent records the unveiling of the Sandy war memorial “On Sunday, Sandy paid tribute to its hundred and eleven sons who made the great sacrifice”. The parish church memorial was unveiled by the Duke of Bedford and dedicated by the Rev. Canon J.H. Speck. It took the form of a small stained glass window of two lights in the church. The figures represented are Courage and Victory. The window was executed by Percy Bacon Ltd. (Bedfordshire Times and Independent, January 14th 1921, p.10) |
| 1921 | The great North Road is designated as the “A1” |
| 1923 | Purchase of the Recreation Ground for £1211.00 |
| 1923 | The green of Sandy Conservative Bowls Club is laid. |
| 1924 | 10 Houses erected on the south side of West Road |
| 1927 | The Bedfordshire (Sandy Urban District) Confirmation Order creates an Urban District on 1st April governed by 12 members. First chairman Mr Alfred Cope |
| 1927 | Start of Electric Street Lighting |
| 1928 | Gunns Bakery opens in Old London Road. It was based here until 1967 when it moved to the Market Square. |
| 1931 | Population totals 3140. |
| 1932 | Brickmakers Arms Closed “Beds Times 5th February” |
| 1934 | Sandy Lodge sold by the Peel family to Sir Malcolm Stewart, chairman of the London Brick Company. |
| 1935/36 | New Road bridge to be replaced with concrete as the wood is rotting |
| 1936 | Responsibility for the A1 is transferred to the ministry of Transport under the Trunk Roads Act |
| 1938 | Girtford Halt opened 1st January |
| 1938 | South Road Built |
| 1938 | First Diesel train service on the Oxford to Cambridge line September |
| 1939 | Children from Hornsey evacuated to Sandy. The head teacher of St. Swithun’s School found places for 140 evacuees. |
| 1940 | Total Refugees and Evacuees in Sandy “October” |
| 1941 | The King and Queen of Yugoslavia visit Sandy. |
| 1946 | Ten Pre-Fabs erected in East Road the first in Sandy to be built. |
| 1946 | St Swithuns Way built |
| 1947 | Final year in which Sandy watermill is water powered. |
| 1947 | Sandye Place used for the last time as a private residence, by Fanny Graves. |
| 1947 | Fire at the Victory Cinema. |
| 1947 | 12 Airey Type Rural Houses in East Road, Sandy |
| 1949 | The Crescent Beeston Council Houses Built |
| 1950 | Albany Cinema opens. |
| 1951 | Population totals 3667. |
| 1951 | Sandye Place Secondary County School opened in December |
| 1951 | Sidney C Banks firm becomes a limited company |
| 1952 | New Road Bridge closed for replacement |
| 1952 | Windsor Way Built |
| 1953 | Beeston Children’s Playground opened by Mrs A. Cope “April” |
| 1954 | The fire station moves from Cambridge Road to Ivel Road and was opened by Alan Lennox-Boyd MP. |
| 1955 | New Red Lion Opened |
| 1957 | Greyhound Pub Closed |
| 1958 | Lepard Brothers Limited relocates to Sandy. |
| 1959 | Belam Way Built |
| 1961 | The Georgian Rectory of St Swithun’s Church is demolished. |
| 1961 | Population totals 3963. |
| 1961 | Prince of Wales Beerhouse Closed July |
| 1961 | RSPB buys Sandy Lodge for £20,000. |
| 1962 | Duelling of the A1 |
| 1963 | Tiers from 4 rooms and the wall between playgrounds removed at the council school |
| 1965 | New Sandy Rectory Built |
| 1967 | Sandy and District Amateur Boxing Club formed. |
| 1967 | Bedford to Cambridge Railway Line closed 31st December |
| 1968 | Bedford to Cambridge Railway Track removal begins 13th August |
| 1968 | Sandy Silver Band adopts that name. |
| 1968 | Sandy Theatre Group formed. |
| 1970 | Prince Charles visits the RSPB |
| 1970 | Girtford Crescent Built in the 70’s |
| 1971 | Population totals 5377. |
| 1973 | Sandy Sports Council is formed. |
| 1973 | Sandy Colts Football Club formed. |
| 1973 | London overspill Scheme |
| 1973 | Engayne Housing Estate |
| 1974 | Sandy Urban District Council abolished. |
| 1974 | Sandy Town Council formed |
| 1974 | Sandy Town Bowling Club formed. |
| 1974 | Sandy Upper School and Community College opened with 154 pupils |
| 1975 | Lepard Brothers Limited factory closes. |
| 1976 | Cedar Gardens Built on the site of “The Towers” a large house |
| 977 | Home green of Sandy Town Bowling Club opened. |
| 1977 | Sandy watermill demolished |
| 1979 | Sandy Upper School Opened |
| 1981 | Sandy Village Hall opened |
| 1981 | All Saints Mission Church London Road was closed and demolished |
| 1981 | Sandy Show held at Bickerdike’s Garden Centre for the first time. |
| 1982 | Handley Court opens. 29th October |
| 1982 | Sandy Twins with Malaunay, France |
| 1983 | Heron Close built in the kitchen Garden of Park House |
| 1984 | Ken Quince publishes “The Sandy I Knew”. |
| 1986 | New Sandy Post Office opened By Rt. Hon. Nicholas W Lyell. Q.C., M.P. |
| 1987 | The new St. Swithun’s Lower School buildings open on what was part of Sandy Middle School. The original school – situated in St. Neots Road – was founded in 1869. |
| 1989 | Archaeological work starts on Sandy cemetery. Many Roman remains including human skeletons and animal bones were found. One particularly important find was a sculpture showing three figures in Roman dress. |
| 1994 | The Lord Nelson pub renamed Sir William Peel |
| 1994 | Girtford Bridge closed for strengthening and renovation work. |
| 1995 | Trevor Brooking visits Sandy to open the town’s all weather sports pitch. |
| 1996 | Rivermead Gardens Built |
| 1996 | Braybrook Road Built |
| 1999 | Bickerdike Gardens Developed |
| 2000 | Maple Tree Lower School opens. |
| 2001 | Sandy Albion FC and Sandy Town FC amalgamate to form Sandy Football Club. Danisco Plant closes in December. |
| 2002 | The Sandy Summer Festival organisers announce that due to lack of support there will be not be a Festival in 2003. The Festival has been in existence for over 30 years. |
| 2003 | First edition of SHRUB magazine issued by SHRG. |
| 2003 | Sandy Upper School became designated Sports College |
| 2004 | Cycle track 51 constructed |
| 2006 | Meller Beauty closes its manufacturing factory in October. |
| 2013 | Tesco Opens 1st August |
| 2015 | Bidlake Croft named by Aston Bainborough Built By Alan Brown Builders |
| 2015 | Centurion Walk Built |
| 2016 | Budgens Closed and replaced by the Coop |
| 2016 | Lloyds Bank Closes. October |
| 2017 | First Mosaic fitted to Post Office Wall July |
| 2018 | Barclays Bank Closed 16th February |
| 2018 | Sandy Upper School renamed “Sandy Secondary School” 16th September |
| 2018 | Sandy Green Wheel opened. 16th September |
| 2019 | Bandstand Opened. July |
| 2019 | Sandye Place Closes. August. History of Sandy Place (open in a new window) |