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I lived here! Ref. Photo O65003
These were Elmwood Cottages in the Worminghall Road. I was born in the far end house, and lived my first 25 years in the 8th semi along. My Mum and Dad would have had our house since new. It seems odd to think that we were probably at home when this was taken. They were demolished in 1984 to make way for brand new houses. The lovely Elm trees that used to stand in front of the houses sadly got Dutch Elm disease in the 1970s and had to be felled. Just in the foreground on the left is the village garage that was owned and run by Aubrey Bristow, and to the right, just out of picture is the Royal ...read more here
Contributed by Andrew Kinch
Buckinghamshire memories
I lived here! Ref. Photo O65003
These were Elmwood Cottages in the Worminghall Road. I was born in the far end house, and lived my first 25 years in the 8th semi along. My Mum and Dad would have had our house since new. It seems odd to think that we were probably at home when this was taken. They were demolished in 1984 to make way for brand new houses. The lovely Elm trees that used to stand in front of the houses sadly got Dutch Elm disease in the 1970s and had to be felled. Just in the foreground on the left is the village garage that was owned and run by Aubrey Bristow, and to the right, just out of picture is the Royal ...read more here
A memory of Oakley contributed by Andrew Kinch
Our home on the village green
I lived in Quainton in the 1950s, on the corner of The Green and Lower St. My family had the drapers shop. I remember bonfire night on the green, rolling down Mill Hill, Christmas carols, ballet lessons in the church hall and sitting the 11+ exams at school and of being sent to the Sportsmans Inn for a packet of Woods or Weights cigarettes for my father.
With my parents Ray and Sylvia Wheatley, my sister Barbara and brother Ian we emigrated to Australia but I will not forget the fun we had in Quainton
Clare Masovic nee Wheatley
A memory of Quainton contributed by Clare Masovic
Summer Days in Stone
We were very lucky to grow up in Stone at a time when we could hang out all day with our friends enjoying the joys of the river at Eythrope, sipping cool water from the Egyptian Springs, or swinging on a rope over the dip in Bluebell Woods, there was always someone to play with and just chat about nothing. Idyllic days!
A memory of Stone contributed by geraldine akerman
Extracts From Oakley & Buckinghamshire books
The name of this cottage is a reminder of a very important medieval and late
medieval building tradition in this area, possibly associated with the abundance of
oak trees in the Bernwood Forest and its surroundings. A cruck is best described
as an A-frame, a pair of massive timbers that run from the ground to the apex
of the roof, usually cut from the same tree. Long Crendon has over 20 cruck
houses, an unusual concentration, but many of the villages round about have a few
- Haddenham has four and Grendon Underwood two, for example. Often hidden
behind render, as here, they are still being discovered.
An extract from from"North Buckinghamshire Photographic Memories".
Again a much-changed view, this time looking into The Turnpike from Manor Road. The rather delightful cottage
on the right behind its iron railings went in the 1960s to be replaced by humdrum modern houses. It takes a close
examination of the present Chandos Arms to recognise that it is the same building as in this photograph. In 1960
it was still a small village alehouse.
An extract from from"North Buckinghamshire Photographic Memories".
The parish church of St Mary was
left high and dry about half a mile
to the south as the settlement
migrated to the new market in the
13th century. It thus feels more
like a country church than a town
one, with a large pond between
it and the footpath to town. The
scene is little changed, except the
gates from the 1871 lychgate have
gone. Behind is the Manor House,
mostly rebuilt by George Devey in
the 1870s, and now a school.
An extract from from"North Buckinghamshire Photographic Memories".
Oakley was within the medieval royal hunting forest of Bernwood - the king’s hunting lodge cum palace was at Brill
nearby. The name of the village means ‘a clearing in the oak woods’. The forest lasted until 1632 when Charles I
disafforested it to raise revenue, so Oakley’s medieval parish church used to look out on a more wooded scene.
The nave is mainly 12th-century, while the 14th-century south chapel has an external arched tomb recess under
its three-light window (centre).
An extract from from"North Buckinghamshire Photographic Memories".
Moving east, the route passes through Whitchurch on its way back to Aylesbury. Whitchurch is a long village with many
fine houses and cottages, and also the remains of Hugh of Bolbec’s early 12th-century earthwork castle. Oving Road runs
east from the High Street; this view is taken beyond its junction with Market Hill looking west, showing the mix of building
materials found in the village: timber-framing, brick, local crumbly limestone, thatch, tiles and slate.
An extract from from"Aylesbury Photographic Memories".