Quainton, Holy Cross And St Mary Church c.1965
Photo ref: Q14024
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Photo of Quainton, Holy Cross And St Mary Church c.1965

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Quainton is nowadays noted for its steam railway collection and tower windmill. Its church houses a superb collection of monuments to the 17th- and 18th-century Dormer family. The medieval church itself was substantially rebuilt in the 1870s reusing much of the stone and windows. This view from the south-east corner of the churchyard is little changed, although the yew is bigger. The pine by the chancel survives, but there is now a vulgar yellow conifer disrupting the view.

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A Selection of Memories from Quainton

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I was born in Northend Close and lived there till 1969. Was good friends with John Hobbs, I went to village school when I was 5 years old. My dad used to run the scouts with Bob Henly who lived in Church Street. I was also friends with Anne Ewers who lived in the close. We moved to Poole in Dorset in 1969 and I still live there now.
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 ...see more