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Edlesborough memories
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Remembering my Granny Tibbett
I have fond memories of my granny who is buried in the churchyard.
Contributed by margaret finnis
Bedfordshire memories
Remembering my Granny Tibbett
I have fond memories of my granny who is buried in the churchyard.
A memory of Edlesborough contributed by margaret finnis
AUNTY ELIZA and her son ALF
Great Aunty Liza lived in an area called Buckland Wharf in a long, low, white bungalow where time stood still except the Grandfather Clock ticked in her "parlour" to tell us otherwise. The room was very dark because the blinds were drawn "to keep out the sun". There was a heavily framed picture of her husband on the wall- a severe looking man with a handlebar moustache - very much the Victorian gentleman. I cannot remember the furniture but vividly remember the rag rugs on the floor. In her kitchen she cooked over a range, did her washing in an old butler sink and bathed weekly in an old tin bath. She was quite the handywoman and on her 80th birthday ...read more here
A memory of Buckland contributed by Christine Beddows
HALTON 1978-1983: PLAYING IN THE CANAL & SCHOOL
My name is Forsyth now, but I was a Plumb.
I moved to Halton when I was six and joined Halton 1st School and then Wendover Middle School.
I lived in the big black and white house, which bordered the canal. There was a bridge, which my friends and I used to climb along. I expect it’s not that high, but it felt so daring at the time. We had a long garden at the front that we used to stand in to watch the air displays.
My best friends were a boy who lived opposite me and a girl who lived in the village shop - which was cool!
One day my friend, Amanda from Wendover Middle School, ...read more here
A memory of contributed by Charlotte Forsyth
Extracts From Edlesborough & Bedfordshire books
South-east of the village, a lane crosses the county boundary with Bedfordshire along the upper reaches of
the young River Ouzel. This view is taken from the Bedfordshire bank, with the ford (still in existence) in the
foreground. The windmill tower, here derelict, belonged to Edlesborough Mills, which also had a water-wheel
powered by the stream. The windmill tower is now restored and part of a house.
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".
The Black Boy is on the left, with the Victorian school, now a house, beyond the car. The ugly lean-to on the cottage has
been replaced by a conservatory, and the railings by a rubble stone wall. The church, like Quainton’s, was substantially
rebuilt, this time in the 1860s, a not uncommon result of medieval use of the local highly friable limestone.
An extract from from"Aylesbury Photographic Memories".
Moving north-east of Waddesdon, the last two villages on this tour, Oving and Whitchurch, are on the Quainton-
Whitchurch Hills, a ridge of Portland limestone that gives fine views over the Vale of Aylesbury to the south and towards
Buckingham to the north. Oving is a most attractive village. Here we see Magpie Cottage, a fine 17th-century timber-
framed thatched cottage with whitewashed infill panels, hence the name, presumably.
An extract from from"Aylesbury Photographic Memories".
Down at Church End there is another more well-known and photographed pond; it and the 13th-century parish church
are to the left of the War Memorial. This view shows the characteristic rendered walls of the village houses. The render
hides walls built in the local limey clay known as ‘witchert’, a corruption of white earth. Alcohol is also well represented
here: the house on the right was the maltster’s, the maltings being in the yard behind, while two other houses in this view
were once pubs.
An extract from from"Aylesbury Photographic Memories".