Steeple Claydon, North End Road c.1955
Photo ref: S565020
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Photo ref: S565020
Photo of Steeple Claydon, North End Road c.1955

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The Verneys of Claydon House in Middle Claydon, now a National Trust house, bought Steeple Claydon in 1705 from the Chaloner family, who are commemorated in the village road, Chaloners Hill. The village has grown recently thanks to housing estates, but many older buildings survive. This view looks south-west along North End Road past the former pub, now a house. A matching window has been inserted in the middle of the painted Chesham and Brackley Breweries sign, but the rest of the paintwork is still visible. The other cottages also remain, although the far one, No 1, has had the single storey part raised to two storeys.

A Selection of Memories from Steeple Claydon

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Steeple Claydon

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My Uncle Tom Daltons Father lived in the thatched cottage/s past the petrol pumps. He was a cobbler. I was born in 1944 and can only just remember the inside of his workshop and can still smell the leather. I remember going to school with Bob Burrows, whose Dad had the Bakery.
I lived at no. 1 Challoners Hill otherwise known as The Stores. In the photograph the petrol pumps are just visible on the left hand side of the road. Across the road Vic Burrows ran the bakery and we were treated to the smell of freshly baked bread every morning. Mrs Whiting had the newsagents and Cyril and Ruby Griffin ran the Fountain Pub. There were five pubs in Steeple Claydon whereas poor old Middle ...see more