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Buckd A view of Buckden taken from Birks Fell in about 1912
From the Ben McKenzie Collection |
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Buckd A view of Buckden taken from Birks Fell in about 1912
From the Ben McKenzie Collection |
Old photos of life in Buckden Parish - Places
Old views of Buckden itself and some of the other
villages in the Parish.
Photos kindly provided by Gill Huck, Eric Dennis, Tim & Gwen Berry,
Gordon Nowell, Ben McKenzie and Anne Hanson
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Cray: Mount Pleasant Farm - formerly home of Charlie & Elsie Thornborrow and now owned by the National Trust
From the Ben McKenzie Collection
The White Lion Inn at Cray
From the Ben McKenzie Collection |
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| ....and the same view without the sheep. The cars in these photos would suggest that they date from the 1950s. |
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| A view across the Green
showing (L to R) Wood View, Moor View and Fairlawn, with
the Buck in the Background
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| .....and the same view some
years later with the mail coach replaced by a charabanc
From the Ben McKenzie Collection |
| Sheep outside the Buck Inn |
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The village green and the shop,
now run by John Morton and Gordon Lee.
From the Ben McKenzie Collection |
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Hubberholme A view of the Vicarage at Hubberholme (now Kirkgill Manor) taken in about 1907. Now a Bed & Breakfast run by Wilf & Pat Jowsey
From the Ben McKenzie Collection |
| The floods of
1995
....and the bridge at Buckden in the same floods |
| The George Inn, now
run by Barry Roberts
From the Ben McKenzie Collection |
| Oughtershaw
Oughtershaw Hall
From the Ben McKenzie Collection |
| Another view of Beckermonds
From the Ben McKenzie Collection |
| St Michael & All
Angels Church - View dating from 1907
From the Ben McKenzie Collection |
| Yockenthwaite Yockenthwaite Cottage (NT) with Yockenthwaite House in the background
From the Ben McKenzie Collection
The Bridge at Yockenthwaite, with Yockenthwaite House in the background
From the Ben McKenzie Collection
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| A cottage in Oughtershaw
From the Ben McKenzie Collection |
| The village shop
From the Ben McKenzie collection |
| and another shot of the Post
Office From the Ben McKenzie collection |
| Another shot of the Post
Office - with Ivy Cottage in the background From the Ben McKenzie collection |
| The Post Office - now
Chestnut Cottage. From the Ben McKenzie collection |
| The Smithy -
earlier
than 1936 when it was sent to Kent.
The message on the back reads:
"The P.O. sells everything, (unless it is the end of the week) from
butter to collar studs. Already people have come in for humbug mint
lumps" From the Ben McKenzie collection |
| The Buck Inn - when the
landlord was one Henry Wiseman From the Ben McKenzie collection |
| Hand coloured post card of
Buckden from around 1912.
On the back, "Auntie Annie" writes to "Donald" - "This is a quiet place...it is pouring with rain; there is a man in our lodging playing "Hail Smiling Morn" as well he might! .......There is no town to go to when it rains - you have to go to bed and stay there until it clears up." From the Anne Hanson collection |
| Buckden - again
"Our Town Hall" - the building which preceded the Institute - the picture must date from before 1912 when the foundation stone of the new Institute was laid. Notice board reads : "Refreshments, Apartments, Conveyances for hire, Stabling - F. Falshaw"
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| The Police Cadets Outdoor
Training Centre From the Elaine Barlow-Hall collection collection |
| Buckden House Memorabilia A booklet about Buckden House dating from the time it was a Methodist Guild Guest House. Click here to view A lettercard from the same era - click here to view From the Josie Cowpe collection |
| Beckermonds
The hamlet of Beckermonds
From the Ben McKenzie Collection |
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If you have any old photos of Buckden which you would like to contribute to this page, or if you can provide more information about these images, please click here |
