PAST PEOPLE
PAGE CONTENTS
Photographs - old photographs of Ashendon residents past & present
'Village Life' By Bob Cherry - Bob Cherry's account of village life
Interview With John Boughton - audio interview with John Boughton
Census Information - a summary of census information about Ashendon
Directory Information - extracts from the Kelly's Directory


 Photographs 

 

Kathleen Johnson & Mark, Pam Rand & Christopher, Margaret Lloyd & Andrew, Shirley Rand & Michael (1978)

Mrs Annie Ewers

Harry Rand

Mr and Mrs Moses Ewers and family

Outside 2 Crown Cottages, Lower End (now Rose Cottage). [Back row] Gerald (Killed in Second World War), Moses (Dad) Lilian (Lil, Mother), Mark, Matilda, Bob [Front row] Eli, Les, Christine

Unknown (VS3?)

Margaret Curtis, John Colgrove, Dick Boughton, Geoff Curtis, Sue Boughton, John Fountaine

Cow at East Farm with a Curtis brother (1)

Cow at East Farm with a Curtis brother (2)

Staff of Boughtons Farm c.1908

Susan Rand, Flo Beattie & Dot Wooller

Ashendon United Football Club (About 1970)

Jessie Cherry in Pollicott Farm yard with Mr. Fountaine

Andy Tomlinson, John Boughton, and others

John Boughton

John & Rosemary Fountaine

John Fountaine

John Fountaine, Wilson Fountaine & Bob Fountaine

John Fountaine and others

Leslie Jones

Margaret Lloyd

Miss Cherry

Ashendon's Oldest Inhabitants

Ralph Gardiner

Outside The Red Lion c.1900

Dick & Flo Beattie, family and friends at Ashendon Village Shop (about 1984)

Susan Rand, Flo Beattie & Dot Wooller

The Hunt Outside Ashendon Farm

Tug of War including Colin Ayris & Nigel Ayris

Village Fete - Julie Holder, Colin Ayris, and others

Wendy Rolt in the Snow (1981)

Beating the bounds 3 May1990

Oldest residents in Ashendon - united ages 352 years

Bob Fountaine (at Website launch)

Ashendon Cricket

Back row left to right:

Joe Cherry, Elsie Cherry, Louie Young, Lizzie Cherry, Mabel Walker, Lucy Young, Elsie Smith, Mrs Tomkins, Edith Smith, Annie Young (My Grandmother), Rose Cattle, Winnie Young, Gertie Cattle and Walt Cherry

Middle Row left to right:

P.C Wright, Billy Cherry, Walt Young, Harry Young and George Cattle

Front Row left to right:

Sid Ewers, Fred Cherry, Harry Tipping (My Grandfather), Gilbert Adams, Matey Ewers, Arthur Cherry and Jim Silvers

Ashendon School 1911

Back row left to right.

Will Cattle, Sid John Ewers, Jim Ewers, Sid Ewers, Frank Ewers, Aubrey Ewers, Bob Ewers.

2nd row left to right.

Agnes Ewers, Nell Ewers, Min Ewers, Rose Cattle, Julie Ewers, Lily Ewers, Emily Ewers.

3rd row left to right.

Annie Cherry, Ida Ewers, Florrie Ewers, Eva Ewers, Dora Cattle, Bessie Ewers, Mary Ewers, Kate Ewers.

front row left to right.

Gerald Ewers, Leslie Cattle, Joe Ewers. Teacher Miss Horwood.


 'Village Life' By Bob Cherry 

Bob Cherry's account of 'Village Life' is divided into the sections below, some of which are quite large and may take a little while to load

Village Life (84K)
The Blacksmith's Shop (16K)
The Village Shop (16K)
The Village Hall - "The Hut" Part 1 (87K)
The Village Hall - "The Hut" Part 2 (61K)
The Village Hall - "The Hut" Part 3 (57K)
The Village Hall - "The Hut" Part 4 (47K)
The Village Hall - "The Hut" Part 5 (69K)
LNER Wotton Station Part 1 (51K)
LNER Wotton Station Part 2 (61K)



 Interview With John Boughton 

'John Boughton was born at Ashendon Farm on November 30th 1923. He is a past chairman of Aylesbury Rural District Council, and chairman of Bucks NFU 1983.'

This interview was recorded by Jennifer and Geoffrey Newall in 1989.

You can download this 50 minute interview as an MP3 by clicking on the link below. Please note that this file is quite large and may take upto 30 minutes to download.

john.mp3 (5.62Mb)

You will require an MP3 player to listen to this interview. If you do not have one installed on your computer, you can download various MP3 players from SoftSeek.
www.softseek.com/Home_Family_and_Leisure/Music/Audio_Players/




 Census Information 

Doomsday Survey - Selected summary from 'Chronical of the Vale' published in 1986
19th Century Population Graph - Graph showing the population of Ashendon during the 19th century


 Directory Information 

Kelly's Directory 1847
Kelly's Directory 1854
Kelly's Directory 1869



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